[Harvard Health Publications 04] • Your Creative Brain · Seven Steps to Maximize Imagination, Productivity, and Innovation in Your Life by Carson, Shelley -- Read -- Imperial Library of Trantor

Index

Cover Title Copyright Acknowledgments for Joseph H. Kanter and the Joseph H. Kanter Family Foundation Contents List of Abbreviations and Acronyms Acknowledgments Preface Introduction 1. Guinea Pigs – Anecdotal Medicine

“An App for That”—What Is Possible

2. A Road Map to the Answer

Bringing Together Thought Leaders Ideal Solution The Road That Made Me Think It’s Possible What I Hope

3. The General Problem

McAllen, Texas—Money or Health Focus The Error Conundrum

4. Information Is the Key

A Brief History of Evidence-Based Medicine Leaders of Change

1. John Snow 2. Ignaz Semmelweis 3. Florence Nightingale 4. A Modern Example: Peter Pronovost

5. Electronic Medical Records (EMRs)

The Challenges toward Full Implementation The Slow Take-Up Interoperability Unmeasured Confounding Valid Set of Data from Observation-Based Outcomes The Political Issue

6. Patient Activist

Thought Leaders’ Insights Health IT Initiative Archimedes Person-Centered Health

7. The Kanter Family Foundation (KFF)

Distinctive Resources and Capabilities Mission and Background Strategy and Accomplishments Joseph H. Kanter Prize—Incentivizing Change International Working Meeting on Electronic Medical Records (EMRs) and Outcomes Research

8. The Future Ownership of Your Data

What Should Be Done Federal Health Board: The Vision Governance The Ultimate Goal Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI) How Records Would Be Used Isolated Hacks, Widespread Media Coverage

Epilogue: The Heroes Appendix: Your Life, Your Health— “There’s No App for That” … Yet Endnotes