October 2008
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GOOD » What’s Up, Doc?» →
The link is finally up…
Come meet Hello Health at the Apple Store in Soho
The Hello Health team is presenting Hello Health at the Apple Store in Soho on Monday, November 3rd. If you are in town, stop by. You’ll hear all about where we’re going and what we’re doing. We’ll even tell you about the iPhone app we’re releasing in a few months…
Brooklyn doc talks about communication →
I spoke at Brown University last night with students in their Entrepreneurship Program. Things went very well. It’s super nice to talk with young, aspiring minds.
I used a phrase last night we should be using repeatedly:
“We need quality medicine, not quantity medicine.”
Health Populi: Physician group practices' costs... →
It’s a tough world out there for doctors.
Just remember, the health insurance industry is the most profitable industry in America…even more so than the oil industry.
Doctors and patients are getting hit hard. And the entire industry that’s raking in the profits are laughing all the way to the bank.
This is a social, moral, and economic crisis that we’re hardly...
You wanna go for dinner with me? :) →
Breaking the cycle of waste in healthcare →
IMAGINE what would happen if we learned that a major business was wasting a third of its revenue by grossly overspending while rewarding poor quality and mistakes. Everyone from the company’s board members to its shareholders would be outraged. They would demand answers. And they would demand change.
There is, in fact, such a business: healthcare. It is an industry in which everyone has a...
JAY PARKINSON + MD + MPH at Pop!Tech →
I’m reblogging my own post! Don’t forget to tune in to Pop!Tech to see me speak at 4:30 pm eastern…it’s going to be amazing and will be a sneak peek at where Hello Health is going. Fascinating stuff…I promise.
Some Cut Back on Prescription Drugs in Sour... →
This has potential to be a good thing in certain situations. For example, all of the people who are taking Lipitor at $140 a month…this may be a great opportunity to switch them all over to generic simvastatin at $4 a month.
Telerays: Auctioning Medical Care →
Well isn’t that one of the greatest things to ever hit health care? Thanks Josh!
Reminds me of one of my favorite quotes:
“Our parents killed bad ideas with music. We kill bad ideas with new business models.”
Viewzi — What are you looking for? →
Even awesomer.
DoodleBuzz:Typographic News Explorer →
Awesome…
Winner of the Personal Visualization Project is… →
Just who are the uninsured? →
Super interesting article breaking stereotypes on the uninsured. They’re young, wired, not poor, and independent.
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I'm in the middle of nowhere.
I was invited to speak at an executive retreat in Keswick, VA for the leadership of Bon Secours Health System in Richmond, VA. I was told it’s an older group (as are most of the leaders in health care) but they wanted to hear all about what this new internet thing is all about. So I sent them some homework to do before my presentation tomorrow. It was deliberately a link to a Google doc. ...
Letting Our Fingers Do the Talking →
In the fourth quarter of 2007, American cellphone subscribers for the first time sent text messages more than they phoned.