Thrilled to be speaking at the IAWF Conference in Orange County at the Women in Tech Panel. If you are in So Cal, please join us for the conference on October 30th: https://lnkd.in/bZgCmZi

All healthcare professionals who read or are involved in quality improvement work know that we are a sloppy industry . Sloppiness leads to mistakes which causes harm. Sure--I know--we don't mean to harm our patients , but we do. Forgive us but please, please start demanding higher performance from "the healthcare system." Selected excerpt : "One in five adults have personally experienced a medical error, and that mistake often has a lasting impact on the patient’s physical and emotional health, relationships and financial well-being, according to a new national survey." …see more

I just saw this and thought of apples and oranges. Though I know it was put forward to provoke thoughts, this simplification doesn't help us move forward. The figure on the right is full of health IT issues that do not require activities from patients or medical professionals. While the left one consists of digital health challenges we all need to address due to their impact on the cultural components of care. I understand that what healthcare workers NEED are the practicalities, but soon enough they won’t be able to do their job without addressing what experts THINK about digital health. Moreover, digital health IS NOT health IT. We published a whole paper about the differences and the Gary-rule that can help anyone make the distinction easily. https://lnkd.in/g2UvetW #healthcare #digitalhealth #healthIT …see more

Google started releasing anonymized location data from users who have the "Location History" setting enabled in their Google accounts. This way, public health officials can see how effective social distancing measures are in 131 countries. The announcement mentions that Google isn't releasing any data on individual people or specific locations. Instead, "it used differential privacy techniques to add noise to the data sets used to create the reports in an effort to make it harder to de-anonymize that data used to create the reports." It means it's possible to deanonymize data, in theory, even though the risk is small. I'm so glad such huge data sets can support the fight against the pandemic, but we have to be vigilant so beating the pandemic doesn't come with the loss of our privacy. I deactivated the location history in my account years ago, but I'll now reactivate it until the pandemic is over. #themedicalfuturist #digitalhealth #future #healthcare #medicine #technology #fromchancetochoice #COVID19 #COVID_19 #coronavirus #google #locationhistory #virustracking #privacy …see more

"Investors and startups tend to overhype A.I., while medical professionals and policymakers tend to underestimate it. We are working to bridge this gap." - I said this in an interview today and I still stand by it. We put together this infographic about the impact digital health technologies, especially A.I., will have on medical specialties in the future. This is an element in the series of analyses we are trying to provide so everyone can prepare with informed decisions. Which medical specialty do you find being too far away from the spot it should occupy in the image? #themedicalfuturist #digitalhealth #future #healthcare #medicine #technology #fromchancetochoice #artificialintelligence #AI #healthcarepolicy #specialties #medicalspecialties …see more

If you are looking for a great example of how artificial intelligence-based algorithms can assist (and not replace) medical professionals, look at the recent paper from the teams of Kristen Yeom and Andrew Ng. They concluded that radiologists could improve their diagnoses of brain aneurysms with the help of an artificial intelligence algorithm developed by medical experts and computer scientists. "Any artificially intelligent algorithm will have strengths and weaknesses that reflect its programming and training. In the case of HeadXNet, the researchers focused on its ability to identify the presence aneurysms rather than on detecting their absence. As a result, HeadXNet improved clinicians’ ability to see aneurysm but didn’t affect their ability to identify scans without them." It's there to make sure they make the best decisions but it doesn't do the job for them. #themedicalfuturist #digitalhealth #future #healthcare #medicine #technology #AI #artificialintelligence #chess #deeplearning #machinelearning …see more

I started testing not only digital health technologies and devices but also medical apps. The first in the line is SkinVision that helps users analyze their moles and track changes over time. It gives a standard assessment about the level of risk for the mole to become a melanoma and also offers a consultation with a dermatologist if the risk is high. The review will be up soon on themedicafuturist.com . We also did an interview about SkinVision for our newsletter special. Subscribe to get all these interesting insights: http://bit.ly/2SXX07N #themedicalfuturist #digitalhealth #future #healthcare #medicine #technology #skin #health #healthy #fromchancetochoice …see more

