by Matthew Rehrl MD | Philosophy, Physician Career
I just received the book Wittgenstein’s Philosophical Investigations via Amazon. (Thank you Amazon!) It’s recommended reading for the one-day course An Introduction to Wittgenstein: Games, Pictures, Rules, and Therapies which I will be taking this May through...
by Matthew Rehrl MD | AI Ethics, Artificial Intelligence, Big Data, Natural Language Processing, Physician Career
Microsoft recently purchased the speech recognition software company Nuance (Microsoft completes acquisition of Nuance, ushering in a new era of outcomes-based AI) for 16 billion dollars. At first glance, this looks like a good thing for both healthcare and...
by Matthew Rehrl MD | AI Ethics, Artificial Intelligence, Big Data, Healthcare Ethics, Physician Career
When applying for a healthcare job, I expect that acceptable data for a potential employer to collect would include such things as prior employment history, educational history, email address, etc. And I certainly believe in many healthcare jobs, background checks are...
by Matthew Rehrl MD | Physician Career, Social Media, Twitter, Writing
On Twitter, I am active in two Twitter communities: the medical community and the writing community. The hashtags which represent the medical community can be broad (ex. #medtwitter and #physician), disease-focused, (ex. #obesity and #diabetes), conference or...
by Matthew Rehrl MD | Physician Career
Here’s a slightly edited post based on one I wrote for The Mayo Clinic Social Media Network a few months ago: What’s the best state for a physician to work in? Here’s some starting point links on how each state shapes up in terms of physician...
by Matthew Rehrl MD | Healthcare Innovation, Physician Career
I wonder if Clark Kent was frustrated at his yearly performance review? I believe most employers don’t want you using your superpowers at work, and I am sure the Daily Planet would fire Clark Kent if he showed up in his Superman tights, suddenly using all of his...
