Watson: A Computer So Smart It Can Say, “Yes, Doctor”
Physician Assistant Watson? Forget the sound of of a world champion Jeopardy star. Watson, can you say, “Yes, Doctor”?
Health IT: A Tale of Three Watsons
The future of medicine lies somewhere between the mainframe and the telephone.
Why Aren’t The Uninsured Protesting In The Streets Like The Egyptians?
Maybe the uninsured could learn something from Egyptians and the Arab street. At a time when landmark health reform granting most of the uninsured access to medical care for the first time in their lives is being seriously threatened, protests by the u…
Why Aren’t The Uninsured Protesting In The Streets Like The Egyptians?
Maybe the uninsured could learn something from Egyptians and the Arab street. At a time when landmark health reform granting most of the uninsured access to medical care for the first time in their lives is being seriously threatened, protests by the u…
Fixing Medicare’s Failed “Physician Compare” Website
The launch of Medicare’s Physician Compare website at year-end should have been a watershed event in the long campaign for health care transparency and patient empowerment. Instead – and it pains me to write this – Physician Compare is a case study in how the interests of the average citizen […]
Fixing Medicare’s Failed “Physician Compare” Website
The launch of Medicare’s Physician Compare website at year-end should have been a watershed event in the long campaign for health care transparency and patient empowerment. Instead – and it pains me to write this – Physician Compare is a case study in how the interests of the average citizen can be shunted by indifferent government, lazy journalists and solipsistic special interests. That remains true despite all of those involved being Good People Trying To Do The Right Thing.