Being able to carry your health records on your phone is great, but the underlying standardization that makes it possible positions it as merely the tip of the iceberg for innovation.
Feb 26, 2018
Silicon Valley entrepreneurs and Internet healthcare pundits have boldly claimed that “software will eat healthcare.” Over the past thirty years software has “eaten” a lot […]
Feb 18, 2016
Hospitals systems mergers and acquisitions happened at a blistering pace in 2015. It’s largely in response to uncertainty and the ultimatum to lower costs. Tom Baldosaro, CFO […]
Feb 8, 2016
Telemedicine has a myriad of applications. The most interesting of these applications challenge the status quo – they could be disruptive models that create greater […]
May 5, 2015
Once again, the fate of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) is on the line. The Supreme Court is currently hearing oral arguments in the King […]
Mar 13, 2015
Primary care physicians (PCPs) face tremendous pressures along the frontlines of the US health care system. Amid escalating warnings from the AMA and others about […]
Mar 10, 2015
Who botched Healthcare.gov? The contractors, politicians, and president all claim that they are not responsible – and they are all right. Forcing a new idea […]
Oct 29, 2013
Last week Bakul Patel, an FDA senior policy advisor, highlighted the agency’s recent move to issue voluntary interoperability standards for medical devices. The changes include […]
Aug 15, 2013
Devin Bean, a research assistant at the Clayton Christensen Institute, and I coauthored this piece. In 2005, Rand Corporation projected widespread use of electronic health records (EHRs) […]
Aug 8, 2013