PostTechnical Research (pTr) is a trend analysis, technology
consulting & research organization that works with organizations to
assess technology & create strategies that allow the optimal design,
implementation & usage of software technology.
PostTechnical Research started life as Upstream Consulting in 1999
working with companies in the San Francisco Bay area to develop
creative technology strategies. This work continued after Upstream
was closed (by our investors) as FutureSense Research.
More recently pTr has moved deeply into healthcare information
consulting & development. Through 2004-2005, I did a number of
projects with the California Healthcare Foundation that included:
assessing the software technology for one of the most visible &
controversial Regional Health Information Organizations (RHIO) in
the country, doing technology evaluation for a company developing
a system to determine eligibility for California's MediCal programs &
working to determine the possibility of contributing the RHIO software
into open source. I have continued to work as an advisor to several
current Health Information Exchanges.
In mid-2006, I committed to act as the part-time CTO for Chorus, a
healthcare information company in Houston providing a practice
management & electronic healthcare records products for
community healthcare centers (CHCs). These are the clinics that
provide care for underserved & uninsured populations in both urban
& rural environments. This has been very challenging & interesting
work. Chorus is owned (95%) by the RCHN Community Health
Foundation, a non-profit that is focused on benefiting CHCs. In July
of 2007, I became the Director of Technology Research for RCHN
CHF. I have been writing a column for the Foundation's website &
another column for the quarterly publication of the National
Association of Community Health Centers.
I have also continued my association with MIT as a Visiting Scholar in
the Engineering Systems Division. My work here has focused on the
relationship of technology & organizations. Most recently I have been
working on the relationship of various measures of productivity in
healthcare organizations in comparison to benchmark industries &
eventually to clinical outcomes.
Much of the work produced in these areas will appear here (& on
various other websites & locations) - so stay tuned...
consulting & research organization that works with organizations to
assess technology & create strategies that allow the optimal design,
implementation & usage of software technology.
PostTechnical Research started life as Upstream Consulting in 1999
working with companies in the San Francisco Bay area to develop
creative technology strategies. This work continued after Upstream
was closed (by our investors) as FutureSense Research.
More recently pTr has moved deeply into healthcare information
consulting & development. Through 2004-2005, I did a number of
projects with the California Healthcare Foundation that included:
assessing the software technology for one of the most visible &
controversial Regional Health Information Organizations (RHIO) in
the country, doing technology evaluation for a company developing
a system to determine eligibility for California's MediCal programs &
working to determine the possibility of contributing the RHIO software
into open source. I have continued to work as an advisor to several
current Health Information Exchanges.
In mid-2006, I committed to act as the part-time CTO for Chorus, a
healthcare information company in Houston providing a practice
management & electronic healthcare records products for
community healthcare centers (CHCs). These are the clinics that
provide care for underserved & uninsured populations in both urban
& rural environments. This has been very challenging & interesting
work. Chorus is owned (95%) by the RCHN Community Health
Foundation, a non-profit that is focused on benefiting CHCs. In July
of 2007, I became the Director of Technology Research for RCHN
CHF. I have been writing a column for the Foundation's website &
another column for the quarterly publication of the National
Association of Community Health Centers.
I have also continued my association with MIT as a Visiting Scholar in
the Engineering Systems Division. My work here has focused on the
relationship of technology & organizations. Most recently I have been
working on the relationship of various measures of productivity in
healthcare organizations in comparison to benchmark industries &
eventually to clinical outcomes.
Much of the work produced in these areas will appear here (& on
various other websites & locations) - so stay tuned...
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Healthcare& Technology Writing
Current Technology Work
Work at MIT
PostTechnical Blog - not active
Contacts
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