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Microsoft Research: How we watch the computer, how it watches us

Posted Monday, August 18, 2008 2:46 PM by hlthblog
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 looking forward Read More...
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Hopping along toward better health in Western Australia

Posted Monday, February 11, 2008 3:02 AM by hlthblog
Regular HealthBlog readers know that I often find symbolism in things that I see as I travel the world. In Japan it was a wooden bridge in a serene garden. In Switzerland it was the Swiss Army Knife. In Banff Canada it was a ladder reaching toward a star Read More...
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Microsoft HealthVault: Learn more here

Posted Tuesday, December 11, 2007 2:24 PM by hlthblog
A couple of week's ago I had a chance to catch up with Peter Neupert and Sean Nolan from our Health Solutions Group here at Microsoft. They sat down with me to record a special video program for my House Calls for Healthcare Professionals series. Since Read More...
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Healthcare gets WIRED

Posted Sunday, December 09, 2007 6:46 PM by hlthblog
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 Read More...
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Data input: Still a final frontier in clinical computing but progress is being made

Posted Monday, November 26, 2007 6:26 PM by hlthblog
I've called "data input" the final frontier in clinical computing. In fact, data input has been a frequent topic on HealthBlog these past few years. If you want to see for yourself, just type in "data input" in the handy search box on the upper right-hand Read More...
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Reaching for the Stars: Mobile Devices and Solutions for Healthcare

Posted Thursday, November 15, 2007 3:19 PM by hlthblog
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 Read More...
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The Healthcare Internet Revolution

Posted Friday, November 02, 2007 9:47 AM by hlthblog
I'm writing this from Philadelphia where this evening I'll be presenting at the 2007 International Freddie Awards . The awards ceremony honors the very best in health and medical media (television, film and video) from around the globe. It is always a Read More...
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A New Day in Healthcare IT

Posted Monday, October 29, 2007 7:56 AM by hlthblog
In my last Blog posting I hinted that a "new day was coming in Healthcare IT". As HealthBlog readers may have surmised, I had advance knowledge of an announcement that was made late last evening and is hitting the press today. That announcement is the Read More...
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Mailbag: HealthBlog readers confirm some important trends

Posted Friday, October 26, 2007 10:11 AM by hlthblog
I wanted to share a couple of insightful comments on previous HealthBlog posts that I received this week. One reader responds to my post about a public hospital in Spain, Torrevieja Salud , that I wrote about while attending a health leaders event in Read More...
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Microsoft HealthVault: A Place to Search, Store and Connect Health Information for You and Your Family

Posted Thursday, October 04, 2007 10:05 AM by hlthblog
As a physician, I know how important it is to have access to my patient's health information. As a patient, I know how frustrating it is to have my health information scattered across multiple doctors, ambulatory clinics and hospitals. As a care manager Read More...
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A Swiss Army Knife Approach to Healthcare IT

Posted Friday, September 28, 2007 10:30 AM by hlthblog
Last evening I returned to Seattle from a three-day trip to Switzerland. I was there to provide the opening keynote for the ehealthcare.ch conference in Nottwil and also to meet with Microsoft customers and partners attending the event. Perhaps the highlight Read More...
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If Disney Did Healthcare: Part 2

Posted Wednesday, September 19, 2007 6:44 PM by hlthblog
Last April I posted a piece on this Blog entitled " If Disney Did Healthcare ". I commented that there was a lot the healthcare industry could learn from Disney about customer service, customer experience, and customer satisfaction. It was one of those Read More...
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Microsoft Healthcare Common User Interface: Now available free worldwide

Posted Monday, September 10, 2007 3:25 PM by hlthblog
Anyone who works in healthcare knows that many of today’s clinical software applications leave a lot to be desired when it comes to “user experience”. Unlike ubiquitous, commodity software used in other businesses, healthcare applications are highly proprietary Read More...
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Doctor Google and Doctor Microsoft; if not them, who?

Posted Tuesday, August 14, 2007 3:55 PM by hlthblog
The Internet is abuzz today following a New York Times article by Steve Lohr about Microsoft's and Google's designs to change the game in healthcare. Readers who follow this Blog will understand very well where I come down on all of this. As a country, Read More...
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Future Vision: Microsoft knowledge driven health

Posted Thursday, August 02, 2007 7:51 PM by hlthblog
If your company ever comes to Redmond for a health industry briefing at our Executive Briefing Center , or you happen to attend one of the many keynotes I give at industry conferences throughout the year, you'll more than likely see what is known as our Read More...
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