Topics: business model, ehr, ehrs/phrs, health plan, health policy/reform, hitech, hospital, interoperability, network economy, network effect, platform, strategy
“We need to make care linkages a core competency of American health care.” George Halvorson, Chairman and CEO, Kaiser Foundation Health Plan, Kaiser Foundation Hospital There’s a double meaning to the title of this new series: Healthcare Crosses the Chasm to the Network Economy At the level of technology, it’s a reference to Geoffrey Moore’s bestselling business/technology book — “Crossing the Chasm”. The Chasm here is the huge gap between early adopters of technology and mainstream users. The book describes the process of bringing specific technologies into mainstream usage. At the level of clinical care, its a reference to the landmark 2001 report by the Institute of Medicine — “Crossing the Chasm”. Here, the Chasm is…

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by David C. Kibbe MD, MBA The remarkable report, “ Initial Lessons From the First National Demonstration Project on Practice Transformation to a Patient-Centered Medical Home ,” published in the May/June issue of Annals of Family Medicine , the Nutting Report , makes this point about the state of primary care IT offerings: Technology...
My brother, the Aerospace Genius, has written a book ! Here’s just part of the description from his web site: Think Fast is not about the technology, but about WHY TO use some technologies and avoid others in your quest to WIN races. Think Fast can help any race car driver or race engineer tackle the big challenges and cross the finish line...
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