tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37567718564151013382024-03-14T05:02:58.765-05:00chimoose talks nonsenseThe blogging home-base of Greg Matthewschimoosehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14146398002337150220noreply@blogger.comBlogger195125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3756771856415101338.post-36074389409679744872019-08-21T06:53:00.000-05:002019-08-21T06:53:07.479-05:00How Pfizer's Former Head of Clinical Innovation - Craig Lipset - Proposes to Break the Cycle of "Death by Pilot" in Healthcare<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Today’s guest: Craig Lipset | Former Head of Clinical Innovation at Pfizer<br />
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I loved having a chance to talk to Craig Lipset about how to improve clinical research at scale, and why
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the results of successful pilot programs. This episode features a great metaphor from Craig, along with a shout-out to <a href="https://twitter.com/ePatientDave" target="_blank">ePatient Dave deBronkart</a>, who "diagnosed" Craig as an e-patient many years ago. Take a listen to the podcast below, or subscribe via your favorite platform at <a href="http://bit.ly/DPTPshow">bit.ly/DPTPshow</a>.
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chimoosehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14146398002337150220noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3756771856415101338.post-36500920449151792212019-07-11T17:28:00.001-05:002019-10-14T16:55:45.658-05:00An introduction to Deep Medicine & its author – Eric Topol of the Scripps Research Translational Institute<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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In advance of my interview with Eric Topol, MD (the author of the bestselling "Deep Medicine," I took a look at some of the things that Dr. Topol has done to build and maintain such tremendous credibility & awareness - both in the scientific community and with the general public. Check out this week's "mini-episode" of DataPoint - and subscribe now so that you don't miss Dr. Topol's visit next week!<br />
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It was great to host Carium's Chief Transformation Officer, <a href="https://twitter.com/Lygeia" target="_blank">Lygeia Ricciardi</a>, on the <a href="http://bit.ly/2wZjEDn" target="_blank">DataPoint podcast</a>! In this episode, Lygeia and I delve into the history of the famous “<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blue_Button" target="_blank">Blue Button</a>” initiative to free patients’ health data and follow that thread through to her current work with <a href="https://www.carium.com/#/" target="_blank">Carium</a> – still laser-focused on enabling patients to better manage their health through the use of ever-more data & ever more powerful technology.<br />
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Lygeia on Twitter: <a href="https://twitter.com/Lygeia">https://twitter.com/Lygeia</a>chimoosehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14146398002337150220noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3756771856415101338.post-54619483251841475292019-06-17T12:25:00.001-05:002019-09-16T16:12:12.808-05:00The coming explosion of nursing innovation<br />
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I see a huge amount of momentum behind nurse-driven innovation and entrepreneurship today. From <a href="https://twitter.com/cleverthought" target="_blank">Shawna Butler</a>'s work on nurse entrepreneurship to <a href="https://twitter.com/DrNurseDan" target="_blank">Dan Weberg</a>'s nurse innovation work at Kaiser Permanente to <a href="https://twitter.com/rebeclove1" target="_blank">Rebecca Love</a>'s introduction of the <a href="https://www.sonsiel.com/" target="_blank">SONSIEL</a> community to <a href="https://twitter.com/thoughtleaderrn" target="_blank">Bonnie Clipper</a>'s innovation leadership at places like American Nurses Association ... it's happening everywhere.<br />
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One of the most exciting examples was the focus of the latest DataPoint #podcast - an interview with the remarkable Paul Coyne of <a href="https://twitter.com/InspirenHealth" target="_blank">Inspiren</a>. Check it out here!<br />
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chimoosehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14146398002337150220noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3756771856415101338.post-43015069668921818182019-01-21T15:07:00.001-06:002019-09-16T16:09:26.290-05:00Can design thinking really work in healthcare?<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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The idea of using design thinking in healthcare isn't a particularly novel one; in fact I've been hearing anecdotes about it for more than 15 years. But is it really happening at a system level?<br />
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In November of 2012, the voters of Travis County, Texas (read:Austin) voted to accept a not-insignificant property tax increase in order to fund the new Dell Medical School at the University of Texas at Austin. The new entity was to be led by renowned innovator <a href="https://twitter.com/ClayDellMed" target="_blank">Dr. Clay Johnston</a>, formerly of UCSF in San Francisco. Dr. Johnston knew that if the new medical school was going to fulfill its promise to re-design healthcare for the citizens of Travis County (and by extension, central Texas), it would take more than a few "design thinking anecdotes."<br />
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For that reason, Dr. Johnston tapped <a href="https://twitter.com/Stacey_Chang" target="_blank">Stacey Chang</a>, formerly the head of Ideo's health practice, to lead the <a href="https://twitter.com/DesignInHealth" target="_blank">Design Institute for Health</a> - a collaboration between Dell Medical School and the UT School of Fine Arts. And only 3 1/2 years into this grand experiment, it's showing signs of paying off, starting with one of the most significant challenges in healthcare today: taking a proactive approach to dealing with mental health.<br />
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Check out the interview with Stacey Chang on the DataPoint podcast below, and find more information on the show at <a href="http://bit.ly/DPTPshow" target="_blank">bit.ly/DPTPshow</a>. And don't forget to subscribe, rate, review and share from wherever you get your podcasts!<br />
