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Google Glass ist noch nicht auf dem Markt und schon scheint das “wearable Computing” an Fahrt aufzunehmen. Während Google schon manche Funktionen der” Google Glass” zensiert, stehen schon die ersten Konkurrenten in den Startlöchern. Wie engadget.com berichtete, hat auf der … Weiterlesen →

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There are two types of things that surround the doctor-patient encounter: there is signal and there is noise. By “signal” we refer to things like rapport, relationship, trust, communication, empathy and so forth. By “noise” we mean nuisances like: appointment scheduling, payment, insurance forms, telephone calls, prescriptions, referrals etc. During the signal part, the actual medical problem gets solved. The noise part is the bureaucracy, the necessary evil that comes with the encounter. If you are a startup that’s focusing on how to improve the doctor-patient encounter, a survey of 843 Americans conducted by the communications company Capstrad might be of special interest to you. When asked if they would take advantage of social media tools like Facebook or Twitter if their doctor offered them, only 11% answered yes. Similarly, only 20% would use chat or instant messaging and a mere 31% would use an online forum. On the other hand, 48% would use online bill payment tools, 50% would like to have online access to medical records and 56% would schedule their appointments on the web. As Karen Albritton, Capstrad’s president put it in a press release: It appears consumers are willing to move administrative experiences such as bill […]