IT has disrupted finance so why is healthcare lagging behind?

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 into health IT with HIPAA compliant apps

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

Healthtap: health professionals give free advice online

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

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

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

God’s Hotel Book Review

(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

The Cash-Only Doctors Club

  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

The Consumerization of Healthcare

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

Survey: Patients Welcome Active Role in Care

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: this year will be all about big data

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

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

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