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Is the Future of Healthcare Delivery Guidelines or Personalized Medicine?

As we grapple with provider shortages, the surge in chronic illness and the quality to price (QPR as they say in the wine business) challenge in US healthcare delivery, it’s hard to imagine a future that does not include some sort of guideline or algorithm-driven care.  As providers take on more financial risk, one common …

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Is the End of Search the Beginning of Personalized Prevention?

This past week, Google had its annual developers conference, Google I/O.   One of the more provocative talks, called “The End of Search as We Know It,” was by Amit Singhal, who is in charge of search for Google. The vision, as described by Amit, is that instead of typing words into a box on a …

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The cHealth Blog Turns Three: Reflections on 3 Years of Progress in Connected Health

It has been 3 years since the cHealth blog entered the blogosphere, and it’s been a lot of fun.  I recently looked back to see if there are highlights or trends in my posts and/or if my thinking or communication had changed dramatically in 3 years.  Although not dramatic, if you look at these writings …

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