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October 11, 2021 by Alan Pitt 1 Comment

Healthcare is About People.

Stop selling me productivity. What I really want is tools that will make me more purposeful. I’m in healthcare. My email inbox is bombarded by software offers that promise a better (read: faster) office environment. This addresses a real problem. More patients plus lower reimbursement equals a greater need for efficiency. But I’m betting that […]

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Filed Under: Healthcare Tagged With: healthcare, innovation, telemedicine, value based care

Covid- Cancer for the Rest of Us

June 29, 2020 by Alan Pitt 3 Comments

Like Cancer, Covid forces us to face our own mortality. While stressful, it is an opportunity to think about what is important in a much more tangible way.

Filed Under: Healthcare, Podcasts Tagged With: covid, healthcare, mortality, patient center care

Storming the Data Moats of Healthcare- A Conversation with Niko Shievaski

May 18, 2020 by Alan Pitt Leave a Comment

Electronic Medical Records (EMR) are like operating systems. They do everything, but nothing well. Like windows, hospitals need applications on top of EMRs to get real value. However, the EMR data is hard to get to. Enter Redox, a way to get data into applications. The company now has an “app store” of sorts with over 700 partners including hospitals and applications. Post Covid, Redox saw volumes down by 50%, but also an asks for novel applications for care delivery. In some sense Redox sits in a unique place reflecting the health of hospitals but also where we are headed.

Filed Under: Analytics, data, Health IT, Healthcare, Podcasts Tagged With: covid, data, healthcare

We’re at War- Time to Reconsider Everything- A Conversation with Neil Carpenter

March 19, 2020 by Alan Pitt Leave a Comment

Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Email | RSS | MoreSystems are going to fail by location related to virus penetration, age of the population and ICU capacity. We need to think about total capacity. We have limited resources. We should prioritize beds and people.Untapped resources- military hospitals, ex-healthcare workers should be activated. People […]

Filed Under: Healthcare, Podcasts Tagged With: corona, covid, healthcare

I’m A Neuroradiologist With Crushing Back Pain. I Didn’t Get An MRI. Maybe You Shouldn’t Either- At Least Urgently.

February 24, 2020 by Alan Pitt 3 Comments

Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Email | RSS | MoreI’m a neuroradiologist—that’s the doctor who reads the MRI of your brain or spine. Lately I’ve been having crushing back pain, the kind of pain that drops you to your knees. The kind where you wonder whether you’re going to be okay. But I’m […]

Filed Under: Healthcare, Podcasts Tagged With: backpain, healthcare, imaging

Data in Health Care: Would You Share Information to Gain Better Care?

January 5, 2020 by Alan Pitt Leave a Comment

Data 1.0 was about paper. Data 2.0 was digitization. Data 3.0 looks to change the relationship between man and machine. What would you be willing to give to live 5 years longer in good health? How about your facebook account data or your buying history? If not for you, how about for your elderly parent, or sick child. The future is a balance between privacy concerns and better health. Ultimately you may have to give to get.

Filed Under: Healthcare, artificial intelligence, data, Ethics, Health IT, Podcasts Tagged With: data, healthcare, privacy

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