Answers To Diseases

Earlier this week, American Medical News published an article with some startling statistics.  Of the 30 million or so Americans who will soon have access to healthcare courtesy of health insurance reforms, about 7.5 million of those will be young…(read more)

As I said last November here on HealthBlog, Lets face it – telemedicine has been around almost as long as television itself.  I reminded you that telemedicine used to be technology that only the military, government agencies, and large academic…(read more)

Ive always been a big fan of hospitals and health systems that have physicians at the helm.  Ive had the distinguished opportunity to work for a few of them during my 30 year career.  Its not because physicians are always the best managers…(read more)

You might not expect a 79 year old activist, retired Anglican bishop, and Nobel laureate to be a staunch advocate for Health ICT, but it turns out that information technology is highly regarded by Desmond Mpilo Tutu .  Thats what we found out when…(read more)

The US Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC) has released a new video as part of a promotional campaign to help get the word out about the nations transition to an electronic health care environment.   According…(read more)

On Monday, our Interactive Entertainment Group here at Microsoft released the next big thing for Xbox and Xbox Kinect .  Its called Avatar Kinect .  Avatar Kinect is available with a Gold subscription to Xbox Live .  With Avatar Kinect…(read more)

The weather in the Seattle has been anything like summer this July. What I see outside my office window most days has been fog, rain, and wind.  In fact, its been downright cold.  However, the calendar says it is summer even though it doesn…(read more)

Egypt and Utah – two places half a world apart that may not have much in common.  But two new case studies from Microsoft demonstrate how technology can be applied almost anywhere in the world to improve health and human services, while saving time…(read more)

This week, July 10 to 14, Microsoft is holding its 2011 Worldwide Partner Conference in Los Angeles, California.  For partners, WWPC is the place to be to gain i nsights into Microsofts business and technology roadmap for 2011.  For all of…(read more)

These days we almost expect any large metropolitan, well known hospital, clinic or integrated delivery network to have sophisticated Web portals and on-line tools for patients.  We may not expect to find such sophistication at a small community hospital…(read more)