Posts Tagged ‘Disruptive Technology’
Social Media at HIMSS
February 27, 2011
Meet the Bloggers: Provider EditionI had the privilege to present three times at HIMSS11 on social media, twice at the social media center and twice on panels. My presentation at the social media center, Social Media in Health IT: Rapid Dissemination and Collaboration was brief but well received.
A Social Media Panel | Provider Edition: with David Kibbe and John Marzano was moderated by Rich Elmore was a great opportunity to interact and compare notes on social media and blogging. It was recorded -
The Meeting the Bloggers panel on Wednesday was well attended and worked well. The talented panel included
@ahier @cthielst @microsoftmd @dleyva08 .
We received a very positive review by iMedExchange titled “To Blog or Not to Blog.”
Thanks to Ceasar Torres and his team who did a great job at the HIMSS 11 Social Media Center. He even got his own interview
Overall, a great experience. Will post more about HIMSS in the next few days.
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First Day at HIMSS 11
February 21, 2011
The two highlights of my day were the HIT X.O track and the Social Media Center.
HIT X.O: Beyond the Edge is a new track to predict and discuss the future of Health IT. Beginning with a presentation of the dozens of statistics and predictions on the future of wireless and ended with the Geeks Got Talent brief demos and judges going at it. The multimedia experience was unique as was the live tweets at the bottom of the dual screens. The next stage of the competition continues tomorrow.
The social media center is expanded this year, with an afternoon of presentations. I was glad to be on a panel with Rich Elmore, David Kibbe and John Marzano this afternoon. John’s Orlando Health Facebook page and complimentary YouTube channel are a great example of what hospitals can do with social media. We fielded questions from the audience via twitter – a good range of queries about everything from participatory medicine to risks and opportunities in health care social media. I enjoyed the Social Media Center as a welcoming environment with an opportunity to meet many I follow on Twitter. Thanks to Ceasar Torres and other HIMSS staff in making it a welcoming place.
Tomorrow I speak about my experience with using Twitter to connect with Health 2.0 and health IT colleagues.
The twitter stream at HIMSS was very active today demonstrating a greater adoption by both attendees and vendors.
Share this:On the Bookshelf
February 13, 2011
While I read The Myths of Innovation as an eBook, my next three are all paperbacks:
- Reading in the Brain: The New Science of How We Read by Stanislas Dehaene
- Innovation and Entrepreneurship in the Healthcare Sector: From Idea to Funding to Launch by Luis G. Pareras, MD
- Keys to EMR/EHR Success: Selecting and Implementing an Electronic Medical Record by Ronald B. Sterling.
The last two are Greenbranch Publishing.
Watch for book reviews in the near future.
Share this:Innovation and Social Media at HIMSS
February 11, 2011
HIMSS emphasis on social media has grown every year. From a humble meeting of bloggers at a bar several years ago, to a social media center on the exhibit floor this year. Quite a change. I have the privilege of presenting 3 times at the social media center – providers panel on Monday, a solo presentation, Social Media in Health IT—Rapid Dissemination and Collaboration, and a meet the bloggers on Wednesday another Meet the Bloggers panel. Plan to join the tweet-up as well and tweet throughout using the #HIMSS11 hash tag.
On the innovation front, I helped plan the HIT X.O track which is new to HIMSS this year. Thinking from the future will stretch everyone’s thinking. Covering everything from futuristic mobile apps to personalize medicine in the next 10 years and military technology in healthcare, each session looks to be exciting.
See you there!
Share this:Editorial on Secondary Use of EMR Data
December 2, 2010
As a follow up to the recent article on the Cleveland Clinic Chronic Kidney Disease Registry, there is now an accompanying editorial by William Hersch of Oregon Health Sciences University titled: Electronic Health Records Facilitate Development of Disease Registries and More. He states, “Their study shows that the quality of data in the registry is comparable to that of the data that would come from a much more labor-intensive and expensive process of human abstraction. This registry will be used for quality improvement, clinical research, and other important tasks. ”
He also makes good points about the importance of CPOE in the process as well as the benefits of secondary use or “reuse” of data.
