Information technology has revolutionalized financial services. So why is healthcare so far behind? Phil Fasano, Guest Contributor, gigaom.com The U.S. leads the world in healthcare expenditures – an astounding $2.7 trillion in 2012 and rising every year. Yet in one recent study of medical outcomes in the world’s most highly developed countries we ranked last. … Continue reading IT has disrupted finance so why is healthcare lagging behind?
Box gets hip to HIPAA, adds health-record apps Jordan Novet, gigaom.com Think some cloud-storage options are no good for privacy-sensitive applications like health care? Box wants you to think again. Keen on boosting its enterprise customer base and prepping for an IPO, the company said Wednesday it’s now… Box gets hip to HIPAA, adds health-record … Continue reading Box gets into health IT with HIPAA compliant apps
The Ultra-Popular App That Has Convinced Doctors To Give Their Services For Free BY ARIEL SCHWARTZ, fastcoexist.com HealthTap gives you access to medical professionals to answer your health queries, and it doesn’t cost you a dime. There was a time not too long ago that doctors lived in an analog world. They only answered questions … Continue reading Healthtap: health professionals give free advice online
Startup incubator for digital health and healthcare technology startups rockhealth.com Accelerate Think you have an idea that can change healthcare? Learn more about our program, meet our mentors and teams, and see if you have what it takes. Attend If you’re seeking ways to connect with the digital health community… http://flip.it/SmtFv Related articles NYC plays … Continue reading Startup incubator for digital health and healthcare technology startups
Health Data Company Athenahealth Goes Mobile With Acquisition Of Health Innovator Epocrates By Anya Kamenetz, fastcompany.com Epocrates, the startup whose mobile apps provide drug reference advice to more than half of American health care providers, is being acquired by Athenahealth, the data management platform for doctors—a marriage of two Most Innovative… RT @FastCompany: #FCMostInnovative Health … Continue reading Health Data Company Athenahealth Goes Mobile
(via ‘God’s Hotel’ Book Review - An Account of Health Care Past - NYTimes.com) Related articles Watsi, a Crowdfunding Site, Offers Help With Medical Care - NYTimes.com (cannonballcc.org) Stupid Writer Tricks - NYTimes.com (everythingscrivener.wordpress.com) Why does almost every site out there make it so hard to leave? @NYTimes reports (alexisohanian.com) Booklist | 'The Dispensable Nation,' … Continue reading God’s Hotel Book Review
businessweek.com Concierge doctors don’t take insurance, but do make house calls. Once an option only for the rich, they may change health care for everyone RT @BW: Is concierge medicine the future of healthcare? | http://flip.it/0htzp #longreads http://flip.it/fHvQI The Cash-Only Doctors Club Related articles Paul Hsieh on Concierge Medicine (healthcarebs.com) Dear Congress: Listen to … Continue reading The Cash-Only Doctors Club
by Lauren Soelberg Treasure, orcahealth.com The systemic change in US healthcare delivery has been called many things, but they all refer to one thing: the future of healthcare will be in the hands of the consumers. Today, consumers are better able to make choices about their… http://flip.it/e36yc The Consumerization of Healthcare Related articles Dr. Kizer … Continue reading The Consumerization of Healthcare
Written by Heather Punke |, beckershospitalreview.com December 12, 2012 American healthcare consumers are buying into the notion that they must take an active role in their healthcare, according to a recent survey by Wolters Kluwer Health, part of Wolters Kluwer, a global information… http://flip.it/EWQoI Survey: Patients Welcome Active Role in Care Related articles Rate your … Continue reading Survey: Patients Welcome Active Role in Care
Health 2.0 Conference: Big Data Making A Big Impact Richard MacManus, readwrite.com At the end of the Health 2.0 Conference earlier this month, I sat down with the event’s co-founders Matthew Holt and Indu Subaiya to discuss the big trends. I’d been impressed and excited by the innovation demonstrated at Health 2.0. It… http://flpbd.it/sqjx2 Related … Continue reading Health 2.0: this year will be all about big data
Health 2.0: Here Come The BigCos! Richard MacManus, readwriteweb.com I’m at the Health 2.0 Conference in San Francisco - and it reminds me a lot of the Web 2.0 Conferences of 2006-07. The second coming of the Web, coined “Web 2.0” by Tim O’Reilly and his company, was entering its peak around 2006. If I… … Continue reading Health 2.0: Here Come The BigCos
Health 2.0 Challenge #1: Getting Doctors Off Fax Machines Richard MacManus, readwriteweb.com Today at the DC to VC: Health IT Startup Showcase, a collaboration between Morgenthaler Ventures and the Health 2.0 Conference, I saw firsthand how health IT startups are tackling big, real-world problems. Coming from a world where… http://flpbd.it/hw3nH Related articles Video: My interview … Continue reading Health 2.0 Challenge #1: Getting Doctors Off Fax
Could ePatient Networks Become the Superdoctors of the Future? BY ANITA HAMILTON, fastcoexist.com As technology allows patients to pool their knowledge, can the collective experience of the sick create better care? There’s something seriously wrong with a health care system that makes patients wait a month or more just to get a doctor’s… http://flpbd.it/5v6PX Related … Continue reading Could ePatient Networks Become the Superdoctors of the Future?
