HealthDigest Reading List
Welcome back to the HealthDigest Reading List, the members-only guide to the best content in the health care technology industry every week.
This week's edition highlights a new ONC program, the entrepreneurial spirit in health care, health literacy in the US, a robotic pharmacy, and the use of social networks for health care.
HealthDigest Reading List is curated by:
Ron Gutman - Founder & CEO of HealthTap; Curator of TEDxSiliconValley
What You Need to Read This Week
A SHARP Milestone – A New Innovation Challenge
By The Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC)
The ONC Strategic Health IT Advanced Research Projects (SHARP) announces a major milestone in development of their SMart architecture “iPhone-like” health IT platform, which will facilitate the development of medical applications that are scalable and substitutable.
Searching for Health Care's Entrepreneurial Spirit
By David M. Cutler, Harvard Business Review
As part of a three-week series in Harvard Business Review, David Cutler argues that entrepreneurial advancement in some areas of medicine has fallen short, encouraging us to learn from good examples of innovation in care, and harness our entrepreneurial spirit to make the best care the norm.
Many Americans have poor health literacy
By Sandra G. Boodman, The Washington Post
This article highlights the state of health literacy in the U.S. and its potential consequences. Some are looking to technology like video and computer software to help combat the issue.
New UCSF Robotic Pharmacy Aims to Improve Patient Safety
By Karin Rush-Monroe, UCSF
We’re all human, and we make mistakes. That’s why UCSF Medical Center has created a fully automated hospital pharmacy that uses robotic technology and electronics to prepare and track medications. The goal is to improve patient safety, and the results, so far, are incredible.
The doctor is in…your social network
By Rebecca Wallace, Palo Alto Online
Physicians’ use of social media is expanding both locally and nationally as a way of providing better care and giving patients more opportunities for information.
Help your friends get involved and stay on top of the healthcare technology industry here.
This week's edition highlights a new ONC program, the entrepreneurial spirit in health care, health literacy in the US, a robotic pharmacy, and the use of social networks for health care.
HealthDigest Reading List is curated by:Ron Gutman - Founder & CEO of HealthTap; Curator of TEDxSiliconValley
What You Need to Read This Week
A SHARP Milestone – A New Innovation Challenge
By The Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC)
The ONC Strategic Health IT Advanced Research Projects (SHARP) announces a major milestone in development of their SMart architecture “iPhone-like” health IT platform, which will facilitate the development of medical applications that are scalable and substitutable.
Searching for Health Care's Entrepreneurial Spirit
By David M. Cutler, Harvard Business Review
As part of a three-week series in Harvard Business Review, David Cutler argues that entrepreneurial advancement in some areas of medicine has fallen short, encouraging us to learn from good examples of innovation in care, and harness our entrepreneurial spirit to make the best care the norm.
Many Americans have poor health literacy
By Sandra G. Boodman, The Washington Post
This article highlights the state of health literacy in the U.S. and its potential consequences. Some are looking to technology like video and computer software to help combat the issue.
New UCSF Robotic Pharmacy Aims to Improve Patient Safety
By Karin Rush-Monroe, UCSF
We’re all human, and we make mistakes. That’s why UCSF Medical Center has created a fully automated hospital pharmacy that uses robotic technology and electronics to prepare and track medications. The goal is to improve patient safety, and the results, so far, are incredible.
The doctor is in…your social network
By Rebecca Wallace, Palo Alto Online
Physicians’ use of social media is expanding both locally and nationally as a way of providing better care and giving patients more opportunities for information.
Help your friends get involved and stay on top of the healthcare technology industry here.
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