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chimoosehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14146398002337150220noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3756771856415101338.post-38492650305655961182019-01-03T07:30:00.000-06:002019-09-16T16:08:53.184-05:00Are nurses the missing link in healthcare innovation?<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="background-color: white; color: rgba(0 , 0 , 0 , 0.75); white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">"When I ask nurses if they perceive themselves as innovators, typically very few hands go up. Most nurses don't see themselves that way. But when I ask them if they do 'work-arounds' while performing patient care, hands begin to go up. If I ask them if they've ever 'MacGyvered' anything during their shift, almost all the hands go up. The fact is that nurses ARE innovators; they just haven't thought of their work in that way."</span></span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: rgba(0 , 0 , 0 , 0.75); white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">- Dr. Bonnie Clipper, Vice President of Innovation at the American Nurses Association</span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: rgba(0 , 0 , 0 , 0.75); white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">It's impossible to talk to Bonnie Clipper and not get excited about what the future holds for nurses. For years, nurses have been among the unsung heroes of the care delivery team. Now, through her work at the ANA, Dr. Clipper has been working to unlock all of that potential. Check out the page for this episode for key links referenced in the podcast, as well as to subscribe through your favorite podcast channel. Or just listen below!</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Special thanks are due to <a href="https://energizing.health/team/brian-lang/" target="_blank">Brian Lang</a> (Energize Health), the organizing force behind the recent <a href="https://hacking.healthcare/" target="_blank">Health Equity Hackathon</a>, where this interview was recorded. </span>chimoosehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14146398002337150220noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3756771856415101338.post-27640687310508013272018-11-06T11:40:00.000-06:002019-09-16T16:08:22.445-05:00Talking Open Healthcare Data with Fred Trotter<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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I am thrilled to launch the DataPoint podcast with this fun & entertaining conversation I recently had with Fred Trotter - a true pioneer in Open Data in healthcare. I met Fred six years ago when, after 2 years and several Freedom of Information Act requests, his company released the first tranche of open data from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS). Take a listen as Fred and I talk through the evolution of Open Data & what it means for the future of healthcare in the US.<br />
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Give the trailer a listen - and don't forget to subscribe!<br />
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As you’re likely aware, the US House of Representatives last week narrowly passed House of Representatives Bill 2192 – more commonly known as the American Health Care Act (AHCA) or Trumpcare. There was a time when physicians wouldn’t have been considered terribly “political,” and there still is a strongly pervasive “culture of permission” in medicine (see <a href="http://twitter.com/doctor_v" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #4887bf; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">Dr. Bryan Vartabedian</a>‘s <a href="http://33charts.com/2013/07/doctors-culture-of-permission.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #4887bf; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">thinking on this evolving phenomenon</a>). However, like many other things we’ve taken for granted in the Trump era, the old rules really just don’t apply.</div>
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In order to assess physicians’ reactions to our most recent version of health reform, we consulted the <a href="http://mdigitallife.com/about/" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #4887bf; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">MDigitalLife Online Health Ecosystem</a> database. As a frame of reference, during the 3-year period between 2014 and 2016, .43% of physicians’ posts were related to health reform*. In the “new normal” of 2017, that percentage has risen to 3.1%, an increase of more than 6x.</div>
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Because we suspected that the passage of HR2192 in the house was going to cause a firestorm among online physicians, we decided to zoom in on the week that it was passed – Monday the 1st of May through Friday the 5th of May. As suspected, the passage of the house bill caused quite a stir.</div>
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<li><a href="http://bit.ly/2q9kvPz" style="font-family: roboto, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;" target="_blank">Online Physicians and Health Reform - A Closer Look</a></li>
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chimoosehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14146398002337150220noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3756771856415101338.post-7000264915539638132017-02-10T14:01:00.002-06:002017-02-10T14:01:35.596-06:00A nurse's guide to Twitter<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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I always love to see healthcare professionals joining the incredible online communities that have formed on Twitter over the last several years (indeed, <a href="http://mdigitallife.com/" target="_blank">MDigitalLife</a>, my passion-turned-business unit at W2O Group, is based on exactly that). Wanted to highlight this nice resource that was recently created by AusMed, one of Australia's leading nursing education and continuing professional development (CPD) providers. It's designed to help nurses and midwives join twitter and participate in a way that is valuable, safe, and easy. Well done, folks!<br />
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You can check out this excellent resource here: <a href="http://bit.ly/2lszlPA" target="_blank">A Nurse's Guide to Twitter</a>. Let me know what you think!chimoosehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14146398002337150220noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3756771856415101338.post-65828612966170667402016-03-11T15:34:00.000-06:002016-03-11T15:36:55.984-06:00Introducing the MDigitalLife Snapshot<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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I'm excited to introduce the latest edition to the growing number of MDigitalLife experiments ... MDigitalLife Snapshot. You can read all about it in <a href="http://bit.ly/1LXkWCP" target="_blank">Kayla Rodriguez' blog post</a> ... but in the meantime I wanted to share it with you here. Check it out - and create your own by clicking the "create your own" tab (or by visiting <a href="http://j.mp/mdlsnapshot">j.mp/mdlsnapshot</a>).
