The View from the Salt Creek Beach
I was able to attend the annual Health Evolution Summit conference held late last month in Laguna Beach, Calif., and feel the urge to “write home” about the experience, and some of my key takeaways. This particular conference features the CEOs of many of the leading lights in healthcare and policy circles, including some next […]
Caretalk: Interview with David Williams
I had the privilege to sit down with David Williams, a long time health care strategy consultant who has been writing, speaking, blogging, and podcasting about healthcare innovation for more than 15 years. David has had a longstanding passion for healthcare business and policy which he has parlayed into a career as a healthcare strategy […]
Introducing Crossover’s Connected System of Health
The primary driver of my choice to live in Southern California has always been the ocean. Surfing is a great part of the local culture in San Clemente, and it has certainly influenced our company culture as well. The magic of surfing isn’t so much in riding waves, but rather being part of the rhythm […]
Bombing the Bombora
Peter Heywood has been part of the Crossover journey for over ten years now, helping us develop and refine our positioning as we have evolved from our original mandate and now culminating in the “Connected System of Health” vision. We invited him down to our client Bombora held on August 5-6, 2019 and I asked […]
The next 15%: The Software Enabled Services Concept
Software Enabled Services Professional service offerings that leverage software to synergistically deliver higher levels of performance than obtainable from either alone. A next generation construct which builds upon the concept of Software as a Service (SaaS) but involves the actual human delivery of the services. I am here in Las Vegas at the athenahealth
CLEAR! Shocking Google Health Back to Life
* This is the second part of my commentary on the June HealthVault Connected Care Conference in Seattle. I hope to use this post to motivate my good friends at Google Health into taking a much more public, visible, and proactive role in the health conversation. More importantly, it is a call to Google HQ […]
Microsoft Vaults Ahead into the Personal Health Information Space
* I am out at the Eli Lilly Health 2.0 Summit and just finished a presentation by Microsoft Health Services team. It was an interesting presentation, if but for nothing else to show their worldwide commitment to health. It reminded me of the June Health Vault Summit I attended where I wrote but forgot to […]
Death to Innovators – The Tragedy of Healthcare Innovation
Tragedy (trăj’ĭ-dē) n. A disastrous event, especially one involving distressing loss or injury to life A tragic aspect or element. A drama or literary work in which the main character is brought to ruin or suffers extreme sorrow, especially as a consequence of a tragic flaw, moral weakness, or inability to cope with unfavorable circumstances. [&hell
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”