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Reflections on Health 2.0 Conference: Day 2 (Aggregation & Interoperability)

Day Two of Health 2.0 was a whirlwind of demos, tools, websites and a sizzling array of the latest concepts and some intriguing innovations.  Amidst the flurry of panels, presenters and ideas, there were two themes that emerged by the end of the day:  aggregation and interoperability.

The aggregation theme evolved quickly and was the title of one of the morning’s panels.  From my perspective, the notion of aggregation falls into three big buckets:  aggregation of content, aggregation of patients and aggregations of physicians/provider.   Read the rest of this entry »

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Reflections on Health 2.0 Conference: Day 1

Payments. Meaningful use. Populations. Communities. For as many interesting ideas that were presented on day one at Health 2.0, these points of friction in the health value chain appear to be the barriers to change.

Much like HL7 and CDISC have only 15% adoption due to privacy concerns, these topics, payments especially, appear to be the elephants in the room at Health 2.0. Read the rest of this entry »

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