If you’ve read anything about health IT lately, you’ve no doubt seen cross-industry analogies designed to help you understand the latest breaking digital solution within a healthcare setting. Think “insert sexy disrupting tech venture” of healthcare.
But beyond the attempt to quickly explain mission or vision, these analogies can be far reaching claims intended to evoke the art of the possible, rather than the reality of the actual. Judgment aside, it’s helpful to know what these claims are implicating, and the associated challenges they must overcome to be truthful.