Friday

The Dawn of a New Age in Healthcare

It seems appropriate to post a photo of these beautiful desert tulips this morning. They greeted me in my front yard yesterday. For the past couple weeks I have been waking each morning before the sun rises, before the birds begin singing, excited for the future. We always think that the future is something that happens in, well, the future. But it is here now, around us, if we know where to look and how to imagine.

Just read this incredible Accenture presentation on "The Dawn of a New Age in Healthcare." It was an utterly fascinating read! The bite sized comments rocket you through all 29 pages.

Such amazing comments. Here are some points that jumped out at me:

• Pg 11 & 12. Industry comments on 1) business model, 2) interoperability / standards and 3) market readiness.

• Your mobile phone operators could facilitate systems: "If network operators get their act together and start acting like a family of operators versus individual companies..."

• Pg 19. Using off-hour carrier mobile carrier services to move around these many small bits of data.

Thanks to @scotteising for retweeting @hajovanbeijma.
Accenture issues new mobile healthcare(mHealth) study:
http://www.texttochange.org/news/accenture_issues_new_mobile_healthcare_mhealth_study