Infographic

Great infographic created by "The Institute for Health Technology Transformation".

Key takeaway:  proper use of business analytics in healthcare setting improves outcomes (IE SAVES LIVES).

Restyling Medical Records

My coworker shared a great link with me, "How restyling the mundane medical record could improve healthcare".  The article displays the results of a white house sponsored contest focusing on redesign of EMR's (Electronic Medical Records).

My favorite line of the article, "Don't give patients an archive, give them a strategy."

This in my mind is the best way to look at EMR's going forward: as a strategic enabler and more than just a collection of data.

Blog Goals

Goals of blog:

1. Sharing cool content:  So this might be a video, link, picture, etc.
2. Creating cool content:  What I've noticed in the recent twitter/pinterest/tumblr era, there is more sharing of other people's content than actual creation of content.  While other people have great ideas, I have some ideas on how to improve on them.
3. Tracking changes in the industry:  Healthcare and how it interacts with technology is ever-changing.  I figure the more I research it for my blog, the more I can keep up with this ever-changing industry
4. Personal reference:  This is my online work diary if you will.  Goal is to publish meaningful content that I will want to reference in the future.