The Meaning of Life (as a CIO)

As I approach 60 and reflect on over 40 years in the healthcare IT industry I sometimes feel that I ’ve transitioned from a rogue upstart to the leader of the status quo - always about to be disrupted. I’m no longer a trouble maker, I calm the troubled healthcare technology waters.  If I ’m not careful, that could mean I’ll become a rate limiting step to radical change since I’ve been shaped by a lifetime of experience that started with punch cards, paper tape, and Fortran.The themes I ’ll write about twice a week in 2019 will be about exploring new technology around the world and in a Boston-based lab, the Healthcare Technology Exploration Center at Beth Israel Deaconess Healthcare System, which I lead.  We ’ll evaluate new products, ideas, and workflows.  We ’ll pilot innovations and fail fast (if needed) so that we can rapidly converge on the right tools for the business requirements we’re given.In our first quarter we ’ll describe an evaluation of the Google ecosystem and potential healthcare implications for Android, Chrome OS and sensor devices such asGoogle Pixel 3 phonePixelbookGoogle Home HubGoogle Chromecast 3rd GenerationGoogle Mini-homeGoogle Chromecast AudioNest ThermostatNest Outdoor CameraWe ’ll review internet of things devices including the Withings suite of watches, blood pressure cuffs, sleep monitors, thermometers, and scales.We ’ll evaluate telemedicine devices and services that bring cloud hosted, machine ...
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