The highlight of my trip to Chicago and HIMSS’09 had nothing to do with what occurred within the halls of the McCormick Center, but in the offices of a small company based out of Chicago, HealthString, where I had the opportunity to meet and go to dinner with one of its co-founders and CEO, George [...]
Posts Tagged ‘HealthString’
The Human Equation in PHRs
Posted in consumer health, PHR, tagged behavioral change, HealthString on April 17, 2009 | 4 Comments »
Connecting to Health Coaches with Wii Fit
Posted in consumer health, telehealth, tagged Dossia, Google Health, health coach, HealthString, HealthVault, Nintendo, Wii, Wii Balance, Wii Fit on January 30, 2009 | 10 Comments »
The extremely popular Wii gaming system will begin connecting directly to health professionals in April. It appears that this will be first offered in Japan combining the existing Wii Fit and Wii Balance devices with bi-directional online communication capabilities. Moving beyond just providing the gaming devices and platform, Nintendo is partnering with NEC, Hitatci and [...]