Share this:EMR Article Gets Positive Press
November 8, 2010
The article I coauthored in the Clinical Journal of the American Society of Nephrology, Development and Validation of an Electronic Health Record–Based Chronic Kidney Disease Registry, received a nice press release from the American Society of Nephrology which was picked up by both medical and health IT news sources:
- Medscape: CKD Registry Could Help Physicians Improve Patient Care
- Healthcare IT News: EHR-based registry could transform chronic kidney disease care
- Healthcare Informatics: ??????Study: Kidney Disease Registry Could Help Patient Care
Blogs:
- Science Centric: Health registry could transform chronic kidney disease care
- Drugs-Expert: Chronic Kidney Disease Care Could be Transformed by Health Registry
I think that this registry is a model for others which utilize EMR data to study disease and potentially transform care.
Share this:Impact of Accelerating Technologies
September 23, 2010
Singularity University is teaching the importance of accelerating technologies. It is teaching its students “to take advantage of exponential growth trends in order to create global change.” Salim Ismail, CEO of SU points out that many startups turn into billion dollar businesses in ever shortening time frames, sometimes as little as two years. And he says that many of the technologies we are learning today will be outdated by the time they are completed.
How will we manage this accelerated growth in technology? Is there anyway to keep abreast of it? Will only rapid development approaches be successful in the near term? What about legacy systems (like many EMRs) which take years to upgrade? Maybe events like the upcoming Health 2.o Hackathon will be the real future of healthcare technology.
What the Singularity video here:
Share this:Declining Marginal Returns of Complexity
June 21, 2010
Just completed the book The Collapse of Complex Societies by Joseph Tainter, an archeologist. The focus of the book is on civilizations like the Roman Empire and the Mayas but it made me wonder about the complexity of health care and whether we are at the point of declining marginal returns. It is apparent from the health care reform experience that competing stakeholders make any attempt at reform a complex and nearly impossible process. Clay Shirky wrote a blog post in April on The Collapse of Complex Business Models. Just like societies which become too complex to respond to major stressors. While I am not predicting the collapse of health care in the US but one must wonder whether some of the complexity could be simplified by the experience of other countries, such as, single payer systems and an emphasis on primary care (medical home). Would be interested in other opinions, especially from those who have read the book.
Share this:Technology and the Future of Chronic Care
May 24, 2010
Accenture has published a report on “Connected How Technology Will Transform the Future of Chronic Care.” From the Accenture Innovation Center for Health, a good source for research white papers. The paper reports that “a broad range of consumer health electronics at home, a two-way, direct-to-consumer infrastructure” and smart devices which set the stage for health care connectivity. Analytics and predictive modeling provide a second layer and visualization, decision support and collaboration provide the third. Connect health examples include the HealthVault and Cleveland Clinic home monitoring pilot and a remote monitoring trial by the VA system.
There is no doubt that the convergence of technologies have the potential for revolutionizing chronic care, however, we must go past the pilot stage and initial startups to broader change. Partnerships between consumer electronics, startups, providers and insurers need to come together with government support. Perhaps after the first wave of meaningful use EHRs, this new level of innovation can flourish.
Share this:Hospital as Software Service Providers
April 3, 2010
In an article on HealthLeaders, how health systems can provide an EMR via Software as a Service (SaaS) is presented. Five requirements are noted:
Cleveland Clinic is noted as an example. Dr. C. Martin Harris says, “”Success to me is that we are not just installing technology in an office to replace paper, but we are putting in technology that enables interoperability,”
Of course, Cleveland Clinic provides other software to help hospitals and providers:
- explorys to utilize EMRs for research and discovery
- Intellis - business intelligence
- A PHR which connects to Google Health
- Home Monitoring which utilizes Microsoft HealthVault to connect with the PHR and EMR
- Risk calculators for Prostate Cancer and heart surgery
What are other hospitals doing? How about an award program for the hospital or health system which produces the most useful software?
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