Due to a tremendous workload at Chilmark Research, creating cogent, free content is expensive, at least to us. Therefore, to provide value to you dear reader without taxing our synapses to the breaking point this post will give you a few highlights from te week that caught our attention. How much is too much? The [...]
Posts Tagged ‘health’
2x Growth in iPhone Apps in 2 Weeks
Posted in consumer health, tagged AppStore, health, iPhone, wellness on August 6, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Just dropped by the iPhone AppStore to see if any new health & wellness applications have been added to the site since the post I did on July 23rd. Imagine my surprise in seeing some 64 separate iPhone apps – a doubling of the number of apps in 2 short weeks. Now the question is: [...]
Mobile Health and the iPhone
Posted in consumer health, EMR, Google, Microsoft, PHR, telehealth, tagged Apple, AppStore, health, Hellohealth, iPhone, Myca, MyLifeRecord on July 23, 2008 | 2 Comments »
There has been a tremendous amount of buzz regarding the latest iPhone release with most of the attention focusing on the 3G and GPS capabilities of the new iPhone. But one of the biggest features may turn out to be the AppStore, providing you health specific apps to take with you on your iPhone. The [...]
Heated Debate on Boston’s Rules of the Road
Posted in consumer health, tagged commuting, cycling, health on July 9, 2008 | 1 Comment »
As you know, I commute by bike to work. Been doing this for some 20+ years despite Boston ranking as one of the least bike friendly cities (according to Bicycle magazine) in the country. Yesterday, one of the Boston Globe columnist wrote a piece on her own cycling experiences in and around Boston. I actually [...]
Good Post on Google & Microsoft Platforms
Posted in consumer health, Google, Microsoft, PHR, tagged AHIMA, Google, health, HealthVault, Microsoft, PHR on March 4, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Vince, over on his e-Care Management blog has a good post up today where he compares the respective consumer healthcare platforms from Microsoft (HealthVault) and Google Health. Bottom line for Vince is that there are more similarities than differences between these two initiatives and that consumer engagement will be their collective top challenge. Certainly agree [...]
Google’s Schmidt Outlines Health Platform
Posted in consumer health, Dossia, Google, health portals, Microsoft, PHR, PHS, tagged Google, health, HealthVault, HIMSS, Microsoft, PHR on February 28, 2008 | 4 Comments »
Though Google announced the formal unveiling of their PHR last week, via the deal with Cleveland Clinic, today was the true coming out event when Google CEO Eric Schmidt formally introduced Google Health to the throngs at HIMSS during his keynote. Based on the demo I received at HIMSS, conversations I have had and comments [...]
Exposed – Orthopedic Payola
Posted in PHR, policy, tagged health, health policy, healthcare, information technology, medical device, orthopedics on November 1, 2007 | 3 Comments »
Looks like payola in the healthcare sector extends beyond pharma. Late yesterday, the Wall Street Journal health blog posted an article on consultant fees paid by implant manufacturers. In a settlement agreement with the government, leading implant manufacturers (Zimmer, J&J, Smith & Nephew, Biomet and Stryker) agreed to post on-line, fees they have paid to [...]
Getting the Information Out
Posted in Google, Microsoft, PHR, tagged consumer, health, healthcare, search on October 29, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
There is a ton of health-related information out there on the Web, but getting to it is not always easy. Sure, there are any number of health-specific search engines e.g., Google, Healia, HealthVault, Praxeon, WEGO, Yahoo to name a few. Each has a slightly different angle to them, but honestly, we probably now have more [...]
Quick Snippets from Connected for Health
Posted in EMR, Google, Microsoft, PHR, telehealth, tagged EMR, Google, health, Microsoft, PHR, telehealth on October 23, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Big draw of over 750 attendees. Good representation of the industry, with primary focus on telehealth, thus plenty of representatives from this sector including in no particular order, Cisco, Sharp, Panasonic, Medtronic, Philips, Honeywell, you get the idea. Of course, loads of others surrounding this space such as VC firms, financial analysts, law firms, consultants, [...]
