Answers To Diseases

Last week I had the pleasure of doing the opening keynote for the East Hawaii Independent Physician Association annual meeting at the beautiful Mauna Lani Bay Resort on the Big Island of Hawaii.  I was joined by my colleagues Steve Malme and Dr….(read more)

Yesterday morning, I delivered a keynote to executives, engineers, scientists and staff at the 3M Innovation Center on the corporate campus of the 3M Corporation in Minneapolis, Minnesota.  It was the culmination of a two day visit in which I had…(read more)

Calling all health industry ICT solution vendors, developers, customers, clinicians and enthusiasts.  Id like to invite you to attend a very special event.  It is the 2010 Microsoft Health Users Group Exchange that will be held on the Microsoft…(read more)

Im back in Seattle after spending a few days on the East Coast last week to do the opening keynote at the American Board of Radiology Foundation meeting in Bethesda, MD.  I dont often speak at medical specialty conferences.  I accepted this…(read more)

Its almost clich to talk about doing more with less, but it seems everywhere we turn these days, that is the message.  I dont care whether youre part of a multi-state, multi-hospital enterprise or you run a small two physician practice. …(read more)

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)

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)

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)