Fall is an exciting time on campus. As a new group of students arrive for orientation this week and others return to Vanderbilt, they bring a fresh burst of energy to usher in the new academic year. One question faculty members often hear from returning students is “what have you been up to all summer?” […]
Technology is disrupting higher education — for the good. In the past year, we have seen universities from Stanford to MIT offering free on-line courses to thousands of global students. At Vanderbilt’s Owen Graduate School of Management, Professor David Owens offered his popular innovation class earlier this year on Coursera to over 45,000 participants. Many […]
As part of our NSF-funded project on trustworthy healthcare IT, we recently hosted a workshop focused on mHealth. Certainly the internet of things is creating new opportunities for delivering care. For example, I recently finished a case study on a San Diego-based start-up, Sotera, that has developed a wireless harness that enables continuous, non-invasive monitoring […]
Preview Copy in PDF Format Professors: Preview Copies and Orders After five years of profitable growth, Kevin Sheehan, CEO of Norwegian Cruise Line, rang the NASDAQ bell on Norwegian’s first day of trading. Under Sheehan’s leadership, Norwegian had experienced a dramatic turnaround, largely due to his efforts to help the organization deliver on the promise of […]
We recently hosted Google CFO Patrick Pichette. In his talk, he argued that we often shoot too low – looking for 10-15% improvement when we should be shooting for 10X. At Google, he focuses on game changing breakthroughs that could achieve a billion users. That thinking changes the discussion from merely worrying about the competition […]
Technology is controversial today in U.S. healthcare. Of course, it has given us many amazing life-saving treatments. Last week at a Silicon Valley alumni panel on healthcare technology, Dow Wilson (T’85 and CEO of Varian Medical Systems) described how technology had transformed radiation oncology, allowing high doses of radiation to be delivered to very small […]
The last two weeks have been a Big Data fest for the Center. Last week our Tech@Tuck conference brought executives to Tuck to discuss how big data was changing big brands. This week our CIO Roundtable on Digital Strategies gathered in Phoenix to explore how big data should be fostered in managed. We heard many […]
Preview Copy in PDF Format Professors: Preview Copies and Orders Blair LaCorte T90 glanced out the window as his Virgin American flight approached San Francisco International Airport, and thought about the challenges facing XOJET and the private aviation industry as a whole. With demand up 50% YOY they needed every jet they owned. It was October, 2011, and […]
Here is an amazing statistic. This fall I have been teaching a class on Health IT in Dartmouth’s new Masters of Healthcare Delivery Science program. The students are mid-career healthcare professionals. We had a fascinating discussion about where patients look on-line for health information. Many of the practicing doctors mentioned specialized health websites. NPR is […]
Preview Copy in PDF Format Professors: Preview Copies and Orders “Healthcare game-changer.” This was Sotera’s waking dream in the spring of 2012. By the end of summer, the 67-employee firm was buzzing as the PR team finalized it’s much anticipated press release: SAN DIEGO, Aug. 21, 2012 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ — Sotera Wireless, Inc. announced […]