“Where’s the single best place to get up to speed on how the Feds should spend $20 billion to advance health information technology (HIT)?”
A colleague asked me this question a couple of days ago, and at first I hesitated. Then it struck me — Matthew Holt’s The Health Care Blog has become the focal point [...]
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A crime of disorderly conduct has been committed. The U.S. health care system is [...]
When using a search engine, should results be customized based on your personal health information (PHI)? Should your search engine of choice take into account your previous history of medical searches, or even provide results tailored from data about your personal medical history?
Two companies — Aetna and Microsoft — have come up with 180 degree different answers.
In [...]
Vince Kuraitis and David C. Kibbe, MD MBA
The Internet and digital technologies have transformed many aspects of our lives over the past twenty years. We can get cash at ATMs all over the world; we can book our own airline reservations; we can shop and get best prices over the Internet.
Why hasn’t this happened in [...]
Guest post: Health 2.0 Deserves Careful Watching
by David C. Kibbe, MD MBA
Dear Colleagues:
Thursday I attended a wonderful one day conference, entitled “Health 2.0 — User Generated Health Care.” One of the most interesting events of 2007. Held in San Francisco. I had a chance to talk with Adam Bosworth and Missy Krasner of Google, with Peter Neuport of Microsoft, and with David [...]
Although a bit late, I’d like to share perspectives from the latest Healthcare Unbound conference. The conference took place in San Francisco on July 16 and 17 and attracted 400 attendees with a rich blend of business, information technology, and clinical backgrounds.
PowerPoint from Opening Keynote
Here’s a copy of the PowerPoint for my opening keynote presentation. My colleague and [...]
Bravo, cheers and congratulations to fellow blogger and consultant Matthew Holt. In a stroke of defiance and brilliance, he has trademarked the term “Health 2.0” and made it available for all to use (presumably except for events that might be confused with his upcoming Health 2.0 conference). From The Health Care Blog:
Yes I’ve trademarked Health2.0. No, I [...]
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Remote monitoring: Out of sight, right in line
ACP Internist, March 2010
Health 2.0 Meets Government Stimulus
NetworkWorld; July 8, 2009
Stimulus: Is $19 Billion Right Rx for Health IT?
EE Times; February 20, 2009
New Frontiers in PHRs
Digital Healthcare and Productivity.com; September 23, 2008
Medical home leading [...]


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