Recap: Building Health 2.0 Into The Delivery System
Recap (rē-kăp) n. To replace a cap or caplike covering on: recapped the bottle. To restore (a used tire of a motor vehicle) to usable condition by bonding new rubber onto the worn tread and lateral surface. We had a busy session yesterday during my panel. Besides the irritating AV problems (in/out sound, survey probs, […]
Building Health 2.0 Into the Delivery System
Delivery (dĭ-lĭv‘ə-rē) n. The act of conveying or delivering, the act of transferring to another. Something delivered, as a shipment or package. I am enroute to Boston for the Health 2.0 conference. I look forward to moderating a great session in the afternoon – “Great Debate #2 – Building Health 2.0 Into The Delivery System”
Cathedral and the Bazaar in Healthcare
Bazaar (bə-zär’) n. A market consisting of a street lined with shops and stalls, especially one in the Middle East. A shop or a part of a store in which miscellaneous articles are sold. Eric Raymond is a famous open source advocate who published a seminal book on the fundamental philosophic basis for the movement. […]
X PRIZE Overview – Initial Design and Prize Guidelines
Overview (ō’vər-vyū‘) n. A broad, comprehensive view; a survey. A summary or review. I am blogging and tweeting from #WHCC09 and am just preparing to head into the X PRIZE Announcement session. It has been quite a whirlwind six weeks and a pretty harried run up to the event. We have been in startup mode […]
Press Release: Healthcare X PRIZE release Initial Prize Design for Public Comment
As I mentioned yesterday, I have been actively involved in the development of the Initial Prize Design for a potential Healthcare X PRIZE. Today I was able to attend a star studded event as described below and have enjoyed the early buzz and feedback thus far. Looking forward to your comments and ongoing interest as […]
Media Advisory: Announcement of Initial Prize Design for Potential $10 Million Healthcare X PRIZE to Revolutionize U.S. Health System
I am in Washington DC to participate in the 6th Annual World Health Care Congress. It is a power packed meeting with tons of interesting speakers, presentations, announcements from many of the thought leaders throughout the industry. The demographics of this conference are certainly older, and the DC location gives it a very political / […]
The Geisinger Experience: Realizing The Health Value Vision
Realization (rē‘ə-lĭ-zā’shən) The act of realizing or the condition of being realized. The result of realizing. Today, I am meeting with the X PRIZE Foundation at our 2nd Health Advisor Summit meeting in Washington, DC. We have gathered a small subset of health care thought leaders, innovators, providers, payors, patients, and employer group
Fortnight: Health 2.0 Meets Ix in Beantown!
Fortnight (fôrt’nīt) n. A period of 14 days; two weeks. Sorry to have dropped off the blogging map . . . I have been literally swamped with my X PRIZE projects. It has been an incredible rush but our impossible time lines means that the nose is to the grindstone big time. Please look out […]