healthcare.digital March 2, 2025
Exec Summary
Applying Yhprum’s Law of “Everything that can work, will work” to healthcare technology zeroes in on how tech solutions in medicine often succeed despite apparent limitations, improvised conditions, or unexpected hurdles. It’s the flipside of Murphy’s Law, which might predict a crashed EMR system or a glitchy wearable failing at the worst moment. Instead, Yhprum’s Law spotlights instances where healthcare tech defies the odds, delivering results when the pieces align, even imperfectly.
Consider wearable devices like fitness trackers or continuous glucose monitors (CGMs). Early versions were clunky—short battery life, spotty data syncing, and questionable accuracy. By Murphy’s logic, they’d flop under real-world stress. Yet, they worked. Patients with diabetes, for instance, embraced CGMs like the Dexcom, tweaking their...
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