Health 2.0 Spring

Making sense of the data is paramount to leveraging stakeholders and to make incentives to bring them all together.

LifeMojo.com, QuitNet.com, HappyMind, Sensei.com, TheCarrot.com, 23andme.com, CapMed.com%u2026all used to help %u201Creal%u201D patients track their health.

Health 2.0 is participatory healthcare that allows individuals the ability to rapidly share, classify, and summarize health information.

Managing a chronic disease online is too heavy; get into the simple stuff first and then make it a more natural transition to these bigger problems.

Chris Schroeder discusses the difference between HealthCentral and other healthcare websites.

Search, social networks, and tools, along with content, transaction data are all part of the equation, but now we%u2019re starting to put it all together.

We%u2019ve come a long way with patients but we are still at the periphery. The %u201Cpatient-central%u201D model is nice, but it%u2019s not real right now.

Chris Rauber discussed the partnerships between Eliza and other organizations with Alexandra Drane.

What is clinical groupware? It is the next-generation of EMR/EHR technology, but that understates the dimension.

John Eastman of WebLAB, gave a quick spiel about his company before introducing Aneesh Chopra, the Chief Technology Officer for the US Government.

This debate featured Don Kemper, CEO of Healthwise, and Matthew Holt, co-founder of Health 2.0, LLC, discussing information therapy and Health 2.0, and why they thought one was better than the other.

It's the patient's job to manage his or her care, while the doctor's job is to provide the necessary tools and treatment.