What can I say, it was a great conference with lots of energy. There’s a more just-in-time review of events on my own blog for people to take a look at.

Josh will also post his experiences here. In the meantime, here’s a picture of him on one of the reactor panels.

Health 2.0 is now over, and it was a great experience. I am not the only person in the room that remarked that they felt less innovative than ever in this room of innovators. The patient experience was front and center. I / we need to see that, often.

The post-lunch surprise was a demo of Microsoft’s HealthVault, accompanied by a post-demo comparison of the HealthVault and Google Health product by Missy Krasner. Overall a great discussion. I’m happy that more, rather than less, is happening here.

From my perspective I thought a big splash was made by the new EHR platform that Jay Parkinson, MD, demonstrated, manufactured by Myca. It has a compelling patient portal aspect as well. Interesting to see what happens when people start from scratch and build things the way they want to use them.

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Reducing waste in our health care system is important. The latest data shows that 83 cents of every health care dollar spent is spent by physicians. Making the systems that carry out these orders efficient is a good goal; working with physicians at the point the orders are written (or typed) is also important.