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MIT HC Platform Conference 2

Inaugural MIT Conference: The Platform Revolution Comes to Healthcare

The first conference event to focus on digital platforms in healthcare! Attend in-person or virtually — the afternoon of July 13, 2022.

“The Platform Revolution Comes to Healthcare: A Deep Dive at the 2022 MIT Platform Strategy Summit”

The MIT Initiative on the Digital Economy is excited to announce this inaugural 1/2 day event leading into the 10th Annual MIT Platform Strategy Summit the following day, on July 14. Through several feature keynotes and panel sessions involving industry experts, this event is designed to explore how digital health platforms are key enablers of transformation in healthcare.

Confirmed speakers and panel members include:

* Jonathan Bush, CEO, Zus Health
* Nancy G. Brown, General Partner, Oak HC/FT
* Michael Byczkowski, Global VP, Head of Healthcare, SAP
* Michael Cantor, Chief Medical Officer, Uber Health
* William Febbo, CEO, OptimizeRx
* Adam Grossman, Partner, Deerfield Management
* Christian Howell, VP & GM, Aetion
* Seth Joseph, Managing Partner, Summit Health
* Vince Kuraitis, Principal, Better Health Technologies
* Jeff Loucks, Executive Director, Deloitte Center for Technology, Media, and Telecommunications
* Geoff Parker, Professor, Dartmouth College MEM and co-author of “Platform Revolution”
* Roy Schoenberg MD MPH, President & Co-CEO, Amwell
* Robert Sepucha, CEO, Cricket HealthMark A. Johnston
* Micky Tripathi, National Coordinator for Health IT, Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC)
* Randall Williams, MD, Digital Care Advisors

Three panel sessions will focus on:

* Investment in digital platform businesses
* Value creation from data
* Consumerism and healthcare platform businesses

Learn more and register here.

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The Second Annual Healthcare Blockchain Summit, Boston, June 11-12

Click here for more info. Use discount code 68 to receive $100 off.

Hope to see you there!

Vince

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Presentation Slides: Strategy & Business Models in Healthcare Blockchains

Here’s a copy of my slides from my keynote presentation at The Healthcare Blockchain Summit in Washington D.C. The presentation is titled:

Blockchains in Healthcare: Transforming Strategy & Business Models?

After reviewing some industry background and analysis of trends, consider 7 key implications:

Beware of “yellow flag” blockchain tech terminology: “could”, “possible”, “promising”.
Digital strategy is different than industrial era business strategy.
IMO, the most likely scenario for blockchain tech in healthcare is slow, steady growth over the next decade. After critical mass […]

10th Annual Healthcare Unbound Conference, Denver, July 11/12

10th Annual Healthcare Unbound Conference, Denver, July 11/12

This nationally recognized conference and exhibition focuses on technology-enabled consumer engagement and behavior change. Topics to be covered included innovative applications of remote monitoring, home telehealth, mHealth, eHealth, social media and gaming to help manage diseases, promote wellness and facilitate accountable care.

Announcing the Inaugural eCollaboration Forum at HIMSS12!

 

Please consider attending the inaugural eCollaboration Forum taking place at HIMSS12 on Thursday, February 23, 2012 in Las Vegas at the Venetian Sands Expo Center.

 

Theme — Collaborative Platforms and Applications in Health Care

This is the Health IT industry’s first-ever event focusing on collaborative health platforms and applications! We take an expansive view of platforms and will be exploring the required technologies, business ecosystems, and clinical care delivery needed to achieve accountable care.

Speakers

Sponsored by HIMSS and Collaborative Health Consortium (formerly the Clinical […]

Platform Wars!

Click here or on the graphic to download a copy of my July 11 presentation from this year’s Healthcare Unbound conference.

Doctors Love iPads. What Does it Mean? What Does it Mean?

After attending the largest annual health IT conference of the year — HIMSS 11 –  John Moore reported that “nearly every EHR vendor has an iPad App for the EHR [electronic health record], or will be releasing such this year.”

Doctors love iPads…not surprising? But, how might you explain this?

There are at least two different possibilities:

Coincidence Theory
Conspiracy Theory

The Coincidence Theory

So doctors want to access EHR software through the iPad…what’s the big deal?

Apple has built a great new hardware platform with the iPad. […]

Getting DIRECTly to the Point: The Role of the Direct Project in Fast-Tracking Health IT Interoperability

By Rich Elmore and Arien Malec. Rich Elmore is the Direct Project Communication Workgroup leader and Vice President, Strategic Initiatives at Allscripts.  Arien Malec is ONC’s Coordinator, Direct Project and Coordinator, S&I Framework.

A patient’s health records are no longer confined to a doctor’s office, shelved inside a dusty file cabinet. With the advent of the Nationwide Health Information Network, a framework of standards, services and policies that allow health practitioners to securely exchange health data, medical records digitized to be easily […]

Healthcare IT News Highlights Mobile Health Expo Presentation

Mike Miliard did a great job in capturing highlights and key points of my presentation at the Mobile Health Expo conference earlier this week. You can read his story here.

Please write me at vincek@bhtinfo.com in you’d like a copy of the PowerPoint presentation.

Update:  Neil Versel of FierceEMR also wrote up the presentation.  Here’s a link to his concise, on-target article “HIE, mobility, open platforms start to knock down ‘walled gardens’ of proprietary EMRs.”

Verizon Abandoning Walled Garden Network & Business Model: Implications for Healthcare

Wha…?  why are we talking about Verizon…isn’t is a healthcare blog?

When a major, multinational company does a complete turnaround on its operating and business model, it’s worth noting and examining the reasons behind the switch.

Wireless Week reported on a presentation made at the CTIA conference this week by Verizon COO, Lowell McAdam:

In a nod to the future, McAdam also said Verizon Wireless will scratch its “walled garden” approach because “in a 4G world, we need to turn that guarded model inside out.” […]