Like many people, I’m intrigued by the 23andme drama. Here’s a quote I scribbled down at Health Foo: The data and genomics revolution is akin to the print revolution. Hundreds of years ago, peasants looked at this converted wine press and asked why we need more Bibles when nobody can read. The printing press triggered a […]
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A tribute to Mary Jo Deering
Mary Jo Deering is retiring after 27 years of public service in health. I contributed the following to a “history book” about her career so far: When I was first starting out as a researcher, back in 2001, Mary Jo invited me to meet with her and her team at HHS. She guided me toward […]
Thinking, fast and slow, about health care
Daniel Kahneman’s book, Thinking, Fast and Slow, has been sitting on my shelf for a year. I have started reading it three times and just can’t get into it. John Lumpkin to the rescue! His engaging 15-minute talk places Kahneman’s essential points in the context of his experience as a clinician and as an observer […]
An unexpected gift
I was 3 when my maternal grandfather died, 40 years ago today. My only memory of Frank H.J. Figge is of him making me laugh. Thanks to M.J. Tooey, my community colleague at the University of Maryland, Baltimore, I learned that his “happy chuckle” was a hallmark, along with his “true research brain.” My mother, […]
Health 2.0: greatest hits of what I missed
Thank goodness for conferences which do a good job of capturing and sharing videos. So often I am choosing between sessions, talking with people in the hallway and missing a keynote or demo, or just failing to take notes. Here is a selection of people and talks I missed in person at the recent Health […]
What if health care…? in the spotlight
The “What if health care…?” train rolled through Stanford’s campus during the Medicine X conference and a hashtag was elevated to a mainstage discussion. In the video below, I tell how #whatifhc began and talk a bit about why Twitter was a good place for the dream-sharing to start: Paul Costello framed the #whatifhc panel as […]
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