by Matthew Rehrl MD | Healthcare 3.0, Social Media
(Joke: What is a topologist? A: Someone who cannot distinguish between a doughnut and a coffee cup.) I have always had difficult explaining to people why, as a physician, I am interested in social media, Here’s why. People are becoming more and more entwined with...
by Matthew Rehrl MD | Artificial Intelligence, Healthcare 3.0, Machine Learning, Social Media
I ran across an interesting quote by Jeff Arnold, Chairman and CEO of Sharecare, within the context of what healthcare organization’s need to do to prepare for the future: “You have to be fluent in healthcare. You have to be fluent in technology, like analytics...
by Matthew Rehrl MD | Healthcare 3.0
Three entities determine the success or failure of an organization’s eHealth initiative. The patients. Healthcare Professionals. Healthcare Administration. The article Factors Determining the Success and Failure of eHealth Interventions: Systematic Review of the...
by Matthew Rehrl MD | Healthcare 3.0, Social Media
What is Social Media? Social Media has so many different components and platforms I don’t believe there is a good answer to this question – at least in the way this question is usually meant i.e. what is Social Media’s essence. Don’t get me...
by Matthew Rehrl MD | EHR, Healthcare 3.0
In the paper Keystrokes, Mouse Clicks, and Gazing at the Computer: How Physician Interaction with the EHR Affects Patient Participation, the authors studied 32 physicians engaging with 217 patients as the used an EHR. It was observed that the amount of time a...
by Matthew Rehrl MD | Healthcare 3.0
In Physics, you have to know your assumptions. For example, the Einstein assumed the speed of light was constant, he was able to develop the Special Theory of Relativity, and eventually the General Theory of Relativity. Over the last 100 years, both in Astrophysics...
