I’m at the Digital Health Conference in NYC and the Twitter stream has been going strong (search #dhc14 on Twitter to see what I mean). Sometimes I forget how much more satisfying a conference is when there’s an active Twitter stream. It enhances a conference for me in so many ways. I thought it would be fun to point out a few of the tweets that struck me today (and there were a lot to choose from).
@dsgold Maybe Maine, Indiana, Massachusetts or Arizona? Not sure they're ahead, but they might be the closest. #dhc14
— EMR, EHR and HIT (@ehrandhit) November 17, 2014
I do think New York has made a lot of progress with their HIE. Pretty amazing that they got $30 million of state funding for it. Do you know of other states that are making good progress on their state HIE?
& CVS sold cigarettes RT @StephLBaum Fun fact @EricTopol Mayo Clinic used to give out cigarette pack holders. You've come a long way! #DHC14
— EMR, EHR and HIT (@ehrandhit) November 17, 2014
Topol’s comment about cigarettes is interesting. I had to throw in the CVS reference. Right now it doesn’t seem that crazy, but I wonder if 10 years from now it will be just as crazy as Cleveland Clinic giving out cigarette pack holders.
Great concept RT @vincent_ng: “Put the bloodstream under surveillance” #DigitalHealth #DHC14 @EricTopol
— EMR, EHR and HIT (@ehrandhit) November 17, 2014
I love imagery and this is great imagery that could inspire a lot of people. What I don’t think many tech people realize is that they’re going to need to work collaboratively with scientists, chemists and doctors to do surveillance on the blood stream. Talk about an area that needs multidisciplinary efforts.
EHRs magnify problems, but they probably didn't make that problem. #dhc14 #hitsm #hcsm Very true in many cases.
— EMR, EHR and HIT (@ehrandhit) November 17, 2014
The common error that we compare the new way against perfection as opposed to comparing the new way against the alternative (or the previous model). I’ve been seeing this problem come up over and over in healthcare IT.
