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A Jewel of a Tweet From a BigHealth Corporation

A Jewel of a Tweet From a BigHealth Corporation

by Matthew Rehrl MD | Healthcare Innovation, Social Media, Twitter

Today, I want to discuss this one tiny jewel of a tweet by Optum, one of the largest healthcare organizations in the world. It’s a tweet which has stuck with me for years, mostly because I think it is indicative of what large corporations can do with social...
Morning Journaling, Haiku, and A Joint Native American Healer/Western Physician Podcast?

Morning Journaling, Haiku, and A Joint Native American Healer/Western Physician Podcast?

by Matthew Rehrl MD | Creativity, Social Media, Writing Habits

Here’s how I used this morning’s journaling time (see the results above) to create a small idea for a podcast. Note the odd train of thought, as indicated by arrows: First I had it in my mind I was going to write a small haiku ⇒Should I use a single haiku for a blog...
Does Your Healthcare Institution Own Your Blood Pressure?

Does Your Healthcare Institution Own Your Blood Pressure?

by Matthew Rehrl MD | Big Data, EHR

Patients have a fluid in their body called blood, which, because of the pumping action of the heart through the arteries cause cyclic transient pressure changes in these arteries. When a nurse physically puts a blood pressure cuff on you they are using a tool called a...
Should I Read or Write at the Stable?

Should I Read or Write at the Stable?

by Matthew Rehrl MD | Habit, Writing, Writing Habits

Twice a week, every Monday and Wednesday morning at 9:30 a.m., I drive my wife to her stable and wait for her to finish, giving me roughly two hours of downtime. Although I occasionally play around with my photography there (see my photo above of one of the more...

What’s The New Covid Battlefield Topology? It’s Topology!

by Matthew Rehrl MD | Big Data, Social Media

In my recent blog post Sun Tzu, CoVid, And Healthcare Executives, I suggested that healthcare executives don’t understand the current CoVid battlefield. We are no longer fighting CoVid in the lab, we are fighting it on platforms such as Facebook and Twitter. Here are...
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