Gregory Schmidt, MD
Gregory Schmidt, MD
Gregory Schmidt MD
Internal Medicine / Healthcare Systems / Design / EHR / Technology
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
May 24, 2021
5 min
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.   Article: https:/www.gregoryschmidt.com/articles/healthcare-productivity-2014
May 21, 2021
2 min
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
May 17, 2021
6 min
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. 
May 17, 2021
7 min
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.   Article: https://www.gregoryschmidt.com/articles/single-sentence-summaries
May 4, 2021
9 min
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
May 4, 2021
11 min
Product Packaging UX: hard to open cardboard boxes
Sometimes it is not clear which side of the box should be opened. Article: https://www.gregoryschmidt.com/articles/le-creusets-box
Apr 26, 2021
6 min
5 Principles of Two-Factor Code Design
Do we even need letters in the code? Are number only codes preferred? Article: https://www.gregoryschmidt.com/articles/two-factor-design
Apr 25, 2021
5 min
The patient's narrative is never written down
Summarizing the patient's narrative into a medical note introduces error into the earliest steps of the diagnostic and record-keeping process. Article: https://www.gregoryschmidt.com/articles/the-patients-narrative-is-never-written-down
Apr 24, 2021
6 min
The patient's first-person narrative
The original first-person patient narrative forms the foundation of clinical medicine, yet its original form rapidly becomes contaminated and evolve once the patient enters the medical system. Article: https://www.gregoryschmidt.com/articles/patient-first-person-narrative
Apr 19, 2021
5 min
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