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A couple of connected posts hit my feeds on consecutive days ... the kind that really <i>force</i> a reaction. Nobody likes to think about dying. We in the US seem to have a particularly difficult time thinking about death, talking about death - and especially about planning for death.<br />
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Those who know me will be aware that I'm a big fan of <a href="http://zdoggmd.com/" target="_blank">Dr. Zubin Damania</a> - an internist from Las Vegas who's better known as <a href="http://twitter.com/zdoggmd" target="_blank">ZDoggMD</a>. If you haven't checked out his growing library of parody videos, you really must. As a scientist, public health expert and comedian his work is truly genius (My favorites are his <a href="http://zdoggmd.com/dr-house-of-cards-2-vax/" target="_blank">Dr. House of Cards</a> videos). But ZDogg blew my mind a little bit this week with his latest video ... because it wasn't brilliantly funny. It was just brilliant.<br />
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<a href="http://zdoggmd.com/aint-the-way-to-die/" target="_blank">Ain't the Way to Die</a> sums up far too many patients' end-of-life experiences. The scenario he's talking about here is one in which everybody loses. And it's made me think hard about updating my own advanced directive. [<b>Note</b>: For more on advanced directives & how to talk to your family about them, please refer to <a href="http://twitter.com/ctsinclair" target="_blank">Dr. Christian Sinclair</a>'s post <a href="http://www.pallimed.org/2013/11/20-ways-to-discuss-advance-care.html" target="_blank">20 Ways to Discuss Advance Care Planning With Your Family Over The Holiday</a>. Dr. Sinclair is a Hospice and Palliative Medicine specialist who's done an enormous amount of great work to raise awareness on this topic]<br />
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ZDogg's video also inspired a simple but powerful share on the top medical blog in the world, KevinMD.com: <a href="http://www.kevinmd.com/blog/2015/07/this-is-the-epic-rap-video-that-will-change-how-you-feel-about-dying.html" target="_blank">This is the epic rap video that will change how you feel about dying</a> (which, incidentally, was among the <a href="http://bit.ly/1JXStFQ" target="_blank">most-shared posts by US doctors</a> on the day of its release).<br />
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But it also inspired an impassioned post from one of my favorite physician-writers, <a href="http://twitter.com/drjohnm" target="_blank">Dr. John Mandrola</a> of Louisville, KY. Dr. Mandrola has written on his own blog for years, but now has become one of the leading physician bloggers in the world with his <a href="http://www.medscape.com/index/section_10325_0" target="_blank">Trials and Fibrillations</a> blog on TheHeart.org. Friday's post, <a href="http://www.drjohnm.org/2015/07/avoiding-a-bad-death-requires-preparation/" target="_blank">Avoiding a bad death requires preparation</a>, took the subject to a new level. It's my hope that more and more people will see these pleas from caring and thoughtful physicians and take action themselves. These docs have seen the consequences of failure to plan more than they can stand - they know what they're talking about!<br />
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The fact that Dr. Mandrola's post showed up in my personal facebook feed, having been shared by a friend, is a good sign that people ARE paying attention. Talk to your family about your <a href="http://www.caringinfo.org/i4a/pages/index.cfm?pageid=3289" target="_blank">advanced directive</a> now!!<br />
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John Mandrola, MD (<a href="http://www.drjohnm.org/" target="_blank">Blog</a>, <a href="http://twitter.com/drjohnm" target="_blank">Twitter</a>, <a href="https://www.facebook.com/pages/Dr-John-M/156524451060196" target="_blank">Facebook</a>, <a href="http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/845924" target="_blank">TheHeart.Org Blog</a>)<br />
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UPDATE: This post was updated to correct Dr. Damania's medical specialty from Family Medicine to Internal Medicine. Gm<br />
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<br />chimoosehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14146398002337150220noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3756771856415101338.post-37267250126222189592015-04-22T12:37:00.002-05:002015-04-22T13:33:42.260-05:00What's a global online health ecosystem?<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Everyone who spends much time with me is a little sick of the "global health ecosystem" by now, because I've been obsessed with it for the last 3 months. For the rest of the world, though, it's a pretty new concept. In a nutshell:
We've been studying physicians' online conversations for years now. We've learned a massive amount about what kinds of docs are using social media, why, and what they're talking about. And all of that is amazing. But it pales in comparison to being able to understand how ALL the stakeholders in healthcare are interacting online. So now, instead of just indexing the world's doctors (149 countries and counting), we're also indexing the online presence (or "digital footprint" as we like to call it) of patients, hospitals, advocacy organizations, government organizations, healthcare companies, reporters, media outlets, researchers and research institutions, etc. If you want to see a little more, check out this 5 minute video of my presentation from the <a href="http://techonomy.com/conf/bio15/health-2/can-you-teach-an-old-doc-new-tricks/" target="_blank">Techonomy Bio</a> conference in Mountain View (March 2015).
