The Weekly Minute - April 21, 2023

Three Quotes

• "Strategy is not planning in the sense of working through a to-do list, but rather in the sense of shaping the future." - Peter Drucker

• “If you need 10 of something, make 30. Then pick the best.” - Rick Rubin on the secret to creating hit records (or making anything great)

• To be everywhere is to be nowhere. People who spend their whole life traveling abroad end up having plenty of places where they can find hospitality but no real friendships. The same must needs be the case with people who never set about acquiring an intimate acquaintanceship with any one great writer, but skip from one to another, paying flying visits to them all.” - Seneca on reading
  

Healthcare Corner

• Microsoft, Epic partner to integrate Azure OpenAI into EHRs (via Healthcare Dive) 

• Microsoft and Epic announced Monday that the two companies are expanding their partnership and integrating Microsoft’s Azure OpenAI Service into Epic’s EHR software. 

• The integration hinges on generative AI-powered tools, according to the announcement, to increase productivity and enhance patient care. One of the integration’s tools, which helps automatically draft message responses, is being implemented at UC San Diego Health, UW Health and Stanford Health Care, according to the companies. 

• AI has entered the chat (via Blake Madden and Paulius Mui, MD)

• Blake Madden and Paulius Mui, MD wrote a deep dive to provide a comprehensive overview of our thoughts and analysis on AI's foray into healthcare and clinical workflows. Lengthy - and great analysis.