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Health IT – Mobility, Wearables, and the Internet of Things

A remarkable statistic that was presented during the panel discussion I moderated yesterday at the first Federal Health IT summit hosted by ATARC, the Advanced Technology Academic Research Center, was that medical errors in hospitals are the third leading cause of death in the United States. The focus of the panel directly and indirectly dealt with how to decrease that statistic.

A lot of the emphasis over the last year or so in the federal Health IT market has focused on electronic health records and comparable issues, topics which have been and continue to be challenging and important topics.

But as Dr. Julian Goldman who was one of the participants on the panel who noted even more important is all of the information we do not have and do not use that directly affect the results of medical treatment.

Health IT – Mobility, Wearables, and the Internet of Things

More Efficient Mail Delivery

It occurs to me that if we were able to connect our mailbox to the recycling bin in some automated fashion, it would would increase efficiency.

Today’s AFCEA Bethesda Panel on Leveraging Data

This morning was the first of two breakfasts that AFCEA Bethesda is hosting relating to the importance of data within the Federal Government with panelists talking about how to maximize the use of the large amounts of Government generated data.

The panel was moderated by long-time industry veteran, Wyatt Kash, who currently is the Vice President of Content Strategy, Scoop Media, FedScoop.

Panelists included:

  • Michael Kennedy, Executive of Architecture and Interoperability, Office of the Program Manager, Information Sharing Environment, Office of the Director of National Intelligence
  • David McClure, Jr. Data Asset Portfolio Analyst, Office of the Chief Information Officer, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Department of Commerce
  • Michael Simcock, Director of Enterprise Data Management and Chief Data Architect, Department of Homeland Security

Today’s AFCEA Bethesda Panel on Leveraging Data

Spectrum Sharing – A Few Thoughts From My Experiences at the October Workshop

I posted a few weeks ago about the Spectrum Sharing workshop that I was going to help facilitate.

The problem that the Federal Government is wrestling with is the increased use of wireless technologies, not just wireless phones and tablets but things like wireless insulin pumps and cars.

BTW, I was at a Cybersecurity Conference run by the wonderful Bob Gourley earlier this week where it was pointed out that someone who had a wireless insulin pump (or some other wireless medical device) will enter an area of conflicting policy when he or she has to work in a secure SCIF (an issue almost no one had on their intellectual radar even a few years ago).

Spectrum Sharing – A Few Thoughts From My Experiences at the October Workshop

My Top Three Articles Relating to the Federal Government From Last Friday

On Friday, October 24, I was on the Federal News Countdown, hosted by Francis Rose, along with Jenny Mattingley, director of government affairs for Shaw, Bransford and Roth. You can hear the show, and see a picture of an old, bald guy standing next to Jenny, here.

The format of the show is each guest talks about their third most important article, then their second and finally their most important article of the week. Both guests will comment on each other’s second and top articles.

My Top Three Articles Relating to the Federal Government From Last Friday

An Example of Why I Enjoy Teaching

In one of my graduate classes I teach at the University of Maryland University College, we had a question thread this week relating to the Internet of Every/Any Thing  asking students to imagine new ideas that they hadn’t read about.

This resulted in the following on-line exchange:

An Example of Why I Enjoy Teaching

Counting Down

I’ll be on the Francis Rose hosted Federal News Countdown this coming Friday at 4pm, on WFED, 1500 on your AM (yes, they still broadcast on AM) dial. The format of the show is two… Counting Down

Sharing Is Not Always An Easy Thing – Federal-Commercial Spectrum Data Workshop

I have been asked to facilitate a workshop which will attempt to move the dialog along about spectrum sharing.  The workshop will be all day October 21st at the National Science Foundation

It is one of the action steps that resulted from President Obama’s Memorandum on “Unleashing the Wireless Broadband Revolution”, further discussed in a report produced by the Presidential Council of Advisors on Science and Technology (PCAST) in July, 2012.

Over the last few months I have been meeting with members of the Wireless Spectrum Research & Development Senior Steering Group (WSRD SSG) to help plan the workshop. It has been a pretty exciting opportunity for me to work with such a talented and smart group of people. In addition I have learned much about the issues that need to be dealt with to make more spectrum available.

Sharing Is Not Always An Easy Thing – Federal-Commercial Spectrum Data Workshop