Software Enabled Services
Professional service offerings that leverage software to synergistically deliver higher levels of performance than obtainable from either alone.
A next generation construct which builds upon the concept of Software as a Service (SaaS) but involves the actual human delivery of the services.
I am here in Las Vegas at the athenahealth user conference. Jonathan [...]
Lame (lām) adj.
Disabled so that movement, especially walking, is difficult or impossible:
Weak and ineffectual; unsatisfactory:
I just saw some seriously lame legislation proposed out of New Jersey by some ill-informed congressional lackey MANDATING that all EHR’s be certified through CCHIT. This is absolutely ridiculous. Do you really want to outlaw Google Health [...]
Twitterview (twĭt’ər vyū) n.
A twitterview is a combination of the terms Twitter and interview.
The Twitter medium of 140 characters forces a concise style of interviewing and response.
The public can join in on the conversation and become participants themselves by following along or tracking hashtags.
On March 26, 2009 the leading health care bloggers (see list [...]
Realization (rē‘ə-lĭ-zā’shən)
The act of realizing or the condition of being realized.
The result of realizing.
Today, I am meeting with the X PRIZE Foundation at our 2nd Health Advisor Summit meeting in Washington, DC. We have gathered a small subset of health care thought leaders, innovators, providers, payors, patients, and employer groups to discuss the design of [...]
Leadership (lē’dər-shĭp’) n.
The position or office of a leader
Capacity or ability to lead
Guidance; direction
I have written extensively about Kaiser Permanente in the recent past (here, here, and here) – not only for their notable achievements but even more impressive to me is their genuine interest to share their results with others as model for global [...]
Systemness (sĭs’tə-m nes) adj.
Arrange according to a system or reduce to a system
The degree to which something shares the attributes of a system
Last week I attended the World Health Care Congress Consumer Connectivity conference in San Diego. The Twitter stream was at near flood capacity, and several excellent speakers were present to share their ideas. [...]
Excellence (ĕk’sə-ləns) n.
A special feature or quality that confers superiority
The quality of being exceptionally good
I have mentioned this many times but it bears repeating with three recent news articles – the electronic health record itself is not a game changer but it is a powerful information gathering tool. However, by gathering information in a single [...]
Revolution (rĕv‘ə-lū’shən) n.
The overthrow of one government and its replacement with another.
A sudden or momentous change in a situation
I am deeply honored and profoundly grateful to be recognized, along with my brother Steve Shreeve, as the 2008 winner of the Linux Medical News Freedom Award. While this is a niche award in [...]
Retail (rē’tāl) n.
Of, relating to, or engaged in the sale of goods or commodities
To sell in small quantities directly to consumers
The “retailization” of health care continues to advance in fits and starts. There are multiple fronts of attack in this movement – everything from general transparency issues such as pricing to physician ratings, to new [...]
Dude (dyūd) n.
Used to express approval, satisfaction, or congratulations.
In informal speech, many young people use the word “dude” freely. “Dude” may also be used alone in a sentence, serving as an exclamation; denoting a feeling of surprise, happiness, disappointment, amazement or anger, among other emotions.[1]
The word might also be used practically anywhere in a [...]
