The Weekly Roundup: The Vox Story Everyone’s Reading, Patient Privacy In The Digital Age, Physicians Teach Google How To “Think Like a Doctor” and More…

Abigail Ballou

18 Mar, 2016

Happy Match Day, everyone!

We’re back again with a list of this week’s trending news. Look no further for your weekend read…

The Story That Everyone’s Talking About

Do doctors who make fatal medical errors deserve emotional support from the hospitals that employ them? (Vox)

Risky Business: The Connected Patient

As companies race to track patient behavior in real time, skeptics raise concerns about patient privacy: “Who keeps the records, and where do they go?” (STAT News)

Although the benefits of the Internet of Things in healthcare is clear, manufacturing medical devices is becoming an increasingly risky business (MedCity News)

Around the Neighborhood

Doctors from Harvard Medical School teach representatives from Google how physicians think in a new executive program. Googlers are unsurprisingly shocked by the absurdities and inefficiencies of physician workflow (Harvard Medical School News)

Abigail Ballou

Abby Ballou is the managing editor of MedTech Boston. She has a B.A. and M.Phil in English literature from NYU and the CUNY Graduate Center, respectively. When she isn't writing and editing for MedTech Boston, Abby enjoys reading, rock climbing, watching classic movies and listening to opera.