The fading star of facial recognition technology
June 15, 2020 I share several interesting reads from the past week. The failed efforts by Sweden in managing their way into achieving natural herd immunity for the coronavirus by deliberately allowing a degree of exposure to the virus is explored in a series of graphs and charts in this interesting piece by Tomas Pueyo. (Pueyo’s first […]
Eight. Forty. Six.
June 08, 2020 I start this week’s newsletter with an acknowledgment of the painful memory of what happened to George Floyd in broad daylight in public view on May 25 and expressing solidarity with the #BLM movement. Tech firms across the land have started taking positions on the issues of racial inequality and injustice. I […]
Beyond Telemedicine in the year of the Pandemic
June 01, 2020 In the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, telemedicine has made irreversible progress. In a recent survey by the Association of Community Health Plans, nearly 90% of the respondents indicated they were satisfied with the experience. Clearly, telehealth’s moment has come. The case for digital health may also be getting stronger, going by […]
Bravery and Hope
May 18, 2020 My pick of the week is this moving CBS TV program titled Bravery and Hope which takes a look at 7 days inside the operations of the Montefiore Health System in New York. Located in the Bronx, Montefiore has had the highest number of COVID-19 cases in New York. It’s a must-watch. […]
The future isn’t here, but it’s uneven for sure in healthcare.
May 11, 2020 My reading pick of the week is a blog that went viral (no pun intended) by a biology professor in UMass at Dartmouth that explains the spread of coronavirus in a remarkably lucid manner. As businesses and institutions press forward with reopening plans, the blog is a practical guide to consumers and […]
The coming 90% economy
May 05, 2020 As the nation makes its initial move to re-open some businesses and ease the economy back to pre-pandemic levels, the one thought on everyone’s minds is: when will we be back to pre-pandemic levels of normalcy? The Economist describes what a 90% economy will look and feel like. Is there a treatment […]
The end of the beginning?
April 27, 2020 The subject line this week is a nod to Winston Churchill’s assessment of an early British victory in WW2. The war would go on for another four years. My favorite read this week is this long-form piece by Bill Gates that summarizes the scientific efforts to find a vaccine for COVID-19, and […]
Connecting the “dark pools” of healthcare data
April 20, 2020 In a thoughtful piece in Health Affairs, Aaron Miri, CIO of Dell Medical School, and co-author Daniel O’Neill lay out the case for accelerating data infrastructure for COVID-19 surveillance and management. Their ideas include leveraging the fragmented healthcare data exchange infrastructure, notably “edge devices” to accelerate data interoperability for public health. Their […]
Wherever you go, there you are.
April 13, 2020 This past week, we saw big tech step up big time in the effort to find a technology-led solution to the Covid-19 crisis. Traditional rivals Google and Apple are getting together to develop a contact tracing app that will use Bluetooth technology to identify potential hotspots of coronavirus transmission and quickly identify […]
The technologies set to gain from Covid-19
April 06, 2020 With every crisis, there emerges a new set of winners in the economic landscape. Telehealth is clearly a Covid-19 “gainer” along with remote working tools such as Zoom, Slack, and Microsoft Teams. The FCC pleasantly surprised everyone by announcing a $200 million investment plan for telehealth this past week. For healthcare providers, already […]
