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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

Boston Tackles Health Care Using Big Data at the Health 2.0 Code-A-Thon

In another sign of how strong the Boston health-tech and developer communities are, more than 70 participants shirked the perfect weather and blue bird skies to huddle inside to improve health care. They came together to generate and implement innovative … Continue reading

Cajun Code Fest Highlights the ‘Silicon Bayou’

When you hear of ‘health tech’ or ‘health innovation’, the first places that come to mind are usually Silicon Valley, Boston or New York City. Yet, this past weekend’s event shook that notion for everyone that attended. It is not … Continue reading

Announcing the Winners of the linkAges Kickoff Weekend Developer Challenge

Cross-posted from the Palo Alto Medical Foundation’s David Druker Center for Health Systems Innovation blog. After an inspiring two-day event, the PAMF Innovation Center is pleased to announce the winners of its linkAges Successful Aging Kickoff Event Developer Challenge. Energized by … Continue reading

Care Transitions Need Improvement, Simple Technology Can Address Process Ailments

Care Transitions Need Improvement, Simple Technology Can Address Process Ailments Today, nearly 1 in 5 patients discharged from a hospital is readmitted within 30 days.  Simple IT-enabled processes and tools can help make care transitions easier for patients, care givers … Continue reading

Healthy People 2020 Leading Health Indicators App Challenge Winners Announced

At the National Health Promotion Summit this past Tuesday (April 10), Chief Technology Officer of United States – Todd Park, – the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC) and Health 2.0 announced the three winners of the Healthy People 2020 … Continue reading

Aneesh Chopra Talks About The Upcoming Hokie Health Code-a-Thon

We recently had the pleasure of sitting down with Aneesh Chopra – former Chief Technology Officer of the United States and Virginia’s fourth Secretary of Technology – to discuss health care information technology in Virginia and the upcoming Hokie Health … Continue reading

Announcing Winners of the Medicare Claims Data Challenge

We are pleased to announce that teams from Zenithech LLC, Avanade Inc. and Big Yellow Star  won the Medicare Claims Data Developer Challenge sponsored by IMPAQ International LLC and the National Opinion Research Center (NORC) at the University of Chicago.  … Continue reading

Hokie Health Code-a-thon

The Hokie Health Code-a-Thon 2012 will take place on April 13 and 14 in Blacksburg, Virginia. The two-day coding competition will bring together teams of student and professional developers to create innovative solutions to improve healthcare.  The winning project will … Continue reading

Health Datapalooza Deadline Extended to April 6!

Health innovators across the country are transforming the health industry and we think it is time that the nation hears you. In the past few weeks, we’ve seen tremendous excitement around HDI Forum III, with many organizations ‘throwing their hat … Continue reading

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