Archive for the ‘Health Concerns’ Category

Early in my career at Microsoft, I traveled around the United States giving keynotes at healthcare executive events organized by our company.  For some of those events I was joined on the podium by health industry author, lecturer, executive, physician…(read more)

I usually dont use this space to promote local/regional events.  After all, HealthBlog has a worldwide audience of readers.  However, Im making an exception because the event I want to promote takes place on home turf and it was after all…(read more)

One of my favorite events of the year is Microsoft TechFest .  The two-day event hosted by my colleagues at Microsoft Research opened today.  As usual, I was blown away by what I saw.  I cant go into great detail, or show you any pictures. …(read more)

OK.  The cat is out of the bag.  I can finally tell you about one of the meetings I had while I was in Japan last week.  The meeting was with Panasonic, and I was among a handful of people to get a sneak peek at Panasonics new convertible…(read more)

While I was winging my way back from Japan two things were particularly on my mind.  First was the culmination of a very successful week of meetings with health industry executives and government leaders and advisors in Japan.  This included…(read more)

There are some 8000 hospitals in Japan; a number that is surprising when you consider that the population of this country is approximately 120 million people.  That adds up to a lot of hospital beds per capita!  Ten percent of the population…(read more)

From the 34th floor window of my hotel room on the Southern Terrace near Shinjuku train station I have an expansive view of the city. Below me, thousands of Japanese men and women emerge like ants from the subway and rail lines on their way to work. After…(read more)

Im pleased to be able to share information about the newest episode of Microsoft Health Tech Today , the on-line video series at the intersection of health and information technology.  Our March program will premier on February 25th.   My guests…(read more)

On January 27th, I posted a piece on HealthBlog titled A right-sized EMR? Tablet PC + Microsoft Office OneNote .  I explained how many doctors who cant afford or dont like the well known, branded EMR solutions currently on the market, have turned…(read more)

On Super Bowl Sunday, I received an e-mail from one of my physician colleagues, Dr. Thomas Gumprecht .  Ive provided information on HealthBlog before about Dr. Gumprecht and his ENT practice in Redmond, Washington.  Tom and I share a passion…(read more)


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