A year ago last February my life almost came to an end. My wife and I were driving down a country lane when out of the corner of my right eye, I saw a flash of green. At that exact moment my wife uttered "Oh my God". I saw her cover her head and then...

Recently, the American Academy of Pediatrics issued a policy statement opposing the use of Retail-Based Clinics ( MinuteClinic , RediClinic , etc.) for the care of infants, children and adolescents. The AAP is especially concerned about care becoming...

I'd like to draw your attention to a very thoughtful piece in HHN Most Wired written by well-known CIO, John Glaser, and his Partners Healthcare CTO, Steve Flammini. These guys are highly respected healthcare IT veterans and thought leaders in the industry...

In previous Blog entries and on my House Calls audio-cast series , I’ve highlighted healthcare customers who are doing some outstanding work using Microsoft and Microsoft partner solutions to build portals that make key performance indicators, quality...

Last week I had the pleasure of visiting my alma mater, The Medical College of Ohio.  It doesn't go by that name anymore. Today, due to a recent merger with the University of Toledo , it is known as the UT College of Medicine . I was invited to the...

At least once each year I trek on over to visit my colleagues at Microsoft Research .  It's actually not much of a trek.  The group's headquarters are really just a few blocks from my own office on the Microsoft campus.   I was especially...

I’m in Los Angeles (Santa Monica) to speak at an event sponsored by Town Hall Los Angeles . The topic is healthcare reform. I’m sure there will be a lively debate with state and federal officials, representatives from the insurance industry, and provider...

Today, I will give a luncheon keynote at the annual Council on Employee Benefits gathering at the Four Season’s Hotel in Westlake Village in the suburbs of Los Angeles.  Last evening, I joined the group for what turned out to be a very memorable...

Let me be perfectly honest.  At some level, an operating system is just an operating system.  Whether you hang out in the C-suite, in the IT department, on the ward, or in the operating room; you just want your computer to work.  Having...

An op-ed piece, No Country for Old Men , filed today on The Health Care Blog by health industry consultant and futurist, Jeff  Goldsmith, provides a brilliant review and excellent analysis of our past sins and possible future under health reform...

A video commentary from Bill Crounse, M.D., Microsoft's Senior Director for Worldwide Health.  Technorati Tags: Wall Street , Healthcare Reform , Bailout , Financial Crisis , physicians , e-mail , tele-medicine , patient care , care quality , access...

I've commented before on this Blog that much of the true innovation I see in the implementation of advanced information technology solutions in healthcare, particularly electronic health and medical records, is happening outside of the United States....

No, this isn't another story about Unified Communications, cellular phones, or even healthcare's most wired hospitals. It's about a keynote address I attended this morning at the World Healthcare Innovation and IT Congress in Washington, D.C., at the...

Today I am writing from Banff, Alberta, Canada. I'm here to keynote at the Wireless Connections 2007 conference at the beautiful Fairmont Banff Springs Resort . There is a dusting of fresh snow on the ground as I peer outside the window of my room looking...

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...

Next month I will have a unique opportunity to influence the design of future devices for clinical computing.  Our OEM (original equipment manufacturers) group at Microsoft has invited me to the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas. ...

If you think video games are just for kids, tweens and teens you’d be terribly wrong.  People of all ages are buying and playing video games these days.  In fact, a pilot program called the Exergamers Wellness Club developed by Microsoft, the...

You may have seen (or at least heard about) the recent article published by researchers at Stanford University. The article, published in the Annals of Internal Medicine, concludes that current usage of electronic heath records and clinical decision support...

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...

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...