Monthly Archives: June 2011

Looking For Apps to Add to Your Shiny New Device?

Did you ask Santa for a shiny new iPad or smartphone this year? If so, you’ll soon have to decide what to put on that beautiful new device. With over half a million apps available, the possibilities are endless and … Continue reading

EPA Challenge Announced

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has announcing its “Apps for the Environment” challenge to encourage the development of innovative environmental applications for people and communities. The challenge invites the information technology community to create applications that help people make … Continue reading

Interview with Damien Leri, winner of Local Children’s Data Challenge

Yesterday, I had the opportunity to speak with Damien Leri of Team Big Yellow Star, and winner of the Local Children’s Data Developer Challenge. Damien won the challenge, sponsored by Lucile Packard Foundation and kidsdata.org, with his web-based information tool … Continue reading

Why We Need an Independent Health Data Utility

This is another in the numerous “death of Google Health” stories that have been appearing since Friday when the Google blog announced the pulling of the plug. I must admit to being more than a little pissed off with Larry … Continue reading

News & Updates

The rumors had been around for a while but the news still stings. The Official Google Blog announced the retirement of Google Health (2008-2011.) The blog reads: “While (it) didn’t scale as we had hoped, we believe (Google Health) did … Continue reading

News & Updates

Last Friday we posted about Google pulling the plug on Google Health. Since then, there has been some interesting debate on what this means for other technologies in the PHR field and whether or not Google Health should be made … Continue reading

RIP Google Health

The rumors had been around for a while but the news still stings. Today, the Official Google Blog announced the retirement of Google Health. The blog reads: “While (it) didn’t scale as we had hoped, we believe (Google Health) did … Continue reading

Health 2.0 Keynote Mark Bertolini CEO, Aetna

Health 2.0 is proud to announce one of our Keynote Speakers for the 5th Annual Health 2.0 Fall Conference in San Francisco on September 25-27, Mark Bertolini (CEO, Aetna). We’re excited to share the updated agenda with all the latest … Continue reading

Open Culture Features an Animated Version of “Man as Industrial Palace”

If Open Culture isn’t already a regular stop in your internet day, I hope this convinces you. Lead editor, Dan Colman,  Director & Associate Dean of Stanford’s Continuing Studies Program, explains the history behind this animated version of Fritz Kahn‘s … Continue reading

One Week Until the Next Health 2.0 Show

The next episode of the Health 2.0 Show is just one week away on Thursday, June 30th! We’ll give an in-depth look at the many online challenges that have been launched over the past few weeks as part of the Health 2.0 Developer … Continue reading

A New Hope? (…But What About That Pesky Death Star?)

A long time ago in a galaxy far, far away…. It is a period of enormous change and worry. The challenges are great. The status quo of poor health care quality and crushingly high costs is bearing down on the … Continue reading

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