Last year two Johns Hopkins University medical students got on stage at Health Datapalooza III and accepted a $100,000 check. Since then, many have heard of the duo’s company called Symcat. The Symcat app, an online symptom checker, was the … Continue reading
Throughout Europe, digital innovations with substantial benefits for the patients are spreading quickly. However, stakeholders in Germany are still reserved about these new technologies. Alexander Schachinger, founder and CEO of healthcare42.com and speaker at Health 2.0 Europe, talks about the … Continue reading
Indian Health Service, the agency of the United States Department of Health and Human Services that provides health care to Native Americans, announced that it is creating a personal health record system. Patients will be able to view online and … Continue reading
Concerns about the long-term consequences of repeated concussions have been raised so much this year that the story is increasingly being picked up by media outlets around the country. Now it’s even caught the attention of the tech world, and … Continue reading
HHS held an Innovation Challenge and patients were the winners! Winners for the Blue Button Mash-Up Challenge and the EHR Accessibility Module Challenge were announced during the Health 2.0 Sixth Annual Fall Conference in San Francisco. The first Challenge required applicants to ‘mash … Continue reading
Johnson & Johnson company Wellness & Prevention, Inc. partnered with the Lake Nona Institute to research population health and wellness. The project, called the Lake Nona Life Study, will create a database based on health information from participating residents, employers, … Continue reading
The future of medicine holds great hope for the cures and elimination of chronic illnesses. We talk about the future of health with optimism since science and technology have moved us toward better treatments over time. The future of medicine … Continue reading
RightCare Solutions raised $1.75 million in their Series A financing round, led by Compass Partners, LLC and Domain Associates, LLC. The new funding will allow RightCare to expand their analytics engine and discharge planning tools to further enable hospitals to … Continue reading
Health care stakeholders join forces with developers to build new apps for health and wellness On 3-4 November 2012 web and mobile developers meet health professionals, patients and other health care stakeholders at the Health 2.0 Berlin Code-A-Thon 2012 to … Continue reading
“If you are an entrepreneur, take this slide home. Build a product that meets some of these needs, and I guarantee you’ve got a marketplace here in New York,” David Whitlinger, executive director of New York eHealth Collaborative, said at … Continue reading
This Saturday I had the pleasure of helping organize a hackathon that was put together by the Open State Foundation (HackDeOverheid). The theme was “Open Data, open for business” and took place at a very unique place in Rotterdam - … Continue reading
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