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Thoughts on HIT (technical) certifications vs. graduate degrees 3 Jul 2013 | 10:12 pm
These days I’ve been getting an increasing number of questions from some very smart readers of this blog about whether or not graduate degrees or technical (HIT-specific or otherwise) certifications a...
How liability distribution is holding back certain types of innovation in healthcare 15 Jun 2013 | 09:13 pm
I recently posted about my upcoming Healthcare Unbound presentation on why healthcare disruption is happening too slowly and requested some thoughts from my readers. This morning I woke up to receive...
Guest Article: Shakespeare in Namespace, or why Blue Button took off as fast as it did 15 Jun 2013 | 08:05 pm
I had the privilege of working with Dr. Peter Levin as an outside technology strategy adviser while he was the Chief Technology Officer (CTO) of Veterans Affairs during the first Obama Administration....
Writing safety critical software using an agile, risk-based, approach should be the norm in modern medical device development 15 Jun 2013 | 07:55 am
I first started using and mentoring developers on agile software development techniques like eXtreme Programming (XP) and Scrum over a decade ago. Often called “lightweight” methodologies, agile softw...
Getting beyond the hype of disruption in healthcare and focusing on actionable innovation 14 Jun 2013 | 04:08 am
I’ve been invited to give a keynote talk at the Tenth Annual Healthcare Unbound Conference taking place in Denver on July 11-12. Healthcare Unbound is the “granddaddy” of recent Health 2.0, Connected ...
Getting beyond the hype of disruption in healthcare and focusing on actionable innovation 14 Jun 2013 | 04:08 am
I’ve been invited to give a keynote talk at the Tenth Annual Healthcare Unbound Conference taking place in Denver on July 11-12. Healthcare Unbound is the “granddaddy” of recent Health 2.0, Connected ...
Guest Article: Achieving product simplicity in healthcare offerings is hard but possible 13 Jun 2013 | 08:13 pm
I’m a geek and proud of it — I love building software, launching new products, and am a fan of others that do it well. Recently I ran across the Berlin-based team from kenHub, a site focused on teachi...
Guest Article: Iterative funnel management improvement to reduce health IT sales failures 28 May 2013 | 05:05 am
A frequent question I am asked by startups and their software focused leadership teams is, “how do we generate sales and what is the appropriate process to follow in creating our sales expectations.” ...
Join me at MedCity ENGAGE: Unlocking Patient Engagement through Innovation, June 5-6, in Washington DC 27 May 2013 | 07:53 pm
Digital Patient Engagement (DPE) is a subject that’s been getting a great deal of attention these days, notably because MU Stage 2 specifically mentions DPE as a requirement for the next generation of...
Guest Article: How to improve health IT products sales into physician practices and hospitals through better funnel management 6 May 2013 | 08:48 pm
A frequent question I am asked by startups and their software focused leadership teams is, “how do we generate sales and what is the appropriate process to follow in creating our sales expectations.” ...
