IBM’s Crystal Ball
Every year, IBM researchers take a look to the future and publish their top five predictions for what we will see five years from now. Take a look at IBM – Smarter Planet – The IBM 5 in 5 for their latest. The site has a well-done 90 second video to summarize what each of the five […]
Medical Outcomes – Finding Out What Works
Anecdotal medicine or evidence-based medicine, that is the question. When you go see your trusted doctor, do you want him to diagnose and prescribe based on his or her decades of experience? Not to say there are not great doctors out there that have great experience, but there is a better way. How about if […]
Game Changers
The New York Times reported that massive open online courses (MOOCs) are not dead (see After Setbacks, Online Courses Are Rethought). Although not the most positive article, it made the important point that MOOCs are evolving. I stick by my view that MOOCs are Web-1994. In that year, I gave a speech in Paris at an International Data […]
ACA Feedback – 2
Thanks to my friend Tony for pointing out that I made a significant typo in the ACA story of last week. I used the word appeal instead of repeal! That has been fixed. My friend Irving has posted a story about the ACA that adds some depth to what I had written. Irving’s post is […]
Facial Reconstruction with 3-D Printing
One of the e-newsletters I look forward to every week is from MedicalAutomation.org. The site describes their mission as filling the need for unbiased information about processes and technologies that can make healthcare more effective, efficient and equitable. Their scope is worldwide. One of the topics that seems to be appearing more frequently in the […]