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Don’t Look at the Internet

December 27, 2018 By Bryan Vartabedian · Reading Time: 2 minutes

Don’t look at the internet. No matter how few doctors tell their patients this, we talk like it’s everyone. We love the story. It fulfills the narrative of the stereotypical controlling doctor. But don’t look at the internet is a hangover from the early days of the Information Age. It marked the transition from physician as sole arbiter of information to patient ... Continue Reading about Don’t Look at the Internet

Tagged With: e-patient, Internet

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Hubble Contacts and the Case of the Phony Prescription

December 14, 2017 By Bryan Vartabedian · Reading Time: 2 minutes

Hubble Contacts dispensed contacts prescribed by a phony provider. Check it out on Quartz and see what happened when the author met the founders in their New York office. This lovely little cluster sums it up: Quick service, cheap contacts, and whimsical branding have made Hubble a speedy success. But in its rush to disrupt the consumer experience, Hubble also ... Continue Reading about Hubble Contacts and the Case of the Phony Prescription

Tagged With: Internet

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Doctors and the Fear of Web Permanence

June 13, 2012 By Bryan Vartabedian · Reading Time: 2 minutes

I recently read this Washington Post article on doctors and technology.  It took an angle that most of my readers are accustomed to.  Doctors at the precipice of major change.  Early adopters versus the old guard.  ‘Welcome to the new age of medicine.’ More compelling than the close up photograph of Natasha Burgert's desk (I’m secretly obsessed with people’s ... Continue Reading about Doctors and the Fear of Web Permanence

Tagged With: Internet, Social media

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Death of the Digital Physician

May 24, 2012 By Bryan Vartabedian · Reading Time: < 1 minutes

I use the term digital physician to describe doctors in the context of changing patterns of work and thought.  We're doing more with digital tools.  The tools are redefining us. Right now we worry about all the bad things that come from our digital transition.   Careers will be built confirming the tired bias that the internet is a place where good doctors go to ... Continue Reading about Death of the Digital Physician

Tagged With: Digital professionalism, Internet

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Rethinking Civilization for the Social Age

March 12, 2012 By Bryan Vartabedian · Reading Time: 3 minutes

This week I listened to Don Tapscott deliver an opening keynote at SXSW, Rethinking Civilization for the Social Age.  Beyond showcasing all the functional elements of a gifted speaker, he offered the kind of ideas that left me thinking about magnitude of everything I see happening around me.  His presentation centered on new models of solving global problems.  His ... Continue Reading about Rethinking Civilization for the Social Age

Tagged With: Internet, SXSW

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Let’s Tell Stories About Medicine and the Internet

July 17, 2011 By Bryan Vartabedian · Reading Time: < 1 minutes

I can't help but think that as time passes we'll forget about how much medicine has changed with the introduction of the Internet.  We're witnessing a transition that hasn't been seen in generations.  We live with the end result but the memory of how we got here is fading quickly.  Like any kind of cultural shift, once we've arrived it's hard to remember what it was ... Continue Reading about Let’s Tell Stories About Medicine and the Internet

Tagged With: Internet, Patients

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