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 […]
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 / […]
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 […]
Frindle: Settling in on a definition of “Health 2.0”
Frindle (frĭn dl) n. An alternative word to describe a writing instrument or pen Frindle is a 1996 children’s novel written by the American author, Andrew Clements As the Health 2.0 machine continues to roll on, it looks like the general public is adopting the more limited definition of the term (Web 2.0 tools and […]
Hamster Wheel Medicine – Getting off the treadmill
Treadmill (trĕd’mĭl‘) n. An exercise device consisting of a continuous moving belt on which a person can walk or jog while remaining in one place. A similar device operated by an animal treading a continuous sloping belt. Today, Dr. Jordan Shlain and I opened the morning session of the 2009 WHIT Conference by introducing the […]
Whew! Health 2.0 Winds Down and Gears Up
Wind Down (wīn’d doun) 1. Diminish gradually 2. Draw to a close Well, since I am behind in my email, blogging, work, working out, and just about every other area in my life, I am using this post to begin the dig out process. There have been alot of great summary posts from the recent […]
Managing Money in Health 2.0
Given the presentation constraints of Health 2.0, I have included my overview for the “Managing Money in Health 2.0” below: [splashcast c HTKX3484JX]
Twittering from Health 2.0: Twitter.com/scottshreeve
I decided that blogging from the conferences is next to impossible – will be twittering instead: You can follow me here. Other aggregations site for the conference include Health 2.0 and #health2.0
Cash is King: Differential Premiums as a driver of behavior change
Differential (dĭf‘ə-rĕn‘shəl) adj. Of, relating to, or showing a difference. Constituting or making a difference; distinctive. Dependent on or making use of a specific difference or distinction. This is the third in a four part series of interviews with the panelist of “The Business Case for Health 2.0” closing session on the open