This may seem like something of a departure from the usual content of this blog; however, in a sense, it fits in perfectly with the ideas I have tried to express on this site and elsewhere. I have always been a strong proponent for using technology to facilitate enhanced communication and to empower individuals, patients [...]
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When all is said and done; the battle for health care reform in the US is not about the Democratic party or the Republican party. It is not about a vision of big government or small government. It is about patients. It is about whether we will place value in human life or the survival [...]
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The United States finds itself in a peculiar position. Despite the fact that we live in a prosperous and powerful nation, we lag behind many other developed nations in terms of many health related outcomes. Perhaps nowhere is this fact more evident than in the areas of premature birth and infant mortality. The United States [...]
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The current interactive nature of the internet has radically changed the way in which we obtain, digest and share information. The presence of multiple, high quality, collaborative social tools has in turn lead to the concept of the “ePatient”. Such patient’s are equipped, enabled, empowered, engaged, equals, emancipated and experts. The tools available on the [...]
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Real health care reform will require addressing systemic socio-economic problems and activating low income patients to take responsibility for their own care. Spotlight Webcast – Dr. Risa Lavizzo-Mourey from Spotlight on Vimeo. A recent webcast provided by Spotlight on Poverty and Opportunity features Dr. Risa Lavizzo-Mourey, president & CEO of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation [...]
This is one of the best blog posts I have read on healthcare in a year. It is required reading as far as I’m concerned. Will blog about it in greater detail later. http://theblogthatatemanhattan.blogspot.com/2009/10/tbtam-on-healthcare-reform.html Sent from Onyeije’s BlackBerry Storm Posted via email from onyeije’s posterous
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Perhaps one of the best explanations of Google Wave yet. And a plaintive appeal from those of us who await a coveted invite… Posted via web from onyeije’s posterous
Readers of this blog and my other online commentary know that I am passionate about developing ways for technology to allow patient’s to control their access and utilization of health care services. In the past I have written about the need for Health Data Rights. Recently, I learned about an upcoming meeting to be held [...]
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FRONT PAGE : | TECH | Op-Ed Page | About | Advertise | List October 10, 2009 The ugly, the bad, the very good and the great at the Health 2.0 Conference By Matthew Holt So the Fall Health 2.0 2009 conference in San Francisco at the Concourse Exhibition Center is over. The bunting is [...]
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