Gregory Schmidt, MD Gregory Schmidt MD
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Internal Medicine / Healthcare Systems / Design / EHR / Technology
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Healthcare's low Digitization Index
Healthcare remains one of the least digitized sectors of the economy. Article: https://www.gregoryschmidt.com/articles/healthcare-digitization-index
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Healthcare productivity is the (second) worst
Between 1990 and 2007 healthcare was the second worst sector of the USA economy in productivity improvement. In fact it had become less productive with time.
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Growth in healthcare spending outpaces growth in GDP
Countries spend more on healthcare each year than their economy grows. Can this continue forever? Article: www.gregoryschmidt.com/articles/growth-healthcare-vs-gdp #HealthEcon
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CBC hides inflammatory article published on Nursing Day
CBC News published an article on Nursing Day that provoked public outcry. It turns out that the details of the original article were incorrect. CBC proceeded to rewrite the article (a new headline, byline, and content) but the new article was published overtop of their existing article.
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Single-sentence summaries improve EHR data display
The addition of single-sentence summaries can dramatically improve the information communicated when generating summaries of patient data. This example focuses on trying to display that two consultations occurred in the same day.
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Risks of using medical story arcs
When we fit the patient's narrative into a typical medical story arc, we risk making diagnostic errors.
Article: https://www.gregoryschmidt.com/articles/risks-of-using-medical-story-arcs