Posts Tagged with innovation

by jantzl on August 13, 2020

I have a question and no answer today: How do we resolve the tension between efficiency and innovation in medicine? Innovation is needed. I don’t know who would argue that things do not need to change and improve. But innovation is messy and wasteful. It is challenging to convince people in medicine to take measured risks, based on demonstrated results and proof. How does anyone manage to ...

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by adgrooms on February 21, 2020

We were thinking about the differences between EHR interfaces - and they are vast. Even for a single EHR system, each implementation can be customized and wholly unique. Many clinicians work in different EHR systems and implementations with varying interfaces, not due to changing jobs, but in the course of regular work. Examples include doctors like anesthesiologists and cardiologists who ...

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by adgrooms on February 20, 2020

We have been talking in recent posts about large healthcare tech companies that are changing healthcare. They play an essential role in the overall ecosystem, some bringing years of tested experience to their solutions. But the way healthcare serves patients is changing as we go through a transitional period into a new era of connected healthcare. The patient is becoming empowered with their ...

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by adgrooms on February 13, 2020

We have been looking at how the major technology companies are participating in the healthcare industry. Google, Apple, Microsoft, and Amazon are all making significant investments in developing products and services for healthcare, especially as the fusion of clinical and consumer technology takes place. While most of the media attention focused on those four (sometimes called the "big ...

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by adgrooms on February 12, 2020

Microsoft turns 45 years old on April 4th. It is one of the older generation big tech companies, a fierce competitor with a sometimes contentious relationship with antitrust laws.

They have been a leading software company with many business offerings, including business software, web browsers, and video games. Microsoft has been the de facto source of business software tools. In a way, ...

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