As a young disease-chasing EIS officer at the CDC, my managers instructed me to weigh the benefit of data collection versus its cost. When collecting patient survey information during a disease outbreak investigation, I kept …
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Medications Are a National Security Issue
Over the past several years, patients experienced medication shortages that included cancer drugs, antibiotics for sepsis, and, most recently, over-the-counter pediatric analgesics. Worried parents with children suffering from RSV or the flu are purchasing $4 …
Continue readingAsk OpenAI: How Can Physicians Use Artificial Intelligence in Patient Care Delivery?
(To better understand AI and its impact on healthcare, I regularly publish the results of my “chat” with OpenAI. All changes to the response are identified. Source: OpenAI.com)
Continue readingHealthcare’s Groundhog Day
We all know about Groundhog Day, February 2, when Punxsutawney Phil emerges from hibernation and predicts whether we will have six more weeks of winter. But there is a second Groundhog Day, which is January …
Continue readingAsk OpenAI: Interoperability
The Power of AI What does all this hype interest in artificial intelligence really mean for healthcare? To better understand its potential impact, I “chat” with OpenAI and share the responses with you. Every post …
Continue readingRevolutionary Health IT
Revolutionary HIT requires a focus on three key areas: 1) processes and workflows, 2) information technology tools, and 3) healthcare provider tasks, duties and responsibilities.
Continue readingCrazy U.S. Healthcare: How Did We Get Here?
According to the Commonwealth Fund the U.S. has the lowest life expectancy among the ten highest income OECD countries. We have the highest chronic disease burden and our obesity rates are twice the average of …
Continue readingEnterprise Analytics: Data, Insight, Process Change, Repeat
In 1966, Avedis Donabedian proposed a conceptual model for examining health services and evaluating quality of care. The Donabedian model includes three pillars: structure, process, and outcomes. Structure represents the physical plant, equipment, and staff …
Continue readingDigitally Driven: Link Technology to Process Change
[DISPLAY_ULTIMATE_SOCIAL_ICONS] While many organizations recognize the need to become digitally driven to survive in a value-based contracted healthcare marketplace, many providers struggle with creating a provable strategy to achieve success. Measuring digital success via number …
Continue readingWhat Pop Health Needs to Learn from Consumer Marketing
[DISPLAY_ULTIMATE_SOCIAL_ICONS] In the US, consumers reign supreme. American retailers understand their customers and use data to influence what they buy, what they pay, and when they return for more. With more than 68 percent of …
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