I’ve experienced a renewed interest in Q&A thanks to Quora . Founded in 2009 by former members of the Facebook team, Quora is a repository of high-quality questions and answers. Not an oxymoron. The quiddity is that you become valuable on Quora not by dint of the number of followers you have, but through the [...]

  Research studies matter. Participants matter. “Personally, you’re fortunate if you can reach 50 percent of your enrollment targets in a study involving children,” Alexander said. “Recently Spectrum looked at Stanford, and 50 percent enrollment was a successful study.” –(Stanford Daily) That quote is painfully true. A recent conversation at the hospital got me thinking [...]

  “Geography is destiny in medicine.” –Jack Lord, MD In my undergrad English lit courses, I heard a lot about “character is destiny”. Which is a fancy way of blowing things out of proportion – e.g., Romeo and Juliet didn’t die via the quality of being “star-crossed”, but because they were super emo. Well, this [...]

The success of electronic medical records (EMR) depends on much more than the EMR itself, but intuitive, smart software is still important. In this post (Merry Christmas!), I will talk about one tough issue in particular, the search problem, and why a “finder” like Google Wave (June, November) might be a good idea. Larger electronic [...]