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And if you want to get the up-to-the-minute scoop on the global online health ecosystem, you can always get it at our web site: <a href="http://mdigitallife.com/health-ecosystem">mdigitallife.com/health-ecosystem</a>chimoosehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14146398002337150220noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3756771856415101338.post-32927647434735401392014-10-08T07:30:00.000-05:002015-04-22T13:25:33.021-05:00Today's doctors can speak for themselves, thank you very much<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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The days of physicians passively allowing their hospitals, practices or medical societies speak for them is fading rapidly into the rearview mirror. <a href="http://mamadocmedicine.com/" target="_blank">Wendy Sue Swanson</a> is a great example of that principle. Swanson, who started blogging and recording her own videos years ago so that her patients would have some medically sound content available to them on the internet, is now a media force of nature herself.</div>
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Doctor Swanson is one of tens of thousands of doctors around the world who have gravitated toward an important new concept: Doctors aren't just prescribers anymore; <i>in the digital age, online doctors are the media</i>.</div>
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NOTE: The embedded video above was enabled by <a href="http://2cimple.com/">2cimple</a> - a platform that helps to easily turn video from passive to active content. I encourage you to <b>share</b> the video above on your Facebook timeline, <b>embed</b> it in a blog post or <b>link</b> to it through Twitter or LinkedIn to see for yourself.</div>chimoosehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14146398002337150220noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3756771856415101338.post-27025370806115319762014-03-10T11:43:00.003-05:002014-03-10T11:48:30.767-05:00SxSW Health Track Coverage from Kaiser Permanente<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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For the last several years, the <a href="http://sxsw.com/" target="_blank">South by Southwest</a> interactive conference (#<a href="http://sxsw.com/interactive/about" target="_blank">SxSWi</a>) has been a bellwether for new technologies. The conference effectively launched the amazing online presence of Twitter and Foursquare, among many others. For the last 3 years, I've been honored to be a part of the health track at SxSW as an advisor. Over those 3 years, we've seen the health track become the same kind of trendsetter that the interactive festival itself has been ... almost like Cannes or Sundance is for film.<br />
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What that means is that what happens here is important if you're tracking with the future of healthcare. To make those trends and insights available to a broader audience, a team from my firm, <a href="http://wcgworld.com/" target="_blank">WCG</a>, has been working with health ecosystem leader <a href="http://share.kp.org/" target="_blank">Kaiser Permanente</a>* this week to cull through the best content & pull through the trends and "big ideas" we see playing out at the conference. KP is sharing those with the world here - the <a href="http://w.cg/sxswkp" target="_blank">Kaiser Permanente Health and Business Newsroom</a> (w.cg/sxswkp). There are two issues per day available, Friday through Monday - so be sure to follow along (all issues are embedded in the widget below). You can also stay up to date by following <a href="http://twitter.com/kpshare" target="_blank">@KPShare</a> on twitter.
