Ten Fold (10X): Is There Really an Order of Magnitude Difference?
Magnitude (măg’nĭ-tūd‘) n. Greatness in size and extent. Greatness in significance or influence. Two recent news items caught my attention. They follow on the heels of some of my recent writings on VistA EHR, MUMPS based systems, and the idea of virtuous cycle investments as a true stimulus in helping to lay down the health […]
Stimulus? What Government Should Learn From the X-Prize
Stimulus (stĭm’yə-ləs) Something causing or regarded as causing a response. An agent, action, or condition that elicits or accelerates an activity or response. Something that incites or rouses to action; an incentive. I am completely NAUSEATED . . . this entire stimulus package is going to be one of the greatest debacles ever witnessed in […]
Cognitive Surplus: “Collective Intelligence” or “Organizing Wisdom”?
Cognitive Surplus (kŏg’nĭ-tĭv sûr’pləs) n. The surplus brain power available as a result of the free time made possible through technology advances, cultural changes, and new politico-social arrangements I have had this blog queued up for a long time and an article describing Yahoo’s renewed focus on improving the search experience t
Catchup: In Case You Missed IT
Catch Up (kăch’ŭp‘) n. An approach or strategy intended to overcome a disadvantage or lead. An increase intended to bring an amount or rate up to a standard. Gearing back up from being gone for 10 days. It is a painful process to dig out from the hundreds of emails, thousands of twitters, and the […]
Launch: Personal Health Advisory Services
Crossover (krôs’ō‘vər) n. The adaptation of a musical style, as by blending elements of two or more styles or categories, to appeal to a wider audience. A recording designed to appeal to wide or diverse audience I have been blogging for just over two years at Crossover Health while also working as a strategic consultant […]
Mary Jerome: The Rosa Parks of Transparency
Scheme (skēm) n. A systematic plan of action A secret or devious plan An orderly combination of related parts “Usual and customary” just became “Transparency and consistency” The United Health Group, in what will become a sweeping decision (interesting interview with author here) within the Health Insurance industry, was just levied
Sales Objection #2: MUMPS is Dead (No, its actually EPIC)
Epic (ĕp‘ĭk) n. An extended narrative poem in elevated or dignified language, celebrating the feats of a legendary or traditional hero. A series of events considered appropriate to an epic Epic is a beautiful surfing slang word to describe a day, a swell, or a ride that is totally out of the ordinary, transcending into […]
The Problem with VistA: “Its the Platform, Stupid”
Platform (plăt’fôrm) n. A formal declaration of the principles on which a group, such as a political party, makes its appeal to the public. The basic technology of a computer system’s hardware and software that defines how a computer is operated and determines what other kinds of software can be used. I read with interest […]
Transparency Trek: The Million EOB March
Trek (Trĕk) n. A journey or leg of a journey, especially when slow or difficult. A journey by ox wagon, especially a migration I have been thinking alot about EOB’s. How did these anomolies of reason, this perversions of clarity, and obfuscators of objectivity come into existence? To what intent are they provided to the […]
Part II – Innovators Prescription: Health Care Business Models
This is Part II of a recap of the The Innovators Prescription: A Disruptive Solution for Health Care. It is the third installment by Clayton Christensen in his innovations series where he collaborates with the esteemed Jerome Grossman, MD and newcomer Jason Hwang, MD. This segment lays some additional foundation for understanding the general disruptive [&hel