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JOB POST: Lead IT Specialist, Office of the Secretary of Health and Human Services

The Office of the Secretary of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services is seeking a Lead IT Specialist in Washington, D.C. The Lead Information Technology Specialist serves as the senior information technology specialist for Web Operations for the...
September 2, 2009 in Announcements, Job Board | Permalink | Comments (3)

Announcement: Metropolitan College Offers Scholarship to Dana-Farber Cancer Institute Patients and Survivors

Boston University’s Metropolitan College (MET) recently announced a scholarship for those currently in the care of Dana-Farber Cancer Institute (DFCI) which will offer patients and survivors an opportunity to jumpstart their educational initiatives. Starting with the Fall 2009 semester, The...
August 9, 2009 in Announcements | Permalink

CER Council requests public comment

The Federal Comparative Effectiveness Research Coordination Council has posted its draft definition of comparative effectiveness research and the draft criteria for research prioritization at http://www.hhs.gov/recovery/programs/cer/draftdefinition.html for public review and comment.
May 31, 2009 in Announcements, Comparative Effectiveness Research | Permalink | Comments (6)

Announcements: Nudging people to better health with innovation

Are you helping people make better health choices? If you care about encouraging choices that promote healthy living, we want to hear from you. Ashoka’s Changemakers is collaborating with the Pioneer Portfolio of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation to launch...
January 25, 2009 in Announcements | Permalink | Comments (0)

Healthcare Reform Should Include Connected Health and Participatory Medicine

In response to President Obama's call for recommendations on health care reform, the Center for Connected Health, a division of Partners HealthCare, convened an online Community Health Discussion in December, to explore the opportunities and advantages connected health, population management...
January 22, 2009 in Announcements | Permalink | Comments (1)

Help RWJF choose the most influential research

By Sarah Arnquist Each year, the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation selects 10 research articles that made a significant contribution to the policy arena. This year, the Foundation wants you to help winnow the selection. The Foundation wants you to select...
December 10, 2008 in Announcements | Permalink | Comments (0)

At Kaiser, "The EMR is the Foundation of Everything We Do"

By Scott Shreeve Continuing his series of interviews about the business care for Health 2.0, here Scott Shreeve interviews Anna-Lisa Silvestre, the VP of Online Services for Kaiser Permanente. SS: Anna-Lisa, nice to meet you. Tell me a little about...
November 7, 2008 in Announcements, Electronic Medical Records, Health 2.0, Scott Shreeve, Technology | Permalink | Comments (0)

Tell us what you think

Is health care is a right, privilege or social responsibility? | BuzzDash polls
October 8, 2008 in Announcements | Permalink | Comments (3)

700 billion reasons to read Health Wonk Review

It's up over at Healthcare Economist. Go check it out. It's filled with thoughful commentary about the economy, bailout and health care.
October 2, 2008 in Announcements | Permalink | Comments (0)

X2HN event calling for speakers

By THCB Staff What do high stakes poker, smart women and health care have to do with each other? The Third Annual Xscape conference coming up in February will combine all three in Las Vegas to promote and support women...
October 2, 2008 in Announcements | Permalink | Comments (0)

New blog of women offering fresh ideas

By Sarah Arnquist A group of powerful women have joined forces to add their voices and shape the dialogue about health care issues through a new blog, Disruptive Women in health care. The site is intended to be "a springboard...
September 26, 2008 in Announcements | Permalink | Comments (1)

Bill of Health -- a Good move

By Sarah Arnquist Good Magazine has this interesting graphical representation of the problems facing health care in the U.S. Considering how complex health care is, I think it's a great attempt to put lots of information visually on one page...
September 24, 2008 in Announcements | Permalink | Comments (5)

Health Wonk Review is up

Jaan Sidirov at Disease Management Care Blog did a great job combining the best of the health blogs for this issue of Health Wonk Review.
September 18, 2008 in Announcements | Permalink | Comments (0)

Conference to explore innovation in health care

Second Annual Innovation in Services Conference: "The Service of Health Care" explores the innovations in technology, policy, operations and methods that address the deceptively simple question: How can we improve the service of health care? Panels of academic, technology, government...
September 11, 2008 in Announcements | Permalink | Comments (0)

Health Wonk Review

Insureblog hosted the latest compilation of the best from the health blogosphere. Check it out.
September 4, 2008 in Announcements | Permalink | Comments (0)

Health Wonk Review

The biweekly compendium of the best of the health blogs is up over at Worker's Comp Insider.
August 21, 2008 in Announcements | Permalink | Comments (0)

Health 2.0 on icyou

Check out videos from past conferences and learn all about Health 2.0 at our very own channel on icyou, an online source filled with loads of useful health videos!
August 21, 2008 in Announcements | Permalink | Comments (2)

Using 2.0 tools to improve health communication by 2020

By Sarah Arnquist Recognizing that in the two decades since Healthy People 2000 first laid out the nation's health objectives, the internet has revolutionized how people seek and share health information, U.S. health officials are updating the nation's health goals...
August 7, 2008 in Announcements | Permalink | Comments (0)

