Re: Interesting Govt. Health IT Writeup on Web 3.0 (Semantic Web) and Health IT

Vipul,

That's not too different from what most have been seeking for over a decade, and what we and others are attempting to offer- the question is whether it can be delivered, and if so by whom. A lot of organizations attempted same previously, finding that they only increased and transferred costs as nothing was replaced, and very few have found much flexibility yet in the entire IT world. It isn't clear to me yet how ontologies achieve those goals- in fact much like XML I see the potential for costs skyrocketing and if one is not careful- an extension of the old extortion game in ESW.

I certainly do see substantial potential in flexibility and change management in this general area, and any organization with influence who embraces those goals will have a positive impact throughout the ecosystem and beyond. Good to see that organizational differentiation is finally becoming a priority, if reports are true. The way we were headed previously was IT enabled if-not-required universal mediocrity. 

My vote is for meritocracy as a path towards positive competition within the org and in the marketplace, continual education in the knowledge workforce, and alignment of incentives between orgs and their partners/customers/stakeholders, all of which can help both healthcare and IT substantially (without which I'd argue little real progress can be made in reform), if only it would be embraced (allowed?). One prerequisite for traditional IT leaders that I still see as a substantial barrier is to cast out the not-invented-here syndrome. .02- MM


  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Kashyap, Vipul 
  To: Mark Montgomery ; public-semweb-lifesci@w3.org 
  Sent: Monday, July 23, 2007 12:51 PM
  Subject: RE: Interesting Govt. Health IT Writeup on Web 3.0 (Semantic Web) and Health IT


  Mark,

   

  It's interesting to see that even the traditionally risk averse healthcare IT types are looking at Semantic Web technologies.

   

  The key issue is that in the enterprise context, the value proposition is very different . For instance, we are looking at

  flexibility, maintenance, change management and cost reduction.

   

  Cheers,

   

  ---Vipul

   

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  Vipul Kashyap, Ph.D.

  Senior Medical Informatician

  Clinical Informatics R&D, Partners HealthCare System

  Phone: (781)416-9254

  Cell: (617)943-7120

  http://www.partners.org/cird/AboutUs.asp?cBox=Staff&stAb=vik

   

  To keep up you need the right answers; to get ahead you need the right questions

  ---John Browning and Spencer Reiss, Wired 6.04.95


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  From: Mark Montgomery [mailto:markm@kyield.com] 
  Sent: Monday, July 23, 2007 3:45 PM
  To: Kashyap, Vipul; public-semweb-lifesci@w3.org
  Subject: Re: Interesting Govt. Health IT Writeup on Web 3.0 (Semantic Web) and Health IT

   

  No doubt a great many people will be watching to see how well the early adopting orgs' web 3.0/SW efforts go, particularly in health management.

   

  Interesting discussion and differing perspectives on risk aversion and embracing of innovation in large organizations:

   

   

  ++ Square Off: Most CIOs Deliver Business Value, Even If Housekeeping Is A Bear
  Toromont Industries CIO Mike Cuddy doesn't buy the claim that IT 
  departments aren't generating new ideas. 
  informationweek.com/story/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=201002312

  ++ Square Off: IT Leaders Know Innovation Matters, They Just Can't 
  Execute
  Gartner analyst Stephen Prentice says IT leaders are getting too bogged 
  down in me-too decision making at the expense of true innovation. 
  informationweek.com/story/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=201002311

   

  Mark Montgomery
  CEO, Kyield
  http://www.kyield.com
  Managing Partner 
  Initium Venture Capital
  http://www.initiumcapital.com

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    Sent: Monday, July 23, 2007 9:08 AM

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    http://www.govhealthit.com/article103153-07-16-07-Print 

     

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    Vipul Kashyap, Ph.D.

    Senior Medical Informatician

    Clinical Informatics R&D, Partners HealthCare System

    Phone: (781)416-9254

    Cell: (617)943-7120

    http://www.partners.org/cird/AboutUs.asp?cBox=Staff&stAb=vik

     

    To keep up you need the right answers; to get ahead you need the right questions

    ---John Browning and Spencer Reiss, Wired 6.04.95

     

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