In the middle of World War II, the U.S. Air Tactical Command of the Army Air Force – the modern-day Air Force was not established until 1947 – met with Lockheed Aircraft Company to express …
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NtC 22: Strategies Direct Change
Peter Drucker, the father of modern management, believed that managing change required the first step of understanding and defining an objective and then linking it to a strategy. Well-thought-out mission statements are a great source …
Continue readingNtC 21: Change Managing or Managing Change
Let’s talk a bit more about change. There are two approaches to change. Change that manages us or our management of change. Examining the current state of healthcare, we quickly notice that change mostly manages …
Continue readingNtC 20: Identify Every Changepoint
In my last podcast, I shared with you my thoughts on both insistent and disruptive change and how both could be positive or negative. Change can sometimes do a 180-degree turn and become the other. …
Continue readingThe Power of Embedded Analytics: A Cross Industry Perspective
(Download a PDF of this document) In the era of data-driven decision-making, embedded analytics emerged as a powerful tool for transforming how businesses operate across various industries. This technology deploys analytical capabilities directly into business …
Continue readingNtC 19: Truths About Change
When most people think about change, their attitude varies from sighs to resignation to resistance. We rarely view change positively; we tend not to look forward to its influences. Yet with change being a constant …
Continue readingNtC 18: So What’s the Problem?
The electronic health record gets a bum rap. We blame it for increasing healthcare costs, poor clinical outcomes, and clinician burnout. While EHR vendors have some responsibility for all these adverse effects, they are not …
Continue readingRadiomics: Decision Support That Effectively Leverages AI and Analytics
(Download a PDF of this document) Radiomics, a field at the intersection of medical imaging and data science, is rapidly transforming the healthcare landscape. This innovative discipline leverages computer vision to perform high-throughput extraction of …
Continue readingHow Computer Vision is Transforming Medical Imaging in Healthcare
(Download a PDF of this document) As a physician and a specialist in health information technology, I have witnessed firsthand the transformative power of technology in healthcare. One such technology that has been making waves …
Continue readingNtC 17: Understanding the Conundrum
The emergence of the digital age in healthcare, dating back to the mid to later years of the 20th century, was not greeted with joy and accolades but rather a great deal of skepticism. That …
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