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<i>* Kaiser Permanente is a client of the W2O Group</i>chimoosehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14146398002337150220noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3756771856415101338.post-11624504775057507462014-02-27T01:57:00.001-06:002014-03-03T10:21:34.118-06:00Value of physician ratings is mixed today, according to surveyIf you're anything like me, you don't buy anything without first checking the online ratings and reviews. It would definitely be nice to be able to have a similar resource for evaluating healthcare professionals, and a number of companies have jumped into the fray to enable that.<br />
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However, to date their results would have to be described as ambiguous at best. A recent report issued by <a href="http://www.softwareadvice.com/" target="_blank">Software Advice</a> illustrates the facts nicely:<br />
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Do you use physician rating sites as a part of your healthcare decision-making process? If so, how? The comments are yours ...chimoosehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14146398002337150220noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3756771856415101338.post-76247007455762473552014-01-08T13:27:00.002-06:002014-01-08T14:24:19.685-06:00From momentary meetings to digital connections: Connecting with Feedly at the Digital Health Summit<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">We've all been there: Attending a conference, we're moved and inspired by the stories we hear and the people we meet. But after a day or two, we go back to our "real world," and those connections fade away. One of the greatest outcomes of the social media revolution is that it doesn't have to be that way.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">The next time you're at conference (maybe you're even in Las Vegas with me this week attending the <a href="http://digitalhealthsummit.com/2014-agenda/" target="_blank">Digital Health Summit</a> at the Consumer Electronics Show), don't just be inspired and move on. Make a digital connection with those who inspire you and with those who <i>share</i> your source of information. Follow them on twitter. Conect with them on LinkedIn. Subscribe to their blogs.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">While twitter and LinkedIn are pretty easy, finding and subscribing to multiple blogs can be a little daunting. The good news: it just got a little less scary. Thanks to the creativity and hard work of <a href="https://twitter.com/edwk" target="_blank">Edwin Khodabakchian</a> and his amazing development team at <a href="http://feedly.com/" target="_blank">feedly</a> (special shout-out to <a href="https://twitter.com/remitrang" target="_blank">Remi Trang</a>), you now have an opportunity to <b>subscribe to the blogs</b> of all of the <a href="http://digitalhealthsummit.com/2014-speakers-2/" target="_blank">Digital Health Summit presenters</a>. <b>Here's how</b>:</span>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">And if you're interested, you can also check out the speakers' twitter list <a href="https://twitter.com/dhsummit/speakers-dhs-ces-2014/members" target="_blank">here</a>, and a <b>complete list of speakers' digital footprint maps</b> (web, twitter, youtube, blog, etc) can be found <a href="http://bit.ly/1cPmLcu" target="_blank">here</a>. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Go ahead - make the connection! And don't forget to follow along with the conference backchannel on twitter - <a href="https://twitter.com/search?src=typd&q=%23DHCES" target="_blank">#DHCES</a></span>chimoosehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14146398002337150220noreply@blogger.com0Las Vegas Convention Center, Las Vegas, NV 89109, USA36.1311282 -115.1511191999999836.124715699999996 -115.16120419999999 36.1375407 -115.14103419999998tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3756771856415101338.post-80422576134315664192013-11-11T17:18:00.002-06:002013-11-11T17:23:39.897-06:00Michael Brito and the changing role of companies and the media<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Back in 2009, the innovation team at Humana was starting to envision some wildly different new products, services and businesses - as well as business models. [If you search this blog for "<a href="http://www.lijit.com/search?uri=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.lijit.com%2Fusers%2Fchimoose&q=crumple%20it%20up&type=blog" target="_blank">Crumple It Up</a>," you'll see what I mean.] It was my friend <a href="http://www.linkedin.com/in/gillpotter" target="_blank">Gill Potter</a> (super genius, BTW) who first raised the idea internally that we were really becoming a media company. That concept blew my mind back then - and to some extent it still does. The difference is that it really is possible today - whereas in 2009 that was probably something of a stretch.<br />
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That's why I'm so excited that <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Michael-Brito/e/B0052XR5S0" target="_blank">Michael Brito</a>, one of the worlds leading thinkers on the subject, is joining our <a href="http://wcgworld.com/" target="_blank">WCG</a> team in San Francisco. Take a look at the interactive image capsule below to see why we're so enthusiastic about it:
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Additionally, you can check out the podcast interview that my colleague <a href="http://twitter.com/aaronstrout" target="_blank">Aaron Strout</a> did with Michael on the decision he made to come to WCG - just click the "Play" button below!<br />
