My friend and Microsoft colleague, medical search guru Dr. Alain Rappaport, called me the other day.  He wanted to tell me about some of the cool new health information updates that have been made to Bing.  As you know, Bing is much more than...

When I was in medical school in Toledo, Ohio, my wife worked in a hospital medical laboratory.  Many of her coworkers were the spouses of well paid, union auto workers.  My wife used to tell me that her coworkers and their husbands would boast...

Or perhaps I should say, HealthVault has come to the British.  I am extremely pleased to announce that as of today, HealthVault is now available in the UK.  It was just a couple of weeks ago that I announced the availability of HealthVault ...

Last September I posted a piece titled “ What’s ahead for clinical computing ”.  In October I shared some of my thoughts on how Windows 7 and future operating systems would change the ways clinicians work with computers.  More recently, I discussed...

Message from Microsoft CEO, Steve Ballmer:  Starting today, Microsoft Office 2010 is available in 240 countries, 10 languages, and over 35,000 retail stores worldwide. In the course of the next year it will be available in 94 languages and will ship...

Tomorrow I have a brief meeting with some executives from AARP . The purpose of the meeting is to review some of the cool things Microsoft is doing in health around the world.  In preparing for the meeting I spent a bit of time on the AARP web site...

Our June program of Microsoft Health Tech Today is now live on the web.  This month’s program includes four segments.  Featured topics include an amazing service, Would Technology Network , that helps community nurse specialists cure patients...

Compared to citizens in the US, Canadians have always had something to crow about.  Every citizen in Canada has healthcare.  Sure, the system isn’t perfect but it does provide a safety net for all Canadian citizens.  Never mind that no...

There’s nothing new about health statistics. City, county, state and federal agencies have been reporting them for years. We’ve all seen stats on death rates for this disease or that. We know that the US has an appalling infant mortality rate...

I’m delighted to provide a sneak preview of our season closer for Microsoft Health Tech Today .  Our June program, which launches June 9th, has a terrific line-up of special guests and cool technologies at the intersection of health and information...