Archive for July, 2010

HealthBlog readers know that Im a huge proponent for eHealth strategies as a means to improve health and healthcare around the world.  More than a decade ago, I helped establish a company that harnessed the power of the Internet to connect physicians…(read more)

The acai berry is a fruit of the acai palm tree. It has been harvested by native Americans for hundreds of years, forming a staple of the local diet. However, it became popular in the west only a few years ago when it was publicized in numerous TV shows, newspapers and magazine articles. Why these little berries got so much attention from the media?

Now that we have concluded our first season of Microsoft Health Tech Today , I would like to personally thank you for viewing our programs.  While we plan exciting new program topics for next season, Id like to invite you to watch some of my favorite…(read more)

Im back in the office after a few days on the road to speak at Microsofts annual field training event, ISX, in Atlanta.  It was great to mingle with my Microsoft friends and colleagues from around the world and hear their firsthand reports of how…(read more)

The West Virginia Health Care Authority has issued a Notice of Public Comment Period on a new Proposed Certificate of Need Standard for Megavoltage Radiation Therapy Services/Unit.
Written comments on the proposed Certificate of Need Standard must be filed with the Authority on or before July 30, 2010. Written comments should be directed to Timothy [...]

HHS has published final rules on meaningful use.  They are more flexible.  The rules are posted all over the web and Ive provided some links at the bottom of this post.  More than $28 Billion is on the line to help you make the transition…(read more)

Good news for biological scientists and programmers.  Tomorrow, July 10th, in Boston, the External Research division of Microsoft Research will introduce the Microsoft Biology Initiative , resources designed to help biological scientists and programmers…(read more)

My favorite health futurist and commentator, Ian Morrison, offers another provocative essay in this weeks online edition of Hospitals and Health Networks .  In Flip the Switch he explores two prominent themes in the healthcare industry, both…(read more)


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