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So let me say a big WELCOME in this space - both to Michael and the concept of Brand-As-Media!chimoosehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14146398002337150220noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3756771856415101338.post-53615993499482402592013-11-03T19:48:00.000-06:002013-11-03T19:52:06.232-06:00Privacy, Security and Legislative Accountability<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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It's almost like shooting fish in a barrel these days, but I feel as though we as citizens have gotten so used to our congressional representatives being jackasses that we've just started to accept it. We've also become awfully complacent about how willing we are to have government officials intentionally mislead us (or try to) or outright lie to us - with very limited consequences.<br />
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The latest bit that caused my jaw to drop was the privacy/security debate's congressional hearings. Thank goodness for Stephen Colbert, who absolutely skewered the guilty party (in this case the Honorable Mike Rogers, a Republican from Michigan) and did so in hilarious fashion. Check it out here (the Rogers segment starts 2 minutes into the segment):<br />
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The privacy violations to which our government has subjected us (and lied about over and over again) are bad enough ... but to try and cover them up with logic that wouldn't fool a second grader (I know; I tried it this week) is absolutely shameful. How many incumbents are going to have trouble in their next election bid after stunts like this one?chimoosehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14146398002337150220noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3756771856415101338.post-26439368830635215362013-04-26T16:56:00.002-05:002013-04-26T16:56:44.862-05:00Millenial Medicine is a Global Phenomenon<iframe width="500" height="300" scrolling="no" frameborder="no" src="https://www.google.com/fusiontables/embedviz?viz=MAP&q=select+col3+from+1m-CchWmGqzH89o_3S5aCbWXK4d2OF7d_8rCr1_k&h=false&lat=40.77301644924913&lng=-51.23069264687501&z=3&t=1&l=col3&y=2&tmplt=2"></iframe>chimoosehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14146398002337150220noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3756771856415101338.post-52264667192051069062013-04-26T14:04:00.000-05:002013-04-26T14:04:05.699-05:00Millenial Medicine Symposium 2013 - the eBookA collection of the links we've shared so far today ... updates to come!<br />
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Guess what podcast I was listening to this morning? If you guessed <a href="http://twitter.com/drmikesevilla" target="_blank">Dr. Mike Sevilla</a>'s "<a href="http://www.blogtalkradio.com/fammedrocks" target="_blank">Family Medicine Rocks</a>," you'd be right. And there were a couple of reasons I was focusing on it.<br />
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<li>Dr. Sevilla's guest on episode 300 was <a href="http://twitter.com/meredithgould" target="_blank">Meredith Gould</a> - someone whom I've admired for a long time based on her amazing work (though I've never met her).
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First, I learned some things about Meredith that I didn't know - such as:<br />
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<li>She's been involved in digital health since the early-to-mid 90s (her high school must have had a good technology program!)</li>
<li>Her passion (and the subject of her upcoming book) is on the role of social media in the church ... which also happens to be a passion of mine (see the hopefully-soon-to-be-not-dormant <a href="http://findingapproval.com/" target="_blank">Finding Approval</a> blog)</li>
<li>She's a sociologist by trade - and has an amazing perspective on the social science behind what we know as "social media"</li>
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Which is pretty cool in and of itself. But as an avid twitter user, I found what she had to say quite profound ... to paraphrase:<br />
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In other words, it's much less of a tool for <i>connecting</i> than it is for <i>broadcasting. </i>When Meredith and I met in the early days of Dana Lewis #hcsm chats, it was almost ALL about connecting ... in fact, between 2008 and today I'd say that a significant chunk of my friends - not to mention my business opportunities - have arisen from connections originating from Twitter.<br />
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That's not to say that the change is bad - or that it's complete. Neither is true ... twitter is an amazing vehicle for sharing (and filtering) content through your social networks. And it's also still possible to connect with people using it. But you definitely have to work at it a bit more than you once did. In any case, please do give the podcast a listen ... it's likely that you're going to have multiple a-ha moments.<br />
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And while you're at it, be sure to keep up with Family Medicine Rocks:<br />
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<a href="http://www.blogtalkradio.com/fammedrocks" target="_blank">The Podcast</a><br />
<a href="https://www.facebook.com/FamMedRocks" target="_blank">The Facebook Page</a><br />
<a href="http://twitter.com/drmikesevilla" target="_blank">Mike Sevilla, MD on Twitter</a>chimoosehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14146398002337150220noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3756771856415101338.post-30028422297215258702013-03-28T18:21:00.002-05:002013-03-28T18:31:12.606-05:00A peek behind the stethoscope with Mike Sevilla and Jordan Grumet<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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I had a lot of driving to do last weekend, and it gave me an opportunity to catch up on a few podcasts (still, by the way, one of my favoriate ways to consume media). One of my new favorites is <a href="http://twitter.com/drmikesevilla" target="_blank">Dr. Mike Sevilla</a>'s "<a href="http://www.blogtalkradio.com/fammedrocks" target="_blank">Family Medicine Rocks</a>" podcast. There are a few reasons that I've enjoyed listening to the show.<br />
