I suspect most of us take our hearing for granted. We seldom think about how a hearing loss or deafness might challenge our ability to communicate.  However, for those with profound loss of hearing or deafness, the ability to communicate with others...

This year marks my 10th anniversary at Microsoft .  I have much to be thankful for.  I have a wonderful family.  I am gainfully employed.  Through my work, I’ve had an opportunity to travel the world and learn more about health, healthcare...

No matter where I travel these days to meet with health industry customers, there is a common theme. Oh sure; hospital and clinic IT staff, administrators and clinician leaders are focused on electronic medical records, meaningful use (in the US) and...

This week while other members of my Microsoft team are hanging out in Brussels, Oslo, Mexico City, Rio, and even Cyprus, I find myself in Indianapolis, Indiana .  Oh well, at least the plane ride was shorter. I’m here for something we call the EBC...

This week on Health Tech Today we travel to Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.  We’ll introduce you to a Microsoft partner that is working with the health ministry to give every citizen a patient centric health record in the cloud.  The partner is a Portuguese...

I spent the end of this week on the road in the Boston area.  On Thursday morning, I delivered a keynote for a meeting organized by the Massachusetts Hospital Association at the Waltham Woods Conference Center in Waltham, Mass.  The theme for...