The battle for data stewardship
January 20, 2020 This past week, patient data dominated the news cycles. First off, we had the ONC publish its 5-year IT plan planting a new stake in ground in its fight for patients to have unfettered access to their data (and promoted API-led connectivity as a means to getting there). We include a piece from […]
Digital medicine is just medicine
January 13, 2020 In my latest podcast episode, I speak with Daniel Barchi, SVP and CIO of NewYork-Presbyterian health system, on a wide range of topics related to the current state of tech and digital transformation in healthcare. Daniel has been famously quoted for his statement that healthcare tech is “80% people, 15% process, and […]
Welcome to 2020!
January 6, 2020 In our first podcast episode of the year, Mudit Garg, CEO and Co-Founder of digital health startup Qventus talks about how he brings an interdisciplinary approach combining AI and behavioral sciences to optimize patient flow and reduce length of stay in hospitals. He provides an important insight: AI predictions don’t do much […]
Looking forward to 2020
December 23, 2019 In my final blog for the year, I share my thoughts on what’s in store for digital health and digital transformation for the healthcare sector. As someone pointed out after reading my piece, the second law of thermodynamics prevails, which seems to be an accurate summary (I’ll be honest; I had to […]
Exploring the evolution of digital health startups
December 16, 2019 While the promise of digital innovation is immense, the challenges for digital health innovators are many. In the coming weeks, I will be featuring podcast interviews with the founders of several digital health startups who are navigating the challenges in their journey. This week’s podcast features Leah Sparks, CEO and Founder of […]
A new era begins at Google
December 9, 2019 Last week, the tech world saw a seismic shift with Sunder Pichai taking over as CEO for Alphabet, with oversight for the vast resources and the diverse portfolio of Google’s businesses. As a fellow first generation immigrant from India and as an alum of the same engineering school Sunder Pichai went to, […]
Human-centered design and digital health
November 25, 2019 As the quality of the healthcare “experience” becomes front and center in conversations about digital transformation and digital health, designing for that experience is becoming a critical skill. Taking lessons from the design pioneers of Silicon Valley, such as Apple, a whole slew of digital health startups is focusing in creating superior […]
Welcoming our new board of advisors
November 18, 2019 We are very pleased to welcome Edward Marx and John Glaser to our inaugural advisory board. Read the announcement. In my latest podcast episode, Steve Miff, CEO of the Parkland Center for Clinical Innovation (PCCI), a spin-off from Parkland Hospitals in Dallas, discusses how they have deployed advanced machine learning algorithms to […]
Taking care of patients first – and letting everything else follow
November 11, 2019 In my latest podcast episode, David Quirke, newly appointed CIO at Inova Health System, discusses his new role, their technology environment, high-level priorities, and the mission to provide world-class healthcare with every patient interaction. David believes that successful organizations always put patients, quality, and the outcomes first and everything else follows. Technology […]
The tyranny of good ideas
November 4, 2019 In my latest podcast episode, John Glaser, former CIO of Partners Healthcare, discusses EHR systems and the burden on physicians from poor design and workflows, the opportunities to advance data interoperability in the near term, and the confusing landscape around information blocking legislation. He cautions against the “tyranny of a large number […]
