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.

PCHIT links for December 29th through December 30th:

• News Release: Electronic Health Records Still Not Routine Part of Medical Practice, Says New Study - Link to RWJF Report with best estimates of EHR adoption. No word on PHR adoption, but good framework for considering adoption of PCHIT, too.
• The Information Technology & Innovation Foundation: Mind the Gap - A very nice set of slides looking at differences in broadband and Internet use by income, ethnicity, gender and education.
• Oncologist Communication About Emotion During Visits With Patients With Advanced Cancer — Pollak et al. 25 (36): 5748 — Journal of Clinical Oncology - Oncologists infrequently responded with “continuers” when presented with empathetic opportunities by ill patients. How could the availability of a PHR impact this - what could an anlalysis of pre-visit/post visit secure e-mail show in terms of continuers for empathetic moments?

• Business Writing: A Great Letter from My Doctor - Good written communication makes a difference. From a Group Health patient.
• Blackwell Synergy - Family Process, Volume 37 Issue 1 Page 3-15, March 1998 (Article Abstract) - Article by Kathy Weingarten on Postmodern Narrative Therapy
• Treatment Dedication Project - Empowering patients undergoing cancer treatment through dedication.
• Microsoft customizes its workspaces - I suppose sliding glass doors are becoming the norm. Video of new Microsoft Research Facility. Note the Metro-type entrance gates.
• 60 Minutes - Here Come the Millenniels - GenY - All Carrot, No Stick. GenX - forgotten….