In anticipation of TEDMED in 2 weeks, here is my fantasy list of healthcare innovations and changes, practicality be damned: An EHR that captures the concept in my mind when I think about a patient, which is closer to a 3D image than a paragraph. Give me a tool that doesn’t feel like I’m using a tool, much less enslaved to it. Make HIPAA work for doctors and patients. Don’t let it continue to be the excuse for third party ownership of health information. For the love all that

An abbreviated list of thoughts from attending the American Telemedicine Association Edge 2017 conference. In no particular order: Wow, there are very few doctors here. The players in the chaos of American healthcare seem to be, in rough order of agency: Payers (insurance), Health administration (people who created and reinforce HIPAA), Policy makers, Medical conglomerates, Private companies with monopoly, Private companies without monopoly, Technology creators, Providers, Pa