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<b>First</b>, Mike is one of those docs who's at the "nuclear core" of the Family Medicine Revolution (#FMRevolution - see my <a href="http://bit.ly/UUnxk7" target="_blank">#MDigitalLife post on another revolutionary, Jay W. Lee</a>, for background). These family docs have used the internet as a way to reshape the way that we think about family medicine - and more broadly, to reinforce the role of primary care in our health system. <b>Second</b>, Mike has great guests ... I've loved hearing from people like <a href="http://bit.ly/GZQSPl" target="_blank">Natasha Burgert</a>, <a href="http://twitter.com/miller7" target="_blank">Ben Miller</a>, <a href="http://bit.ly/yz9EGV" target="_blank">Jennifer Dyer </a>and many more. These are people I've been reading (and reading about) for a long time, but to get to hear them on the air is really cool. <b>Lastly</b>, because Mike is entertaining as hell. He runs the podcast like a late-night talk show, and it is a lot of fun to listen to. <br />
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But the thing that pushed me over the edge in terms of writing about the show was the last episode I listened to - the episode in which Mike interviewed <a href="http://bit.ly/A9P8f0" target="_blank">Jordan Grumet</a> - an internal medicine doc in northern Illinois. Jordan is incredibly passionate about being a doctor - particularly about being a primary care doctor. In fact, he's so passionate about it that he wrote a book of short stories and poems called <a href="http://amzn.to/RoZd6f" target="_blank">Primary Care</a>. [I keep a copy proudly on my desk] ANYWAY, the conversation that Mike and Jordan had in this podcast provided what was perhaps the best overview of what it's like to be a doctor in today's changing health system of any that I've heard.<br />
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I don't want to give any spoilers, but it's fair to note that Jordan has elected recently to <a href="http://jordan-inmyhumbleopinion.blogspot.com/2013/02/steppin-out.html" target="_blank">leave his traditional medical practice and to do something different</a>. My favorite segment from the show is Jordan describing his relationship with the current healthcare system (primarily those responsible for paying for the care he provides:<br />
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If you're interested in hearing the perspectives of a couple of people who combine a passion for health and medicine combined with an almost unbelievable ability to articulate their stories, please do give this a listen ... and think seriously about supporting our primary care docs.<br />
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You can keep up with Dr. Sevilla on his blog, "<a href="http://familymedicinerocks.com/" target="_blank">Family Medicine Rocks</a>" as well as on his twitter account, <a href="http://twitter.com/drmikesevilla" target="_blank">@DrMikeSevilla</a>. And you can keep up with Dr. Grumet on his blog, "<a href="http://jordan-inmyhumbleopinion.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">In My Humble Opinion</a>" and on his twitter account, <a href="http://twitter.com/jordangrumet" target="_blank">@JordanGrumet</a>.chimoosehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14146398002337150220noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3756771856415101338.post-43869196552656431312013-03-26T13:04:00.000-05:002013-03-26T14:57:06.088-05:00What makes a "must-follow" twitter account?<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right; margin-left: 1em; text-align: right;"><tbody>
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Time magazine published the 2013 edition of their annual <a href="http://techland.time.com/2013/03/25/140-best-twitter-feeds-of-2013/slide/all/" target="_blank">140 Best Twitter Feeds</a> article this week. I love this idea ... it's a very clever way for Time to be relevant, engage influential online audiences, and use their editorial power to curate information that can be truly useful to their readers. [I also love the idea that it's a top 140* rather than a top 100; that's just a very nice pice of promotion.]<br />
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The reason I knew about it is because one of my friends (I hope that it's not presumptuous to call her that!) actually made the list this year. And it wasn't one of my famous friends like <a href="http://twitter.com/aaronstrout" target="_blank">Aaron Strout</a> or <a href="http://twitter.com/chuckhemann" target="_blank">Chuck Hemann</a> (social media tip: this is called <i>link-baiting - </i>a trick used for shameless self promotion by people like me, but never by people like <a href="http://twitter.com/spikejones" target="_blank">Spike Jones</a> or <a href="http://twitter.com/brianreid" target="_blank">Brian Reid</a>**) - it was a <i>pediatrician</i> of all people! <a href="http://bit.ly/Rez6NC" target="_blank">Wendy Sue Swanson</a>, known to the world as <a href="http://twitter.com/seattlemamadoc" target="_blank">@SeattleMamaDoc</a>, is one of the most passionate, enthusiastic, generous and humble people I know. You can feel her genuineness and credibility in every piece she writes (here's a <a href="http://seattlemamadoc.seattlechildrens.org/more-than-a-dozen-children-died-at-school-today/" target="_blank">good example</a>), and she uses twitter very much the way that I do ... as a vehicle for sharing information <i>and engaging with people</i> who share her passions and interests.<br />
