By Mark Watts Health Care can be stressful! “Hey Bob, can you come to my office please?” Bob was not just my employee, but a trusted friend....
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Auscultation and Remote AI
By Mark Watts Dr. Gil was reviewing a well-designed SMS (texting) communication system that allowed the response from the patient to be monitored by artificial intelligence...
Good Boss vs. Bad Boss
By Mark Watts A former chief information officer of mine once told me, “If the project was successful I did it, if it fails you did it.” From that point on, there was no...
Giving AI a Home
By Mark Watts As I gazed down on the blueprints for the new medical center the chief medical officer asked me if I wanted the signage to read Radiology or Medical Imaging? I...
Lessons Learned at 2020 ECR
By Mark Watts I attended the European Society of Radiology’s virtual 2020 European Congress of Radiology (ECR). It was striking to see the 100 exhibits with imaging...
Black Box vs. Usefulness
By Mark Watts My wife calls me in a panic, “the mechanic said our car could have blown up!” It was the five-year checkup for our Honda hybrid. It gets 45 miles to the...
Changing for Good! Part 2
By Mark Watts EDITOR’S NOTE: This is Part 2 of a two-part series. Click here for Part 1. As health care imaging leaders strive to guide their organizations through complex...
Changing for Good!
By Mark Watts EDITOR’S NOTE: This is Part 1 of a two-part series. Click here for Part 2. At this time, we are forced to change. We have an opportunity with the right...
Always On!
By Mark Watts The heavy toll of “always on” technology, emails, instant messages and texts — and the expectation that they’ll be responded to immediately — are driving...
Texts Provide Health Care Options
By Mark Watts In my last column “Betty or Bots,” I spoke about a patient engagement company in Canada that used a simple SMS or text message to communicate with patients. I...