Connected: The Surprising Power of Our Social Networks and How They Shape Our Lives [Hardcover] Albert-Laszlo Barabasi, amazon.com Harvard professor and health care policy specialist Christakis (Death Foretold: Prophecy and Prognosis in Medical Care) became interested in social connectivity when observing that the mortality rate of spouses spike after … http://flpbd.it/0isRt Related articles Gastrophysics: Some … Continue reading The Surprising Power of Our Social Networks and How They Shape Our Lives
Why America Must Address Rising Healthcare Costs Infographic Related articles There are 6 types of healthcare consumers; Which ones would you like to target? (medcitynews.com) When Allergies Attack - Asthma & Allergies in America [INFOGRAPHIC] (epicahealth.com) Do You Have 20/20 Vision or … Continue reading Why America Must Address Rising Healthcare Costs Infographic
How the U.S. Health-Care System Wastes $750 Billion Annually Brian Fung, theatlantic.com As we approach health-care system reform, a breakdown of our biggest losses Every year, the United States spends eight times as much money on unnecessary health-care costs as the Pentagon spent for each year of its operations in Iraq. … Continue reading How the U.S. Health-Care System Wastes $750 Billion Annually
A Look at Social Media in Health Care -- Two Years Later - Perspectives - iHealthBeat. This article looks at growth in the type company we've been waiting for. an online community where patients can discuss and track medical conditions, progress, stories of what did and did not work for them. Related articles HealthCare Social … Continue reading A Look at Social Media in Health Care Two Years Later
Please read my latest blog post Health 2.0: Crowd-Sourcing Life Sciences on the Maxiom Group blog. Related articles NYC plays matchmaker to hook up healthcare groups with startups to commercialize tech tools (medcitynews.com) Speed dating for startups: NYC and Health 2.0 pair health organizations with entrepreneurs [GigaOM] (gigaom.com) Crowd Sourcing: The Time Has Come (pharmexec.com) How To … Continue reading Health 2.0: Crowd-Sourcing Life Sciences Maxiom Group Blog
Due to the incredible complexity of our current healthcare reform and the challenges of explaining the need to reform it, Dan Roam has visualized it using a series of napkins... Clive Thompson on the Power of Visual Thinking | Wired Magazine | Wired.com. Related articles US Healthcare on a napkin (pharmastrategyblog.com) Drawing with Dan Roam … Continue reading Dan Roam: Explaining Healthcare Reform on a napkin
via www.computerworld.com Good overview of SAAS, social computing and e-health Related articles easyJet: IT shouldn't block business users from buying SaaS apps (computerworld.co.nz) Fujitsu Introduces Cloud Service for Senior Care (sys-con.com) Newest release of SaaS Maker™ 'Cloud Toolkit' Helps Entrepreneurs Build Big Software Without Venture Capital Dollars (prweb.com) How Doctors Use Social Media (medmeme.com) Online Dos … Continue reading The doctor will tweet you now
Brookwood Community Farm » About the Farm. Related articles Farmers' Markets on Wheels: Local Non-Profit Raises Funds for a Pedal-Powered, Mobile Farm Stand (bostinno.com) Innovative organic farming achieves sustainability in rural Hokkaido (japantimes.co.jp) Why your banana may not be vegan - Warning to those allergic to Shellfish (engineeringevil.com) Before You Bite: News About Organic Tomatoes, … Continue reading Brookwood Community Farm
Through website, patients creating own drug studies - The Boston Globe. Related articles Leading Health Website Offers New Approach to Comparative Medicine (prweb.com) Healthy Big Data: Putting Patients In Control (servicesangle.com) Crowd-sourcing a cure for cancer (bbc.co.uk) Would You Want to See Everything Your Doctor Writes About You? (theatlantic.com) The Mass. healthcare market is "ferocious." … Continue reading Through website, patients creating own drug studies
Health Informatics Program - UC Davis Health System. Related articles Faculty urge UC Davis to apologize to disciplined professor (sacbee.com) Editorial: UC Davis doctor should step down as chair (sacbee.com) White children more likely to receive CT scans (universityofcalifornia.edu) UC Davis fraternity kicked off campus for alcohol violations (sacbee.com) Health Informatics Forum MOOC to Launch … Continue reading Health Informatics Program – UC Davis Health System
HIMSS (Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society). This org shows jobs in HIT avg salary around 75k and extensive growth. Related articles HIMSS focuses on usability in guide to selecting mobile apps (healthtechinsights.com) Albany Medical Center vice president receives highest recognition (troyrecord.com) Drexel University Online and Leading Healthcare Association Collaborate for Higher Education Initiative (prweb.com) … Continue reading HIMSS (Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society)
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