Author Archives: adrian

Automated Health Apps Coming Your Way

There’s a fairly new Thai restaurant near Union Square in San Francisco that’s my favorite. They run a special promotion with a punch card that lets you get one free buffet bowl for every 10 you buy. I was the … Continue reading

Winners: Boston Big Data Code-A-Thon @athenahealth

Boston was a beautiful 80 degreess today, but inside athenahealth’s headquarters, developers kept their heads cool while the competition heated up. Health 2.0′s Boston Code-a-thon is a coding competition designed around using big data to build exciting new applications and tools … Continue reading

Health 2.0 and StartUp Health co-host @ SXSW

SXSW attendees line up to get into the Health 2.0 and StartUp Health party in downtown Austin, Texas. Last week, Health 2.0 and StartUp Health threw down at the Hanger Lounge in Austin, Texas during the SXSW Interactive festival. A … Continue reading

MedHelp, PillJogger and Tonic Health @ Health 2.0 SF Chapter 2012 Kick-off

  Health 2.0′s San Francisco chapter kicked-off 2012 at the MedHelp offices with three killer demos (and some amazing charcuterie). With the home field advantage, MedHelp loaded up the projector first, giving the audience a demonstration of their latest round … Continue reading

Launch! – GoodRx Prescribes a Cure for High Drug Prices

Most of us don’t clip coupons or scour the Internet for the best prices on medications, but GoodRx’s Web and iPhone offerings make bargain shopping for prescriptions as simple as comparing prices for flights or HDTVs. The company participated in the Launch! … Continue reading

Doxo: Saving Trees and Reducing Health Care Costs

Doxo, a company which provides e-payment services and a digital filing cabinet, has pushed into health care. Last week, the company announced partnerships with 40 hospitals and 3000 physicians to implement their digital filing technology. The business works like this: Hospitals … Continue reading

BetaBait Needs (Health) Beta Testers

Fancy yourself a first adopter? BetaBait is a service that aims to make finding new apps a whole lot easier. The company itself went into beta last month, providing developers with a site to showcase their nearly complete products and … Continue reading

Live from CES 2012: Withings and Fitbit duke it out

Are the differences between Withings and Fitbit black and white? On the left is the Withings scale and the right is the new fitbit aria. The Digital Health Summit at CES 2012 didn’t officially kick off until today, but yesterday brought a … Continue reading

Happy Holiday: Tablets at Health 2.0

Sprint sent us the HTC EVO View 4G and Motorola Photon 4G Matthew Holt, co-founder of Health 2.0 and a Jolly Saint Nick, dropped these toys off on my desk last week. With a twinkle in his eye and deep … Continue reading