iPhone 2.0 = Health 2.0?

10 Mar

Posted by Ted Eytan as Opinion
Tags: Apple, apple_in_the_enterprise, health2con, iPhone, my own cio
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Quite possibly.

I didn’t catch the iPhone SDK launch right on March 6, but I did watch it a few days later, and it’s very impressive. It is worth a watch, especially with regard to the possibilities in verticals such as health care. I have met many physicians in the past 6 months who have told me, “I will get an iPhone when…” I think the “when” has been answered. Possibilities such as secure physician-patient communication and patient activity monitoring with direct connect to electronic health records are now possible.

It was interesting to see this right after the Health2.0 Conference, to be sure.

Not to mention that the iPhone is now enterprise-worthy….

Apple Developer Connection - iPhone Dev Center - iPhone Developer Program

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Steve Jobs and Leadership Philosophy; Health Plans and AMA less EHR supportive?; Two Health2.0 Services

10 Mar

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Tags: Apple, Brailer, business, California, cancer, GenX, GenY, health2.0, health_plans, innovation, LEAN, organized_medicine, p4p, pedometers, purchasers, walking, Web2.0
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March 4th through March 6th:

Steve Jobs speaks out - On his marathon Monday meetings (9) - FORTUNE - a weekly check and adjust at Apple
S.F. equity firm launches health initiative with CalPERS, GE, others - San Francisco Business Times: - Maybe this will help California lead in Health IT.
AMNews: March 10, 2008. Insurer finds EMRs won’t pay off for its doctors … American Medical News - Less health plans are requiring EHR adoption for P4P, and the AMA doesn’t have a policy requiring physicians to adopt them either.
Virgin HealthMiles - As demonstrated at Health 2.0 - a pedometer program that includes a pedometer that uploads data to the Virgin HealthMiles website
i2y - As featured at the Health 2.0 Conference. For the 68,000 GenX and GenY individuals who are diagnosed with cancer every year.

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Sharp HealthCare - Getting Ready for the Future in San Diego

10 Mar

Posted by Ted Eytan as Health Information Technology
Tags: Allscripts, California, Photos, Sharp Health Care
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Our week in California was a very productive one, in addition to our time at the Health2.0 Conference, because we visited several innovative practices in San Diego and the Bay Area.

One of those is Sharp HealthCare, which bills itself with the following (impressive) credentials:

Sharp HealthCare is San Diego’s health care leader with seven hospitals, three affiliated medical groups and a health plan. We are a 2007 Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award recipient thanks to our doctors, nurses and 14,000 employees. Sharp is a not-for-profit and relies on philanthropy.

We spent our time with the Rees-Stealy Medical Group, at their downtown campus.

Sharp is a local and national leader in quality and a star in achieving goals as part of pay for performance programs.

First, the pictures, click on any to see full size: