https://www.nytimes.com/2018/12/26/science/chess-artificial-intelligence.html AlphaZero is now the undisputed champion of Go and now of chess. It recently battled Stockfish, the former chess computer heavyweight, and in that series of 100 matches, it won 28, drew 72, AND LOST NONE. Lets hear that again. AlphaZero, the deep learning computer originally designed to play and beat human players at … Continue reading Steven Strogatz (NYTimes) on a future for AI via AlphaZero
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Video: Dr. Sieja discusses EHR Optimization Sprints
https://www.mayoclinicproceedings.org/cms/10.1016/j.mayocp.2018.08.036/attachment/550f6a58-9ea6-4efe-9432-bb5c53fecaeb/mmc2.mp4 Congratulations to Dr. Sieja and team for publication of UCHealths' experience regarding EHR Optimization Sprints. You can do it too! Read about our published experience at Mayo Clinic Proceedings. https://www.mayoclinicproceedings.org/article/S0025-6196(18)30788-2/fulltext#appsec1 There are several online supplements: additional specifics about how we conducted the program (30-60-90 day planning meetings, agendas for the 2 weeks of activity, … Continue reading Video: Dr. Sieja discusses EHR Optimization Sprints
Optimization Sprints: Improving Clinician Satisfaction and Teamwork by Rapidly Reducing Electronic Health Record Burden (published in Mayo Clinic Proceedings Feb 2019)
Sprint team action shot! Congratulations to Amber Sieja, Katie Markley, Jon Pell, Christine Gonzalez, Brian Redig, Patrick Kneeland, co-authors on our published article in Mayo Clinic Proceedings this week. I've spoken of some of the details on this blog, so I'll let the paper speak for itself. Nice to be recognized! Coming soon: a video … Continue reading Optimization Sprints: Improving Clinician Satisfaction and Teamwork by Rapidly Reducing Electronic Health Record Burden (published in Mayo Clinic Proceedings Feb 2019)
Willy Wonka and the Epic EHR: behind the scenes at the behemoth of Wisconsin (NYTimes)
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/12/20/business/epic-systems-campus-verona-wisconsin.html This article speaks for itself. Having visited the Verona, Wisconsin campus of Epic's Intergalactic Headquarters, with its dozens of campus buildings, its massive Voyager Training Hall, and its equally massive 11,000+ seat auditorium (the largest in the state), it is an impressive site. Equally impressive is the young talent that this company recruits out … Continue reading Willy Wonka and the Epic EHR: behind the scenes at the behemoth of Wisconsin (NYTimes)
Letting patients file their Advance Care Planning (Advance Directives) online via Patient Portal (Hillary Lum et al)
Dr. Hillary Lum https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0885392418310479 Thanks to Dr. Lum for her persistence and clarity of purpose. She led a team of physician leaders and IT staffers through a complex process, resulting in a first-of-its-kind online tool: The ability for patients to complete their Advance Care Planning and upload the results using an EHR (electronic health record) … Continue reading Letting patients file their Advance Care Planning (Advance Directives) online via Patient Portal (Hillary Lum et al)
Arborealization and the Ping Pong Robot (from Omron)!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IXyKLDNzGGI OMRON's ping pong robot is a demonstration Interesting. OMRON, maker of the blood pressure measuring device that I recommend to patients, is moving into human-augmenting AI. Purely as a demonstration project to showcase technologies, they built a Ping Pong robot that will play with you to: Rally with youAssess your ping pong skillAssess your … Continue reading Arborealization and the Ping Pong Robot (from Omron)!
Holy Geez! Storm surge animation takes imaging to the next level
https://www.wired.com/story/weather-channel-hurricane-florence-storm-surge-graphic/ We are living in a wondrous time. Read this WIRED article about how the Weather channel very quietly deployed a brand new imaging technology to very viscerally depict Storm Surge data in a way that WILL GET FOLKS OUT OF THE FLOOD ZONE. Some do not leave because there is a lack of understanding … Continue reading Holy Geez! Storm surge animation takes imaging to the next level
Open notes in a Resident clinic: research study results
Research study paper is here: http://ow.ly/6eY530jYZJy We're published! Thanks to co-authors Bradley Crotty MD, Corey Lyons MD, and Matthew Moles MD, we helped a multi-health system collaborative to study the idea of Open Notes in primary care residencies (family medicine and internal medicine at University of Colorado Health system), with research findings above. Ultimately there … Continue reading Open notes in a Resident clinic: research study results
I wanted Vicodin, not Herbal Tea (nytimes)
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/01/27/opinion/sunday/surgery-germany-vicodin.html We are in the midst of a national opioid crisis. It is a crisis, partially, of our own making. In the past decade we physicians were criticized for not adequately addressing the pain of our patients, to the point of creating another vital sign: "pain score." And then dutifully tracking this score and catering … Continue reading I wanted Vicodin, not Herbal Tea (nytimes)
Augmented Reality: the Homecourt app on iPhone XS: wow!
https://www.si.com/tech-media/2018/09/12/steve-nash-homecourt-app-apple-event-iphone-xs-camera-watch-shot-tracker More whiz-bang tech. The latest iPhone now supports more augmented reality, by allowing the app access to a video stream of someone practicing shooting hoops and giving feedback in REAL TIME as to the spots from which shots are attempted and made. In other words, AI now auto-processes video that used to take hours … Continue reading Augmented Reality: the Homecourt app on iPhone XS: wow!