Great story about how the hubris of technology get’s in the way of solving real problems for people. Even more fascinating is the build and they will come nature of some projects, it is very hard to sell technology when there isn’t a story for people about how/why it helps.
Jon
That is a really good wee article. Boy, does it highlight the dangers of getting excited about technology, eh? I might be a little prone to that myself…
I hope that we can apply this lesson to health and seek digital goodness that truly improves healthcare for patients, providers, and facilitators. I pray we find the vision needed to pull it off.
You and me both - I think the ability to see the possibilities needs to be coupled with explaining those possibilities is fundamental.
It seems like this might have been more hubris than ideas and I noted that they couldn’t really say what a smart city was or how it was different in tangible ways (apart from the potential privacy nightmare).
Jon
That is a rare combination of skills. I’m pretty good at the former, but my digital health fellowship at Birmingham revealed that I’m not so hot at the latter!
While the Birmingham lot were a tough audience, so are those in management / governance (especially at higher levels) within Te Whatu Ora. This is something those of us who identify as clinicians desperately need to get better at, and it is not taught at clinical school (not mine anyway).