As mentioned in my last Blog entry, I'm attending the 18th Annual Disorders of the Spine conference in Whistler, B.C. This morning I was approached by several surgeons who wanted to vent about a common problem brought on by the increasing prevalence of...

This week I'm off to Whistler, B.C., for the 18th Annual Disorders of the Spine Conference chaired by Dr. Glenn Rechtine. On Monday evening I'll provide a keynote presentation on the Future of Computers in Medicine. Tuesday morning, my colleague Mike...

I applaud my colleague Michael Millenson for shedding light on a very important topic in HHN's January 11th, Most Wired On-Line Magazine , " A Patient's View of Health IT ". I referenced my own family's horrible healthcare experience in an earlier post...

In today's Seattle Times there's an article about my colleague Dr. Harold Goldberg and a grant he has received from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation to study platform and device options for the management of chronic disease in young people. Dr. Goldberg...

In my last entry I promised to share information about a family healthcare crisis I experience over Christmas vacation. In retrospect, I've decided not to share it because it probably wouldn't tell you anything you don't already know about the deficiencies...

Let me start by extending my sincerest thanks to Dr. Clifford Goldsmith for contributing his insightful views to HealthBlog during my vacation. You can be sure that we'll be asking him to become a regular contributor. I will echo on a few thoughts...

My wife and I just bought a new car this past weekend. It is a hybrid and I never thought I would say it, but this new technology is way cool! I love watching the energy UI on the little computer screen of the car as it shows me how the gas and electric...

Happy Holidays from all of us in Microsoft's Healthcare and Life Sciences team. Isn't the holiday season great! I feel so blessed to be spending quality time with my family and friends. A couple of nights ago we were with friends and after dinner the...

Writing this title, even in the form of a question, on a technology-oriented Healthcare blog feels like sacrilege; like an employee making a politically incorrect statement (choose one of your favorites here) at the annual policy meeting of the HR leadership...

It is evident to anyone who scans Microsoft's Healthcare Blog that Dr Bill Crounse has an extremely busy schedule. I have no doubt that you will be pleased to learn that Dr Crounse is at last taking a well-deserved vacation through January 3rd, 2006....

This morning I had the pleasure of keynoting the opening session at the Medical Records Institute's National Conference on m-Health (mobile) and EOE in San Diego. Qualcomm VP Don Jones preceded me at the podium with a presentation titled "The Momentous...

I've just returned to Seattle from TETHIC and CDHCC in Washington, D.C. While there, I had an opportunity to facilitate the summit leadership group discussions on Wednesday and participate in panel discussion following a presentation by Doug Bush, VP...

I have just returned from our Healthcare Executive Forum event in Minneapolis. More than 30 customers came from across Minnesota and Kansas, from Allina to Mayo , to join us at the Grand Hotel . It’s terrific to see so many folks from the c-suite as well...

At Microsoft we are famous for "eating our own dogfood"; the practice of pounding away on beta software well before final versions of the software are ever released to customers. It's our way of testing the waters for new innovations and subjecting all...

As I sit warm and toasty in my family room watching the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade on TV, I'm reminded of all the things I have to be thankful for this year. I'm thankful for my beautiful wife. I'm thankful for my talented daughter who left IBM...

I'm just back from visiting with more than a hundred customers who attended our Healthcare Executive Forum events in Philadelphia and New York City. Our New York event was held in the famous Rainbow Room in Rockefeller Center . I even had a chance to...

In Healthcare IT News , Peter Haigh discusses a very intriguing pilot program at New York Presbyterian Hospital . Dubbed " M3 " for Mobile Medical Monitor, the pilot aggregates a variety of clinical, collaboration and communication functions on to a single...

Next week, I'll be hitting the road again for our annual Healthcare Executive Forum events. This year we'll be visiting Philadelphia, New York City, Minneapolis, Seattle (Bellevue), Los Angeles, Dallas, and Houston. Additional events are being planned...

An article from Associated Press posted on the front page of MSN poses the question, Will Cell Phones Replace PCs? I hardly think that will happen anytime soon, but I continue to be impressed by the growing array of applications and services that are...

According to the US Census Bureau , 55 percent of American households have access to the internet. That's triple the percentage reported in 1997. I suspect the true figure is even higher since the survey is based on census information from 2003. As might...