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So as I thumbed through the rest of the "Health" accounts that Time deemed "best," I was a little nonplussed. Especially when I came upon <a href="http://techland.time.com/2013/03/25/140-best-twitter-feeds-of-2013/slide/dr-frank-lipman/" target="_blank">Dr. Frank Lipman</a>.<br />
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[DISCLAIMER: I don't know Dr. Lipman, or anything about him except what I can see from his twitter account and the web site it links to. I have no doubt that he's a brilliant doctor and is probably a wonderful man as well. What you're about to read isn't an attack on Dr. Lipman; he's simply a poster child for an axe I have to grind.]<br />
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Dr. Frank Lipman, according to his bio, <span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">is a "<span style="background-color: white; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px; text-align: center;">Practicing physician, author & educator, helping thousands reclaim their vitality & zest for life." </span></span>His twitter account links to a web site that sells nutritional supplements (presumably of his own creation). That all sounds great - nothing wrong with that. But here's what I can't figure out: What is it that makes him literally one of the best 8 healthcare twitter accounts to follow? Dr. Lipman is followed by over 14,000 people - and only follows 24 in return. With a ratio like that, he clearly fails the "using twitter to engage with other passionate people" test. In fact, in order to pull that off, your content must be pretty damned compelling, right? Here, the plot thickens even more. <br />
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A few of Dr. Lipman's posts are re-tweets of other prominent healthcare accounts, and he occasionally @mentions someone, usually to thank them for a compliment he's received. A few more pertain to health news with a link back to the source of that news. But most of them - more than 50% by my eyeball calculation, are simply random health facts with no link, no source, and no discernable applicability. Example:<br />
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<li>Relevance - I want to follow people who are interested in things that I'm interested in (obviously those are different for every person).</li>
<li>Discernment - I want that account to share things that are meaningful from a content perspective, <i>or that help me to get to know them as a person.</i> In the best of circumstances, they'll do both.</li>
<li>Credibility - I want to follow accounts that have a certain amount of objectivity, and aren't just promoting one thing over and over.</li>
<li>Thoughtfulness - Tweets are short. The best ones will help me link to more information as well as the twitter handle of the author of that information - so I can read more, and follow the author if I agree that the subject is an interesting one.</li>
<li>Engagement - My number one test of a must-follow account is whether that person <i>listens</i> to others, and <i>responds</i> to others meaningfully (not all the time; just when it's appropriate). And whether that account, from time to time, promotes the work of others with no expectation of personal gain. </li>
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I'm curious what Time Magazine's criteria were ... because they're clearly different from mine! I know that everybody's reasons and methods for using twitter are different, and that there's no single "right" answer. For some people (read: me), Wendy Sue Swanson is <i>absolutely</i> one of the 140 Best Twitter Accounts. For others (read: Time Magazine and 14,000 other people), Dr. Lipman is one of the best. </div>
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<b>What about you? What makes for a must-follow account?</b></div>
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<b>* </b>For those of you who are non-twitter users, but for some reason are still reading this post (hi, mom!), twitter is well-known as a <i>microblog</i> that limits each post to 140 characters in length)<br />
<b>**</b> See what I did there?<br />
<b>***</b> There may well be scads of people who know EXACTLY what is implied here, and had a wonderful "a-ha moment" as a result of this post. I'm just not sure who those people might be.chimoosehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14146398002337150220noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3756771856415101338.post-55720134551352938712013-03-04T22:51:00.001-06:002013-03-04T22:51:20.596-06:00American Voices Data - The Slidecast (#AA4H)For those of you who weren't able to make it through the webcast (looking at me for a full 30 minutes can be pretty rough), I've married the audio with the powerpoint presentation on WCG's slideshare channel ... so now you can get all the detailed commentary without the scary, wildly gesticulating bald guy on the screen. <br />
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Did you know that twice as many people in the US died of lung cancer than breast cancer, but that physicians talk about breast cancer 4x more online? Learn why here ...
<iframe src="http://www.slideshare.net/slideshow/embed_code/16787722?rel=0" width="427" height="356" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" style="border:1px solid #CCC;border-width:1px 1px 0;margin-bottom:5px" allowfullscreen webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen> </iframe> <div style="margin-bottom:5px"> <strong> <a href="http://www.slideshare.net/WCGWorld/american-voices-aligned-for-health" title="American Voices - Aligned for Health" target="_blank">American Voices - Aligned for Health</a> </strong> from <strong><a href="http://www.slideshare.net/WCGWorld" target="_blank">WCG</a></strong> </div>
And of course, there's more to come. Ask your questions in the comments - and I'll answer 'em all!chimoosehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14146398002337150220noreply@blogger.com0