by Matthew Rehrl MD | Blogging
I just finished posting my 136th blog post over 256 days. This isn’t quite the daily blog posting I had envisioned this year (as per Seth Godin), but it’s still not too shabby. particularly since the year isn’t over yet. Now, I’ve learned quite a lot...
by Matthew Rehrl MD | Creativity, Healthcare Innovation
Eggs are just eggs, right? Well, no – not according to Vital Farms. They call their eggs “Ethical Eggs”, which are created by their “girls” (that is, hens) each having over 108 square feet to roam free. But how do I know this? Because with every egg crate,...
by Matthew Rehrl MD | AI Ethics, Artificial Intelligence
When reading the healthcare artificial intelligence and big data literature, I often run across the implied premise that de-identification of patient data makes its use acceptable for large medical studies. Although historically with studies involving only hundreds of...
by Matthew Rehrl MD | Blogging, Habit
This morning, I just finished 54 days of a writing technique called “morning pages”. (For those of you who don’t know, morning pages is the process of writing three pages every morning in a free flow format. For more information, see Julia Cameron”s book...
by Matthew Rehrl MD | Social Media
It’s time to think beyond the typical social media-ROI questions. Does social media improve health? Does social media worsen health? Can social media change behavior? Does social media bring awareness to health issues, and, if it does, will this improve...
