Monthly Archives: March 2016

Douglas Rushkoff Rocks The Google Bus

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Douglas Rushkoff is one of those rare writers and friends. He can ask big gnarly questions, and then before you know it, present a buffet of solutions that leave you with a ravenous appetite to dig into the future.
In Program or Be Programmed, Rushkoff made the compelling case for the need for all of us to be programmers. Choose to program and “you gain access to the control panel of civilization. Choose the latter, and it could be the last real choice you get to make.” Yikes, I read that and immediately went to use my limited HTML skills on my nascent website.
Despite my admiration for his past work, I approach his new book with some trepidation. I guess I thought Rushkoff was going to be the one throwing rocks. Nope. I should have known better. Rushkoff is always more complicated than that. 

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Who Owns Patient Data?

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Right now there is confusion over who should be able to access patient records. In response, the National Institutes of Health issued guidelines in January 2016 that provide details over a patient’s rights to access personal health information with the intent of empowering patient well-being. 
It’s not always simple to access medical records, and the problem escalates if a patient with a complex medical history is in an emergency situation without access to their basic information. 
Data liquidity – or patient data moving through the healthcare system securely – isn’t an issue that only affects patients, it can impact healthcare entrepreneurs as well. 
The central question is ownership. Does medical information belong to a patient, a doctor or the medical institution? 

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Kantar: Apple leads US smartphone race, Samsung tops EU5

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Apple is the most preferred smartphone brand in the United States followed by Samsung and Motorola, according to a new report from market research firm Kantar Worldpanel.

On the other hand, in Europe‘s big five countries (EU5) – France, Germany, Spain, Italy, and the UK – Samsung leads the race, followed by Apple and Sony. The iPhone maker is also the most preferred choice in the urban China region, followed by Huawei and Samsung.

The report notes that around 46% of the total smartphone users in the US are currently planning to upgrade their smartphone over the next 12 months. That figure is 48% in EU5 and 28% in urban China.

“In the US, 40% of consumers planning to change their device prefer Apple, and another 35% prefer Samsung. Then, there is a large gap before we get to Motorola (6% preference) and LG (5%). In the EU5, the leadership position among preferred brands is reversed, with Samsung at 37% and Apple at 29%,” said Carolina Milanesi, chief of research at Kantar Worldpanel.

The report also says that the high-end smartphone market has saturated in regions like the US and EU5, and going forward, companies will have to convince die-hard feature phone users that they need a smartphone as well as persuade existing smartphone owners that they need the “next big thing.”

Currently, in the US, mobile phone penetration has crossed the 90% mark, and of those, 65% are smartphone users, the report…

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