Health Wonk Review is up

Robert Laszewski hosted the review over at Health Care Policy and Marketplace Review.
August 6, 2008 in Announcements | Permalink | Comments (0)

Century Foundation launches group to study Medicare reform

By THCB Staff The Century Foundation announced this week the creation of a working group to create a blueprint for Medicare reform. Maggie Mahar, award winning journalist, author of the HealthBeatBlog and regular THCB contributor, will direct the group of...
July 25, 2008 in Announcements | Permalink | Comments (0)

Health Wonks unite

The bi-weekly review of the best from health bloggers is up over at Health Business Blog.
July 24, 2008 in Announcements | Permalink | Comments (0)

CCR Symposium: Current and Future Uses for Health Data Exchange

The Massachusetts Medical Society will hold a symposium next month called the "Current and Future Uses for Health Data Exchange." Adam Bosworth, former VP of Google Health and CEO of his new start-up, Keas, Inc., will be the keynote speaker....
July 24, 2008 in Announcements | Permalink | Comments (1)

HELP WANTED: Zimmerman seeks revenue consultant

Zimmerman research and consulting firm seeks a self-motivated and goal-oriented revenue cycle consultant to join its team in providing best practice installation/consulting services to hospitals nationally. Qualified individuals should have a 3 to 5 years experience working in the hospital...
July 8, 2008 in Announcements | Permalink | Comments (0)

Recent deals in Health 2.0

By THCB Staff MedHelp and HealthCare.com, Inc., a provider search service, recently got together and announced a new version of HealthCare.com's private-label provider search. To learn more go here. Meanwhile, talking of Health 2.0 standouts, Organized Wisdom which seems to...
July 1, 2008 in Announcements | Permalink | Comments (0)

RWJF launches new Web section to share quality strategies

The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation launched a new section on its Web site last week aimed at sharing best practices for improving health care. The new Quality/Equality portion is full of engaging multimedia features and includes an expansive library of...
June 21, 2008 in Announcements | Permalink | Comments (0)

JOB POST: PRODUCT MANAGER / Mayo Clinic

Mayo Clinic in Rochester, MN, has immediate openings for seasoned Product Managers to support product development for Web and digital products aimed at consumers and employees.The product manager plays a key role in ensuring the strategic direction, design and on-time...
June 16, 2008 in Announcements | Permalink | Comments (1)

Health wonk review

Jane Hiebert-White compiled it over at Health Affairs blog.
June 13, 2008 in Announcements | Permalink | Comments (0)

In Indian hospital care, the past and future co-exist

By Sarah Arnquist Walking through the government-run Gandhi Hospital in Hyderabad, India feels like stepping back 50 years in time. The nurses wear white dresses with those funny paper napkin hats. Exhausted people overflow the stuffy waiting rooms. Family members...
June 3, 2008 in Announcements, Hospitals, Sarah Arnquist | Permalink | Comments (6)

The Innovation xChange

THCB is proud to welcome our latest sponsor: Humana and ChangeNow4Health.com. This site would not be possible without the generous backing of corporate sponsors like Humana. So we'd like to thank them - as well as all of our other...
May 27, 2008 in Announcements | Permalink | Comments (1)

Seventh Annual Information Therapy Conference

WIxRED: Next Generation Patient-Centered Care As we engage in a national debate about the directions of health care reform, many experts agree that patient-centered care and health information technology (HIT) are critical elements of our future delivery system. The 2008...
May 1, 2008 in Announcements | Permalink | Comments (2)

HEALTH 2.0 San Francisco

If you missed Health 2.0 San Diego last month or last year's sold-out Health 2.0 User-Generated Healthcare in San Francisco, here's your chance. Early bird passes for Health 2.0 San Francisco are now on sale. Buy your passes now and...
April 17, 2008 in Announcements | Permalink | Comments (0)

Health 2.0 Unconference NL

The first European Health 2.0 Unconference is happening this Saturday in Amsterdam, and we have a location folks! We'll be brainstorming, cloudtagging, liveblogging and all that jazz. What is our (Dutch) definition of Health 2.0? Come, define, share at the...
April 11, 2008 in Announcements | Permalink | Comments (5)

HEALTH 2.0 Accelerator

At the end of Health 2.0 in September 2007, CommerceNet’s Marty Tenenbaum proposed the creation of an industry initiative to accelerate the Health 2.0 vision. This initiative would do for Health 2.0 what CommerceNet did for e-commerce, educating and catalyzing...
February 19, 2008 in Announcements, Health 2.0 | Permalink | Comments (2)

HEALTH 2.0 UPDATE

If you missed Health 2.0 User-Generated Healthcare this September you are now officially in luck. The 4 DVD box set of conference highlights is now available for purchase. And just in time for Christmas! Starring Dr. David Brailer, Sermo's Daniel...
December 20, 2007 in Announcements | Permalink