Recently I wrote about my work hacking on the PubMed API. Which I hope is helpful to people. Now I will cover some of the revelations I have had working with DocGraph on the Wikipedia APIs. This article will presume some knowledge of the basic structure of open medical data sets, but we have recently […]
Category: Hacking
Hacking on the Pubmed API
The pubmed API is pretty convoluted. Every time I try to use it, I have to try and relearn it from scratch. Generally, I want to get JSON data about an article, using its PubMED ID and I want to do searches programmatically… These are pretty basic and pretty common goals… The PubMED api is […]
Doctors vs Data
I just wrote a post for the Strata Big Data blog about Doctors vs Data. You can always read all of my posts there by visiting my strata author page. -FT […]
Novice EHR Development is now unethical
The original Hipoocratic Oath states: I will not use the knife, not even on sufferers from stone, but will withdraw in favor of such men as are engaged in this work. One modern version reads: I will not be ashamed to say “I know not,” nor will I fail to call in my colleagues when the skills […]
Expert Healthcare Hackers
(This is a preview of a talk that I am going to give next week at Healthcare::Refactored, with Karen Herzog) There are two definitions of the word “Hacker”. One is an original and authentic term that the geekdom uses with respect. This is a cherished label in the technical community, which might read something like: “A person adept at […]
How to change the world over the weekend
I love hackathons. I love winning them. I love competing in them. I love winning them. I love judging them. I also love not losing them. This weekend, I am acting as a mentor to the first Health 2.0 hackathon in Houston Texas. As far as I know (which is not that far, really) this […]
QR code stencil upmanship
As far as I know, I was the first person to publish a generalizable method for creating a QR code stencil or to even clearly document why such a method was difficult. However, since that time, I have realized that other approaches would ultimately be superior. The two I have been pursuing are automated embroidery […]
Programmable Self Reading List
Hi, I am preparing for my talk at Quantified Self about my work on Programmable Self. I was asked to make a “reading list” for the people who were interested in this subject so I wanted to create that here. Please add links in my comments section for titles that I have omitted!! Requirements for […]
Hacking data: showing patterns in kids health
Here is my submission for the Local Children’s Data Health 2.0 developer challenge. The challenge was to make data available through kidsdata.org come alive. Generally, the red circles correspond to the percentage of child allergy suffers who had -seen- a doctor, but had no specific plan to address their condition. The red tags, are healthcare […]
QR code stencils, the problem
I love QR codes. I think the notion of simple graphical URLs is beautiful and elegant. If my wife were a graphical data object, I think she would be a 2D QR code. Think of it, you can put links anywhere you want, in the real world! You can put them on tshirts, coffee mugs, […]