Matthew's Blog
My Preparation for the Digital Future in Healthcare
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...
What’s Next in Deep Learning with Electronic Health Records
Here's an interesting article in Nature which was published in May 2018 that should be on the radar of any physician interested in Artificial Intelligence: "Scalable and accurate deep learning with electronic health records” This study, by analyzing the EHRs using...
Writing for Medium – a Pre-Beginner’s Guide.
08There’s a pretty good chance I am going to start writing for Doximity’s Op-Ed section on the Medium platform within the next few weeks. In preparation for this, and thanks to some excellent advice and links from Dakota Shane, here are my pre-novice tips I have...
Digital Ethics and Children: Beyond HIPPA
As I prepare to go to a fundraising luncheon for a wonderful child-centric organization, and as I look at their website - full with many beautiful pictures and stories of the children they have helped - a question comes to mind: Who has the right to these digital...
Why eHealth Has Yet To Be Broadly Adopted
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...
What is 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 wrong. There certainly are...
Why I (Usually) Don’t Love Social Media
People who know me often say that I just love social media and think everyone should be on it. I don't. In fact, for most people, most of the time, social media is best avoided. It can be distracting, cognitively limiting, and manipulative. It can damage careers and...
A Great Writing and Digital Platform Conference for Physicians
This week I am attending Writing, Publishing, and Social Media for Healthcare Professionals 2018, held in Boston each year. If you are a physician (or work in healthcare in any capacity), and you have a book project in mind, this is an exceptionally good conference....
The Value of Wandering
Today, I am wandering. Don't get me wrong. Usually I am all about plans. I love SMART goals (Specific, Measurable, Achievable, Relevant , Timely). I use OmniFocus everyday. I do both a weekly and monthly review, when I review my projects list within the context of my...