This post on Wing of Zock by Jason Franasiak is worth a peek. Perspectives of this type make deterministic assumptions about technology: Technology shapes us and we follow. This reflects a view among physicians that we’re the victims rather than the beneficiaries of technology. We cling to the belief that things were better way back when. We blame technology ... Continue Reading about Doctors as Victims of Technology
Analog Discipline
This story by Iltifat Hussain over at iMedicalApps is worth a peek. Apparently he had given his medical student brother an iPad for his clinical clerkships. He went on to receive an unfavorable evaluation by an attending for being 'too dependent on his iPad during rounds.' I wonder what this attending was trying to teach him. I suspect he comes from a ... Continue Reading about Analog Discipline
Health 2.0 Houston and the Changing Face of Medicine
The following represents a rough narrative of my opening remarks at the launch of Health 2.0 Houston, January 29th, 2013 Let me be the first to welcome everyone to the launch of Health 2.0 Houston. This is a huge night for the Houston medical community and anyone concerned with the future of health care. Congratulations to Brian Lang and Laura Shapland for ... Continue Reading about Health 2.0 Houston and the Changing Face of Medicine
Physicians as Compulsives and Creatives
It's been said that you'd rather have a doctor who's thorough than brilliant. The point isn't that you don't have to be smart to doctor, it's just that when it comes to patient care, the compulsive attention to detail will get you further than genius. This lockstep approach to health maintenance marked the industrial age physician. We talked, walked, examined and ... Continue Reading about Physicians as Compulsives and Creatives
The Medical Futures Lab is Now
Medicine is in the midst of a shift never before seen. Information and technology are advancing at rates faster than our ability to adapt. The physician of 2050 will think and work in a way that can only be imagined by the current generation. But we’re completely unprepared to deal with what lies ahead. That’s because medicine has traditionally focused on what ... Continue Reading about The Medical Futures Lab is Now
The Future of Patient Stories
All day long I listen to stories. Some doctors use genetic analysis or study shadows. Others push laparoscopic trochars. I listen and look for patterns. Sure I study the intestinal mucosa with fiberoptics. And the physical exam can add something. But the real money's in the stories. It's used to be that stories and patterns drove medicine. Narrative and ... Continue Reading about The Future of Patient Stories