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Gregory Schmidt M.D.
Lasting impact at scale, the work of Kevin Starr & Mulago
Sep 1

Sep 1 Lasting impact at scale, the work of Kevin Starr & Mulago

Gregory Schmidt
Business

Summary of the step-by-step process taught by Kevin Starr to design for building lasting impact at scale.

App design: positional space
Aug 25

Aug 25 App design: positional space

Gregory Schmidt
design

Do not teleport your users to different parts of the application. They must take a road to get there, and know which part of the app's 3D space they are in.

Navigation options starting with mobile
Aug 25

Aug 25 Navigation options starting with mobile

Gregory Schmidt
design

There are a limited number of common navigational patterns for mobile that scale to desktop

PATIENT FILE: Major UX Regions
Aug 24

Aug 24 PATIENT FILE: Major UX Regions

Gregory Schmidt
electronic health records

The major user interface regions of the PATIENT FILE

When is a pixel not a pixel? pixels, points, dps
Aug 21

Aug 21 When is a pixel not a pixel? pixels, points, dps

Gregory Schmidt
Design

If you are designing on the web, Android, or iOS, a pixel is probably not what you think it means. Pixels, Points, and Density-independent pixels

Why 4K is misleading
Aug 21

Aug 21 Why 4K is misleading

Gregory Schmidt
Design

If 1080p is 1.5x as vertically dense as 720p, Why is 4K not 4x as vertically dense as 1080P?

Why are phone dimensions backwards: Height x Width ?
Aug 21

Aug 21 Why are phone dimensions backwards: Height x Width ?

Gregory Schmidt
Design

Mobile phones and tablets advertise Height x Width x Depth ? This seems backwards.

UI/UX: Writing X vs Y dimensions
Aug 21

Aug 21 UI/UX: Writing X vs Y dimensions

Gregory Schmidt
design

Almost always write the HORIZONTAL dimension first, the VERTICAL second. Unless, you are a fine art dealer or mobile phone manufacturer.

Lean Impact: how to innovate for radically greater social good (detailed summary)
Aug 16

Aug 16 Lean Impact: how to innovate for radically greater social good (detailed summary)

Gregory Schmidt
leadership

The book for organizations and individual who measure their success not in terms of dollars and cents, but by their social impact. It challenges us to think big, start small, and relentlessly seek impact.

Engines of growth in social Impact
Aug 16

Aug 16 Engines of growth in social Impact

Gregory Schmidt
leadership

Who are the doers at scale? Who is the payer at scale? Lessons from the book Lean Impact, and work of Kevin Starr.

Why traditional philanthropy & grants hamper innovation
Aug 16

Aug 16 Why traditional philanthropy & grants hamper innovation

Gregory Schmidt
leadership

How philanthropic & grant based funding differs from traditional startup venture capital. Rigid waterfall grants. Small linear steps. Unscalable solutions.

Lean Startup + Lean Impact: Combined Short Summary
Aug 16

Aug 16 Lean Startup + Lean Impact: Combined Short Summary

Gregory Schmidt
leadership

The entrepreneurship startup principles of Lean Startup, applied to social ventures as described in Lean Impact. How to build a social impact project that scales.

The Patient Workflow: it's not just a form.
Aug 13

Aug 13 The Patient Workflow: it's not just a form.

Gregory Schmidt
electronic health records

The WORKFLOW section of the medical record completely transforms the EHR experience and clinical care. It is much more than just a form.

What is the Patient File? - EHR UX
Aug 13

Aug 13 What is the Patient File? - EHR UX

Gregory Schmidt
electronic health records

The Patient File contains the Patient Chart & Patient Workflows. The design of the first is generalizable, the second is use case specific.

Ways to search for a patient in the EHR
Aug 13

Aug 13 Ways to search for a patient in the EHR

Gregory Schmidt
electronic health records

Review of 6 different strategies to search for patients

Primary Purpose of the EHR HOME screen
Jul 24

Jul 24 Primary Purpose of the EHR HOME screen

Gregory Schmidt
electronic health records

In a clinical EHR, the first job of the HOME screen is to be bypassed quickly to get the PATIENT FILE open

Simple EHR workflow: only 2 screens
Jul 24

Jul 24 Simple EHR workflow: only 2 screens

Gregory Schmidt
electronic health records

The entire EHR can be reduced down to two parts: (1) HOME: patient identification, & (2) PATIENT FILE: see info, enter info

The 3 (+1) essential tasks of an EHR
Jul 24

Jul 24 The 3 (+1) essential tasks of an EHR

Gregory Schmidt
electronic health records

The thousands of tasks in an EHR can be simplified into three major clinical tasks. This simplicity is helpful to understand an EHR’s first principles.

Slow electronic health records: two root problems
Jul 24

Jul 24 Slow electronic health records: two root problems

Gregory Schmidt
electronic health records

EHR performance speed is very important to the user experience; but their are two very different sources for the cause of slowdowns.

Make the EHR immediately useful for users
Jul 24

Jul 24 Make the EHR immediately useful for users

Gregory Schmidt
electronic health records

Start with features that are immediately useful to the clinician logged into the EHR. Do not start by promoting delayed benefits for others.

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