Author Archives: Laura Montini

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

Health 2.0 Keynote with Jonathan Bush: A Hedgehog of a CEO

Maybe you’ve never heard CEO of athenahealth Jonathan Bush speak about what he does before. And anyone in the audience at Health 2.0 Spring Fling who hadn’t must have been surprised. Bush often describes himself and his company by doing … Continue reading

Health 2.0 Law: What Is and Isn’t in Writing

The law book is only symbolic. The truth is, there isn’t a health information technology law manual. Many health tech companies are trying things that have never been done before and, therefore, will run into legal issues the field hasn’t … Continue reading

John de Souza on Parenting, Persistence and Being MedHelp’s CEO

MedHelp hosts hundreds of forums for medical questions online. The company’s CEO John de Souza will join us for a fireside chat at Spring Fling: Matchpoint Boston.  Indu Subaiya: You said you can’t decide if you like something until you’re … Continue reading

Choosing Wisely Involving Patients in the Campaign

You might not have heard of the Choosing Wisely campaign yet, but there’s been more talk about it in the blogosphere and in the news since the movement launched last year. Especially since one of the groups behind the campaign, … Continue reading

Athenahealth on How Acquisitions Led to
New Products

Karl Zachar is VP of Business Development at athenahealth  and is in charge of mergers and acquisitions and strategic partnerships. Zachar will participate in a fireside chat: The Anatomy of a Successful Partnership at Spring Fling: Matchpoint Boston. Read other interviews … Continue reading

Kaiser’s Health Management App Now for iPhones

This isn’t the first time that health plan and health care provider Kaiser Permanente has gone mobile, but it’s KP’s first launch of an iPhone application that lets members view their medical information on their phones. Kaiser launched its very … Continue reading

News & Updates

EveryMove Inc. raised $2.6 million in Series A Financing from Premera Blue Cross, Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Nebraska, BlueCross BlueShield Venture Partners (managed through Sandbox Industries) and angel investors. EveryMove is building a platform that will help people … Continue reading

Pfizer VP of Worldwide Innovation on Collaborating with Small Companies

Wendy Mayer is Vice President of Worldwide Innovation at pharmaceutical company Pfizer. She’ll join us on our Customers panel at Spring Fling: Matchpoint Boston. Here Mayer discusses how a large organization like Pfizer goes about working with smaller organizations.  Matthew Holt: … Continue reading

Breaking Down the Process of Innovation:
The Value of Community

In just about a month, the third Annual Health Datapalooza will take place in Washington, DC – a celebration of data-driven healthcare innovation (tax-payer funded data, by the way).  The part of the program that I’m personally looking forward to … Continue reading

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