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Health 2.0 Tools: The power of Twitter

By Matthew Holt The power of Twitter is real kids, and not for what you think. Used properly Twitter is an information filter. Exhibit A is what happened to the Von Schwebers who run PHARMASurveyor. They were a huge part...
October 23, 2009 in Conferences, e-patients, Electronic Medical Records, evidenced-based medicine, Health 2.0, pharmaceuticals, Technology | Permalink | Comments (5)

Washington DC conference and party!

By Matthew Holt Wednesday morning I'll be at the AHRQ annual conference in Rockville, Maryland. I’m moderating a panel looking at “Experiences in Patient-Centered Care: Improving Coordination and Communication among Patients and Providers”. Given this is an AHRQ meeting there’ll...
September 14, 2009 in Conferences, Consumers, Technology | Permalink | Comments (1)

From Health 2.0 meets Ix: A Breathtaking Display of Possibilities

By BRIAN KLEPPER (Boston) Jane Sarasohn-Kahn and I were quickly comparing notes this morning. Our impression is that, compared to past meetings, this one seems more characterized by doers than observers. This conference brings together a dizzying array of tools...
April 2, 2009 in Brian Klepper, Conferences, Health 2.0, Joshua Seidman, Matthew Holt, Web/Tech | Permalink | Comments (5)

Musings on Integrating Care at the IOM

By Matthew Holt So I’m in DC figuring out how the East coast medical policy elite tries to change the world. While the rest of DC is buzzing about Obama’s speech and budget, The Institute of Medicine is having a...
February 26, 2009 in Conferences, Matthew Holt, public health | Permalink | Comments (3)

Check Out The TED Talks

By Brian Klepper The uber-fabulous (and expensive) TED conference - 4 days, $6,000 and sold out a year in advance - a collection of some of the world's most thoughtful, innovative and high achieving individuals, has just finished, and many...
February 11, 2009 in Brian Klepper, Conferences | Permalink | Comments (0)

Sleepless in Seattle

By Matthew Holt In a 36 hour span I left the mountains of Copa Ruinas in Western Honduras, had dinner in South Beach, Miami and after stopping off to see that Health 2.0 central in SF hadn’t collapsed, ended up...
December 4, 2008 in Conferences, Economics, Health Plans, Matthew Holt, Medicare Advantage | Permalink | Comments (9)

Nudging the value glacier

By Sarah Arnquist In just two years, seniors will spend a quarter of their monthly Social Security checks on Medicare out-of-pocket expenses, including premiums, co-payments and deductibles. Meanwhile, Medicare bookkeepers predict total health spending in the U.S. to increase from...
December 4, 2008 in Conferences, Economics, evidenced-based medicine, Medical Devices, Policy/Politics, Quality, Sarah Arnquist | Permalink | Comments (2)

Fact or Fiction: Electronic health records save money

Note by Brian Klepper: Today the actuarial consulting firm Milliman is convening a town hall meeting in Seattle focused generally on health care reform, but specifically on Electronic Health Records (EHRs). The larger Seattle metropolitan area is a hotbed of...
December 1, 2008 in Conferences, e-patients, Electronic Medical Records | Permalink | Comments (24)

America's CEOs set priorities for Obama Administration

By Brian Klepper This past Monday and Tuesday, The Wall Street Journal convened an extraordinary conference of about 100 CEOs to develop and recommend issue priorities for the new Administration. (See the participant list here.) This meeting brought together the...
November 21, 2008 in Brian Klepper, Conferences, Economics, Quality, The Industry, Transparency | Permalink | Comments (11)

e-Patient Dave tells his story

By Matthew Holt In the Connected Health conference at Partners I sat in on a great session in which e-Patient Dave (Dave deBronkart) and his physician, Danny Sands described his use of listservs, the Internet, email and BIMDC’s PatientSite and...
October 28, 2008 in Conferences, Consumers, e-patients, Health 2.0 | Permalink | Comments (7)

Entering the era of participatory medicine

By Jane Sarasohn-Kahn I've returned from a week of Health 2.0 immersion on the west coast. The top-line finding: we've entered the period we can call Participatory Medicine. For some, like the pioneering Gilles Friedman of ACOR, this is nothing...
October 28, 2008 in Conferences, Health 2.0, Jane Sarasohn-Kahn, Personalized Medicine | Permalink | Comments (2)

Lucas Merrow demos Eliza

By Jen McCabe Gorman Lucas is demoing today's flashiest presentation at The Center for Information Therapy's Wired. Thank goodness; it's 4:30 and there's been no audience bleed out the door since Merrow took to the podium. I missed Eliza's presentation...
June 12, 2008 in Conferences, Health 2.0 | Permalink | Comments (0)

A Broad Vision of Health 2.0: Reformulating Data for Transparency, Decision Support & Revitalized Health Care Markets - Brian Klepper and Jane Sarasohn-Kahn

Download health20_1011.ppt Before you start reading, download the document above. It's a single PowerPoint slide that's animated to build. Go into presentation mode, then read along with the narrative below. The term Health 2.0 refers to the concept, described by...
October 12, 2007 in Brian Klepper, Conferences, Health 2.0 | Permalink | Comments (8)

TECH/CONFERENCE: TieCon East, innovation conference in Boston 15-6 June

Peter Mueller from BCBS Mass asked me to let you know about TieCon East. This is a conference on innovation with a health care track (as well as a tech track and an enterprise track too). Peter is chairing the...
May 7, 2007 in Conferences | Permalink | Comments (0)