Monthly Archives: September 2012

News & Updates

The Obama administration announced a $1 billion initiative to fund innovations in federal health care programs aimed at cutting costs and improving outcomes. This initiative marks the second round of Health Care Innovation Awards. Stanford engineers have developed a flexible, … Continue reading

Eight New Companies to Launch at Health 2.0’s Annual Fall Conference

Health 2.0 will unveil eight brand new health technology companies at the Launch! session on October 9th, during its Sixth Annual Fall Conference in San Francisco. During the popular session, each of the eight startups will present their products in a … Continue reading

This Self-Tracker’s Tracking Tips

I sometimes ignore vegetables, get less sleep than I should, eat more sugar than I can handle, and skip more long runs than I’m willing to admit.  I’m human so I forgive myself. But big picture? I can’t correct all … Continue reading

HealthTech Capital Hosts 2012 HealthTech Conference: Building a Business in the New HealthTech Ecosystem

The onset of new mobile technologies, personalization, real time information, persistent monitoring and other innovations promise to remake the way healthcare is delivered. New and innovative uses of technology from healthcare payers, integrated delivery systems, government and consumers are working … Continue reading

News & Updates

Researchers from the University of Washington, UW Medicine and Seattle Children’s Hospital created an app that lets patients test their lung function at home.The research app called SpiroSmart works with a smartphone to analyze sound wave frequencies to detect whether … Continue reading

The Experimental Man Talks Anti-Aging Technology

Journalist David Ewing Duncan is most recently the author of When I’m 164, a book that examines life extension science. He’s also written the Experimental Man based on his own quantified self trials. David will moderate The Future of Personalized Medicine … Continue reading

AARP’s LivePitch: It’s All About Mom …
and a Talking Dog

During the Keynote presentation at the Health Innovation@50+ LivePitch competition, Jody Holtzman, Senior Vice President, Thought Leadership, AARP is interviewed by Brian Dolan, Managing Editor and Co-Founder of MobiHealthNews. While AARP members cheered President Obama and booed Paul Ryan on their … Continue reading

Body 2.0 Review: Lark Silent Alarm Clock and Automated Sleep Tracking App

Overall Score: 5 out of 5 Lark is a black, flat, square device that almost looks like a small cellphone battery. It fits snuggly in a fuzzy black adjustable elastic wrist strap when you sleep, and charges in a dock … Continue reading

Save the Dates! National Health Code-a-Thon Calendar

The Department of Health and Human Services is interested in the development of innovative applications and solving critical social and health problems, and to help you optimize the opportunity you have to solve some of the most critical health issues … Continue reading

Brian Cusack: Google’s New Study on Patient Health Research Behavior

Health 2.0 Co-Chairman Indu Subaiya spoke with Google’s Head of Industry (Healthcare Services) Brian Cusack about his company’s new research around clickstream data analysis. He also explained the proven validity of the clickstream analysis results, as shown by the similarity … Continue reading

Mike Long: How the Healtheon/WebMD Venture Inspired Others

Mike Long is the CEO of Essence Group Holdings Corporation, a health insurance and software company. He will sit on the Three CEOs Panel at the upcoming Health 2.0 Fall Conference. For more posts from the conference speaker interview series, … Continue reading

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