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Archive for March, 2009

Hipster Healthcare

Monday, March 30th, 2009

I heard Dr. Jay Parkinson give a rapid-fire presentation about his new healthcare start-up called Hello Health last Monday at a Pecha Kucha gathering. Basically it’s the way healthcare should be … well, at least for people like me who are pretty healthy for the most part, hardly ever go to the doctor, and aren’t working for The Man. [...]

Read the complete article – Hipster Healthcare

Using Technology to Skip the Doctor’s Office

Friday, March 27th, 2009

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The waiting rooms in doctors’ offices rank right up there with bus stations as places to avoid. They are typically filled with cranky people, feeling lousy.

Technology, it seems, can provide at least a partial cure. A study published on Tuesday in the medical journal, Health Affairs found that visits to the doctor’s office can be significantly reduced in practices that use electronic health records and secure e-mail messages between physicians and patients…

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“Companies Need to Stop Taking Themselves so Seriously And Get a Sense of Humor.”

Wednesday, March 18th, 2009

This one breaks me up.

Hey — Sean found this web site that’s a knock off/ rip off of Hello Health.  Check out the sign up page. Sean  and Devlyn  are you guys moonlighting?

http://careclubusa.com/index.php

Snowmobile Day at Myca!

Tuesday, March 17th, 2009

It’s a tradition at Myca.  The annual snowmobile outing!
The bus ride, the snowmobile ride, the party….


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Jay at PSFK

Monday, March 16th, 2009

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We’ve very excited to have Dr Jay Parkinson of Hello Health join us at PSFK Conference New York on April 2. Along with Sean Khozin (Hello Health), Richard Fine (Help Remedies) and moderator Colin Nagy (Attention), Jay will offer his insights on improving communication in the healthcare industry, and between brands and users in general, through the incorporation of technology and social media…

Read the complete article – Conference New York Speaker Dr. Jay Parkinson

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Take 2 Asprin and Tweet Me in the Morning

Monday, March 16th, 2009

How Twitter and Facebook Are Reshaping Health Care

HEALTH AFFAIRS - If you want a glimpse of what health care could look like a few years from now, consider “Hello Health,” the Brooklyn-based primary care practice that is fast becoming an emblem of modern medicine. A paperless, concierge practice that eschews the limitations of insurance-based medicine, Hello Health is popular and successful, largely because of the powerful and cost-effective communication tools it employs: Web-based social media. Indeed, across the health care industry, from large hospital networks to patient support groups, new media tools like weblogs, instant messaging platforms, video chat, and social networks are reengineering the way doctors and patients interact…

Read the complete article – Take 2 Asprin and Tweet Me in the Morning

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Using Technology to Skip the Doctor’s Office

Wednesday, March 11th, 2009

The waiting rooms in doctors’ offices rank right up there with bus stations as places to avoid. They are typically filled with cranky people, feeling lousy…

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Nat at MIT

Tuesday, March 10th, 2009

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The MIT Bio-Innovations Conference on Saturday, set the stage for a dynamic, engaging conversation centered on delivering quality healthcare, swiftly and efficiently with its panel discussion entitled “Choice & Change: Innovations in Consumer Centric Healthcare”. Moderated by Daria Niewenhous, a healthcare attorney with Mintz Levin, the panel tackled questions ranging from measuring quality to providing a profitable return to investors…

Read the complete article – Consumer Centric Healthcare Pleases Patients, Doctors, and Payers

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Report From The Field

Tuesday, March 10th, 2009

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Take Two Aspirin And Tweet Me In The Morning: How Twitter, Facebook, And Other Social Media Are Reshaping Health Care

Patients and pioneering medical practices show it can be done…
Read the complete article – Health Affairs.pdf

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