A Universally Connected World… everything and everybody (2012)
The MIT Technology Review this week had a nice story about how GE is promoting the idea of an “industrial Internet”. This is a really good idea. A number of us at IBM have been talking about “millions of businesses, billions of people, and trillions of things” connected to the Internet for quite a few […]
My Doctoral Journey – Part 5
I really appreciate the support from my friends and family for my decision in August 2010 to begin the doctoral journey. Having completed 70% of the coursework, it was time to attend the third (and final) residency in Atlanta this past week. I have been an Internet advocate for almost twenty years. My basic tenet has […]
FitBit
A textbook on telemedicine (Fong, Fong, & Li, 2011) was quite interesting. I am especially interested in telemonitoring for the purpose of recording cardiac activity for the purpose of predicting impending heart failure. I expect a huge growth in the use of telemonitoring for home health care, and it seems that the consumer electronics industry, […]
DACS.20
On May 1st, the Danbury Area Computer Society held it’s monthly meeting, and it was my honor to give a talk about The Future of the Internet and Health Care. This was the twentieth year in a row that I have shared my thoughts with this fine group. The meeting was open to the public […]
Patient-centered Medical Home
The health care system of today is based on an entitlement-oriented fee for services model. Providers feel entitled to be reimbursed for the services they provide. The more services they provide, the more reimbursement they receive. The payers–both government and insurance companies–have not yet provided sufficient incentive to providers to shift the focus to health […]
