Leonard D'Avolio PhDHonoring Boston’s DayToday is the unofficial first day of spring for those living in the Boston area. Some cities are food cities, others music cities. Boston…Apr 21, 2023Apr 21, 2023
Leonard D'Avolio PhDTeam Building by Storm — Blue Circle HealthHiring and culture dictate the success or failure of an organization. As a founding team, you do your best to hire great people, set the…Jan 17, 2023Jan 17, 2023
Leonard D'Avolio PhDIntroducing Blue Circle HealthType 1 Diabetes (T1D) is an autoimmune disease that prevents the body from metabolizing sugar. In order to live, those with T1D must…Feb 14, 2022Feb 14, 2022
Leonard D'Avolio PhDA Farewell to Cyft CustomersThe past few months have been a whirlwind, culminating in the Cyft team starting their next adventure as Blue Circle Health. I’ll find time…Jan 31, 2022Jan 31, 2022
Leonard D'Avolio PhDinCyftWill [insert new tech] Finally Unlock EMR Data?!I was recently asked by a foundation that I advise if a new technology/company might finally be the answer to unlocking EMR data access…Jan 31, 2021Jan 31, 2021
Leonard D'Avolio PhDThe Inconvenient Truth About “The ‘Inconvenient Truth’ About AI in Healthcare”Drs. Panch, Mattie, and Celi recently published an article in Nature’s Partner Journal, Digital Medicine titled, “The ‘Inconvenient Truth’…Sep 25, 2019Sep 25, 2019
Leonard D'Avolio PhDMy wife was stepped on by a horse in Ireland last week. Then things got personal.That’s a W55.12 “struck by horse” for those keeping ICD-10 score at home. We found the nearest clinic where her heel was cleaned, stitched…Aug 15, 2019Aug 15, 2019
Leonard D'Avolio PhDA Manager’s Guide to Making Machine Learning Work in the Real WorldThere’s plenty of coverage on what machine learning may do for healthcare and when. Painfully little has been written for non-technical…Jul 30, 2018Jul 30, 2018
Leonard D'Avolio PhDIt’s not really about “big data” in healthcareThe expression “big data” leads to some pretty reasonable assumptions: 1) you need huge volumes of data for machine learning and 2) more is…Jul 18, 2018Jul 18, 2018
Leonard D'Avolio PhDWhy IBM’s Layoffs Are Bad for Your HealthIBM sort of seemed like they were asking for it. From their claims to revolutionize cancer care in two years to their multi-billion $…Jun 20, 2018Jun 20, 2018