There’s hype and fear surround A.I. in healthcare. Many fear that they’ll take over our jobs in the near future. For example: looking at the rapid advancement of medical imaging it could seem like human radiologists will be obsolete in the future as A.I. will take care of their tasks. But it’s fearmongering and it’s irresponsible, especially if investors do that. Let me tell you five things why that A.I. won’t replace physicians. What do you think? #AI #healthcare #medicine #digitalhealth …see more

My 4 a.m. habit started by accident but it's become the time when It’s easiest to write, catch up on emails and set goals. Nice to know there are advantages to being an early bird. https://lnkd.in/esj_KxK

Employers should begin adding perks that include support for working caregivers as they make up over 20% of their workforce and are struggling. #WorkplaceWellness

From the BBC. Another indication of how hard it’s proving to maintain healthy re-opening processes. Many reasons for this, including mis-alignments of individual/collective risk assessments. As such,human counter party risk, real and perceived, continues to hamper economic activity. …see more

A beat on headline numbers in the US jobs relative to consensus expectations: 1.76 million in job creation versus the consensus expectation of 1.48 million; 10.2% unemployment rate versus 10,6%. Looking at the details. (Link to the report: https://lnkd.in/gdbtdPr employment ) #jobs #employment #unemployment #economy …see more

FYI, my thoughts on Argentina's latest (debt restructuring) offer to its bond creditors. https://lnkd.in/gtAM25Y #Argentina #debt #creditors #restructurings #economy #markets #investing #investors #Bloomberg #bopinion …see more

The video link to the conversation with India's ET NOW -- on the global economic outlook, that for developing countries, and markets. https://lnkd.in/d4iX89h #em #emergingmarkets TIMESNOW #economy #India ET NOW #markets #investing #investors …see more

The weekly look ahead for the global economy and markets In what is likley to be an interesting week, look for: Greater focus on health metrics out of China and the US, along with related corporate reactions; Flash PMIs and other indicators of June economic activity; How EM central banks strike increasingly tricky policy tradeoffs; and The strength of the retail sector bid in markets. #economy #markets #em #china #us #covid # …see more

FYI, thoughts on the continued cognitive resistance in markets, and still among too many economists, to major uncertainties relating to four key issues relating to the immediate and longer-term impact of the coronavirus. https://lnkd.in/epwt7-5 #bopinion #investing #bloomberg #markets #investing #economy #investors #investments #coronavirus #covid19 #covid …see more

He’s created a lifelong, evergreen, income machine. I had him back on my podcast. “How much did you make last month?” I said “$52,000” “Last month?” Then I jumped in with questions. ⇢HOW does some actually get to the top of Amazon’s best seller list? ⇢HOW can someone listening, right now, get their first idea for a successful book? ⇢HOW do you write? (This one seems basic, but it’s not. What are the writing habits? ⇢ HOW do you create discipline? Do you outline? Or not outline?) …see more

If Iran were to escalate tensions in reaction to the assassination of the head of their nuclear program, it would complicate JCPOA talks with the Biden administration. And if they don't? The Iranian nuclear program won't stop; will be slowed down. #QuickTake | GZERO Media …see more

Over the past seven decades, the global urban population has increased six-fold. GZERO Media looks at how that trend has played out in major regions of the world. #GraphicTruth …see more

As the COVID-19 pandemic loomed, Best Buy CEO Corie Barry and her team could see the writing on the wall. They knew they didn't have much time. The world of retail was about to change for the foreseeable future. Employee and customer safety had suddenly become a concern. At the same time, with employers asking countless employees to begin working from home, there was a sharp uptick in demand for products that would allow them to do so. Barry and her team had to act fast. Act fast they did. Best Buy recently released its first-quarter results, and the company was able to retain over 80 percent of its sales during the last six weeks of the quarter. Under normal circumstances, that wouldn't be such great news. But under these circumstances, it was phenomenal--especially considering not a single customer set foot in a store during that time. So, how did Best Buy do it? In a recent interview, Barry revealed some of the thinking behind her team's recent decisions. What we find is a brilliant combination of corporate strategy and emotional intelligence. (Read more in today's column.) #BestBuy #leadership #management #coronavirus #COVID19 #EmotionalIntelligence #MakeEmotionsWorkForYouNotAgainstYou …see more