Healthcare's low Digitization Index
Gregory Schmidt, MD
Healthcare remains one of the least digitized sectors of the economy. Article: https://www.gregoryschmidt.com/articles/healthcare-digitization-index
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Healthcare productivity is the (second) worst
Gregory Schmidt, MD
Between 1990 and 2007 healthcare was the second worst sector of the USA economy in productivity improvement. In fact it had become less productive with time. Article: https:/www.gregoryschmidt.com/articles/healthcare-productivity-2014
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Growth in healthcare spending outpaces growth in GDP
Gregory Schmidt, MD
Countries spend more on healthcare each year than their economy grows. Can this continue forever? Article: www.gregoryschmidt.com/articles/growth-healthcare-vs-gdp #HealthEcon
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CBC hides inflammatory article published on Nursing Day
Gregory Schmidt, MD
CBC News published an article on Nursing Day that provoked public outcry. It turns out that the details of the original article were incorrect. CBC proceeded to rewrite the article (a new headline, byline, and content) but the new article was published overtop of their existing article.
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Single-sentence summaries improve EHR data display
Gregory Schmidt, MD
The addition of single-sentence summaries can dramatically improve the information communicated when generating summaries of patient data. This example focuses on trying to display that two consultations occurred in the same day. Article: https://www.gregoryschmidt.com/articles/single-sentence-summaries
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Risks of using medical story arcs
Gregory Schmidt, MD
When we fit the patient's narrative into a typical medical story arc, we risk making diagnostic errors. Article: https://www.gregoryschmidt.com/articles/risks-of-using-medical-story-arcs
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Product Packaging UX: hard to open cardboard boxes
Gregory Schmidt, MD
Sometimes it is not clear which side of the box should be opened. Article: https://www.gregoryschmidt.com/articles/le-creusets-box
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5 Principles of Two-Factor Code Design
Gregory Schmidt, MD
Do we even need letters in the code? Are number only codes preferred? Article: https://www.gregoryschmidt.com/articles/two-factor-design
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The patient's narrative is never written down
Gregory Schmidt, MD
Summarizing the patient's narrative into a medical note introduces error into the earliest steps of the diagnostic and record-keeping process. Article: https://www.gregoryschmidt.com/articles/the-patients-narrative-is-never-written-down
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The patient's first-person narrative
Gregory Schmidt, MD
The original first-person patient narrative forms the foundation of clinical medicine, yet its original form rapidly becomes contaminated and evolve once the patient enters the medical system. Article: https://www.gregoryschmidt.com/articles/patient-first-person-narrative
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Article: https://www.gregoryschmidt.com/articles/le-creusets-box