Brian Manning
Brian Manning is a business development consultant.
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Tech
Many people used to believe that Facebook was an extremely defensible business and that it would be almost impossible for another social network to compete. It has grown to an enormous scale with massive troves of data and more than…
Many people used to believe that Facebook was an extremely defensible business and that it would be almost impossible for another social network to compete.
It has grown to an enormous scale with massive troves of data and more than 1.5 billion monthly users. The thinking around their defensibility was that because all of your friends and photos and updates are already stored on Facebook, it …
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Mobile has put patients in the driver’s seat. Here’s how.
Tech
Most readers know that an EMR (electronic medical record) is the back-end software that runs a health care organization. EMRs have been around for a while. Recently most large hospitals and health systems have begun building out the patient-facing version…
Most readers know that an EMR (electronic medical record) is the back-end software that runs a health care organization. EMRs have been around for a while. Recently most large hospitals and health systems have begun building out the patient-facing version of their EMR; allowing patients to communicate electronically with their doctors, refill prescriptions, schedule appointments, and view clinical information.
I’ve written at length about the differences between B2B software and B2C …
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Patient portals and EMRs: Each requires a different skillset
Tech
The health care IT space is possibly the most exciting and dynamic industry in the United States right now. Health care is going through a total transformation driven by massive regulatory change, the consumerization of health care and the important…
The health care IT space is possibly the most exciting and dynamic industry in the United States right now. Health care is going through a total transformation driven by massive regulatory change, the consumerization of health care and the important shift from a system that manages sickness to a system that manages health.
Underlying all of this change is the software that runs large health care organizations: specifically, the big EMR …
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4 ways EMR companies can stay competitive
Tech
Recently there’s been a lot of talk about the law of bundling and subsequent unbundling of web services. Many have used Andrew Parker’s brilliant image below to make the point. Craigslist came along and bundled everything into one place and,…
Recently there’s been a lot of talk about the law of bundling and subsequent unbundling of web services. Many have used Andrew Parker’s brilliant image below to make the point.
Craigslist came along and bundled everything into one place and, as a result, completely dominated. They destroyed multiple businesses in the process (including the rental and roommate web service I worked with …
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What the unbundling of Craigslist has to do with today’s EMRs
Policy
It was unfortunate – but not very surprising – to see the news recently that Groupon laid off a portion of their 10,000 employees. If ever there was a predictable bubble, it was daily deals. But it was fun while…
It was unfortunate – but not very surprising – to see the news recently that Groupon laid off a portion of their 10,000 employees. If ever there was a predictable bubble, it was daily deals.
But it was fun while it lasted, and you can see why there was so much overinvestment in the space. Groupon’s pitch to merchants was to ask them to take a loss by making a super compelling offer …
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What Groupon has to do with severe chest pain
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