The Palo Alto Research Center (PARC), a wholly owned subsidiary of Xerox, opened their doors for an inside look at innovation this week. Some of us (until Wednesday, myself included) might think of Xerox as “that copy machine company,” but … Continue reading
This week’s Launch! demo is Unfrazzle, presented by founder Rajiv Mehta. Unfrazzle is an iPhone and Android application designed to bring order to the daily lives of caregivers. Rather than scribble down to-dos, users can manage their list of priorities … Continue reading
LifeVest Health is up next in the Launch! demo series. Here LifeVest CEO Jon Cooper demonstrates a system that lets sponsors put money toward someone else’s health. If the sponsored person makes improvements in their blood pressure, body mass index, waist-to-hip ratio, … Continue reading
During the most recent Health 2.0 Launch! segment, ShareTheVisit CEO Dr. Elise Singer introduced her company’s new application. ShareTheVisit transports family members and other caregivers into their loved one’s medical appointments via teleconference. This way they can be present even when … Continue reading
To continue with the Launch! demo series, here’s CEO of meQuilibrium Jan Bruce demonstrating the meQuilibrium online personal stress manager. Launch! was held in October at Health 2.0′s Sixth Annual Fall Conference. During the session, presenters have three and a half minutes … Continue reading
Matthew Holt spoke to Martha Wofford, head of Aetna’s CarePass platform, at the 2012 mHealth Summit in Washington, D.C. this week. Aetna CEO Mark Bertolini had just delivered a keynote and announced that his company will release the CarePass mobile … Continue reading
CEO of Tictrac Martin Blinder launched the Tictrac personal analytics platform in October at Health 2.0′s Sixth Annual Fall Conference. During the Launch! session, Blinder and nine others gave rapid three and a half-minute demos. The audience voted, and Tictrac … Continue reading
Mark Bertolini, CEO of health insurer Aenta, gave part two of the keynote at Health 2.0′s Annual Fall Conference in October (watch Joe Flower give part one here). Bertolini ran through the recent history of how Aetna’s technology offerings came … Continue reading
Joe Flower is a health futurist and author of Healthcare Beyond Reform: Doing it Right for Half the Cost. He delivered the opening keynote at Health 2.0′s Annual Fall Conference in October. Flower says we’re witnessing health care begin to … Continue reading
The 2012 Health 2.0 San Francisco HealthE Habits Code-a-thon challenged participants to create solutions that enable people to change unhealthy behaviors. One of the return judges, Dr. Jan Gurley, is a clinician. Working with patients, she is always trying to … Continue reading
Overall score: 4 out of 5 GAIN Fitness is a digital personal training app for the iPhone. The basic app is free, and additional trainer “packs” ― i.e. additional workouts — cost a few dollars extra. The app is based … Continue reading
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