PCAST and Clarke’s Third Law
Arthur C. Clarke’s third Law of Prediction is, “any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic.” I submit the converse of Clarke’s third Law is also true, “any magic is...
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On The Direct Project, PCAST and Ultra Large Systems
We are pleased that Aneesh Chopra, blogging from the White House, recognized the early contribution of my blog in setting the direction that became the basis for The Direct Project. The Direct Project...
View ArticlePCAST Opportunity: Documents vs. “Atomic Data Elements”
The PCAST report represents an opportunity to redirect resources in a way that meets the short term goals associated with the HITECH, support more nimble development of standards for clinical data that...
View ArticleOn Molecules, Buckets and the UEL
In PCAST Opportunity: Documents vs. “Atomic Data Elements” I speculated that the following language from the PCAST report suggested a need for more fine-grained (atomic or molecular) definitions...
View ArticleSend the Questions to the Data
One of the insights of the PCAST report was the utility of sending the question to the data vs centralizing the data to answer questions. It may take a long time to achieve this by defining a new...
View ArticleONC Moves on Sending Questions to the Data
I am very proud of the responses to my Send the Questions to the Data. They were thoughtful and fact-based contributions to the discussion. Of course, the post was prompted by the buzz that ONC has...
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