OK - No matter how many times I start this, I never seem to be able to continue consistently. So maybe consistency isn't necessary, maybe doing something interesting that I think is important is necessary, we'll see...
As many of you know, I have been working in healthcare information technology (HIT) for the last 3 years - ever since I left EMC. I got connected with Sam Karp at the California Healthcare Foundation (CHCF, www.chcf.org) started working on the software technology used in the RHIO in Santa Barbara County (CA), SBCCDE, now defunct, & have been working on HIT ever since. Currently, I'm working in two areas. The first is studying how technology is adopted in healthcare organizations. This is an extension of the work I've been doing at MIT in manufacturing organizations (in auto & aerospace, esd.mit.edu/people/scholars.html). I have also been working (as part-time CTO) with a company that provides practice management & Electronic Health Records (EHR) software for Community Health Centers (CHCs). CHCs are federally qualified organizations that provide healthcare to uninsured & underserved populations. This work is now associated with the RCHN Community Health Foundation in NYC, where I am Director of Technology Research (www.rchnfoundation.org). In my copious spare time, I continue to survey & write about emerging technologies & trends as well as consult to early stage companies. I'm having fun.
My next several posts will describe the technology adoption work, so stay tuned...
[FYI - My Stepson, Christopher Culliton is responsible for the photo. If it looks professional, he works doing set lighting for major movie productions & is currently Best Boy on the new James Cameron sc-fi movie, Avatar, being filmed in New Zealand]
