The Palo Alto Research Center (PARC), a wholly owned subsidiary of Xerox, opened their doors for an inside look at innovation this week. Some of us (until Wednesday, myself included) might think of Xerox as “that copy machine company,” but … Continue reading
Calling all software developers, entrepreneurs, and innovators – the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) seeks your help in empowering women in minority and underserved communities to fight and prevent cancer. Each year, more than 300,000 new cases of … Continue reading
Over the past several weeks, many of us at the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC), Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ), and Food and Drug Administration have been evaluating the submissions for the Reporting Patient … Continue reading
Today, when you print a medical record, it looks like a cash register receipt. The information is all there, but it is not especially patient-friendly. And if you have a complex health condition, the record can quickly become unwieldy. It’s better … Continue reading
The 2012 Health 2.0 San Francisco HealthE Habits Code-a-thon challenged participants to create solutions that enable people to change unhealthy behaviors. One of the return judges, Dr. Jan Gurley, is a clinician. Working with patients, she is always trying to … Continue reading
HHS held an Innovation Challenge and patients were the winners! Winners for the Blue Button Mash-Up Challenge and the EHR Accessibility Module Challenge were announced during the Health 2.0 Sixth Annual Fall Conference in San Francisco. The first Challenge required applicants to ‘mash … Continue reading
Health care stakeholders join forces with developers to build new apps for health and wellness On 3-4 November 2012 web and mobile developers meet health professionals, patients and other health care stakeholders at the Health 2.0 Berlin Code-A-Thon 2012 to … Continue reading
This Saturday I had the pleasure of helping organize a hackathon that was put together by the Open State Foundation (HackDeOverheid). The theme was “Open Data, open for business” and took place at a very unique place in Rotterdam - … Continue reading
Health 2.0 Developers’ World Cup judging took place at the San Francisco code-a-thon this past weekend. Though the two-day code-a-thon that was going on in the background was focused around behavior change and encouraging healthy habits, the theme for World … Continue reading
Today I went to the kickoff of my second ever code-a-thon. Like this one, my first took place in San Francisco almost exactly a year ago. My wonderful Health 2.0 colleagues host these events across the country throughout the year. … Continue reading
The Department of Health and Human Services is interested in the development of innovative applications and solving critical social and health problems, and to help you optimize the opportunity you have to solve some of the most critical health issues … Continue reading
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