Philips MD

"Radiologists get brownie points for whether their diagnosis is right or wrong." Not for the technical specs of their scanner.

Passionate discussion among radiologist on #CT dose: individual versus population concerns.

"#Simplicity is key... I don't want my CT techs to do complicated calculations in the middle of the night." Optimize w/ consistency.

Listening to customers: great clinical and administrative discussion at the #Philips CT Medical Advisory Board meeting in #LasVegas.

Dr. Broder: #healthreform based on notion that all med knowledge is known. Clinical research seen as annoyance that increases costs.

Dr. Broder: Any place can become resource poor. DC last snowstorm. Gov't closed. Ambulances couldn't reach homes. EMTs had to hike in.

Dr. Sam Broder to MD Leadership Team: There is nothing that compares to inventing something useful that truly improves someone's care.

Yesterday: comparative effectiveness research. Today: patient-centered health research.

Charles Mathews on value based medicine reforms; "financial episode of care" to expand; linking payment to outcomes. http://bit.ly/aQqnV7

Online instructions for a point-of-care testing spit party http://bit.ly/dCnBBU (via Dr. Kricka)

Dr. Larry Kricka @uofpenn challenges #Philips Medical Leadership to be imaginative regarding future POC scenarios. http://bit.ly/cqdVak

Marc Mackowiak @bioMerieux Pres/CEO shares his vision on POC and #Philips collaboration http://bit.ly/8hjXPg http://bit.ly/cO1hqm

Great discussions today at the #Philips Medical Leadership Symposium on the future of point of care medical decision making.