I did two things last week which at first seemed unrelated. First, I finished reading the book The Checklist Manifesto by Atul Gawande. Second, I attended a roundtable discussion on the topic of utilization management, with a focus on the history and use of pre-authorization. In The Checklist Manifesto, Gawande describes his quest to increase … Continue reading How do we manifest the checklist?
Healthcare
The Problem with Terminators
In the movie The Terminator, Reese, the bodyguard from the future, talks about how the machines took over: "Defense network computers. New... powerful... hooked into everything, trusted to run it all. They say it got smart, a new order of intelligence. Then it saw all people as a threat, not just the ones on the … Continue reading The Problem with Terminators
Easy and impactful
At an AI-in-healthcare discussion event, someone asked a question - what opportunities are there for AI in healthcare? That's a very broad question and one that each person or company entering the healthcare AI business is going to have to answer for themselves. Perhaps a more interesting question is, once you have some opportunities in mind, … Continue reading Easy and impactful
If you’re asking if AI will replace radiologists, you’re asking the wrong question
There are two ways to make certain that you will get people to click on your article in the radiology world right now - either write that AI is going to replace radiologists, or argue that AI will absolutely, certainly not replace radiologists. It's easy to see why either of these positions are so eagerly … Continue reading If you’re asking if AI will replace radiologists, you’re asking the wrong question
Feeling powerless?
What do you do when you feel powerless in the face of forces you can't control? It might be the shift in marketplace for your profession. It might be the environment, or the change in the current political story. It's easy to get emotional and lash out. Maybe voicing your anger on social media on … Continue reading Feeling powerless?
Radiology is not ruined, it just doesn’t know what it is
Robert Wachter recently published a book exerpt, Has Technology Ruined the Radiology Profession? The basic idea is that technology, first seen as a boon to the profession of radiology, has actually eroded its value, perhaps to the point of replacing radiologists with machines. It's a cautionary tale, meant to warn the rest of medicine of the … Continue reading Radiology is not ruined, it just doesn’t know what it is
Red Goggles 