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Google Health inks deals with two insurers, Hello Health
Wednesday, October 7th, 2009
On the same day that its former leader launched his own online healthcare start-up, Google Health announced that it had inked deals with two more health insurers: Harvard Pilgrim Health Care and American Postal Workers Union Health Plan. That brings the count up to three insurers since Blue Cross Blue Shield of MA signed on last year. Google released the announcement at the Health 2.0 event, which is taking place in San Francisco this week…
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Podcast: Nathanial Findlay talks about what’s next for Myca
Wednesday, October 7th, 2009
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The Big Day for Health 2.0
Tuesday, October 6th, 2009
Yes, today is the big day for Health 2.0 or rather the first of two huge days. In less than 7 hours Indu and I will be stepping onto the stage and six months of work, rehearsals and excitement come to a climax. Many thanks in advance to all the speakers, sponsors, staff, exhibitors, volunteers and members of the Health 2.0 community for coming. We’re ready (or close as we’ll ever be!) …
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Myca Golf Day!
Friday, October 2nd, 2009
Myca Golf day!
6 foursomes, sunshine and a great golf course.
Online Medicine – The Doctor is IN
Monday, September 28th, 2009
Technology has changed our lives drastically over the past 20 years. Just about everything can be done online these days from shopping, dating and working to even consulting a doctor thousands of miles away.
One of the fastest growing online medical Internet platforms is Myca which allows doctor-patient consultation remotely, by phone, email, instant messaging or even videoconferencing. It also enables patients to schedule doctor’s appointments online. Myca is barely two years old but has gained quite a following. In the US, the Myca Platform goes under the Hello Health trademark. Welcome to today’s e-practice. The doctors call themselves “your friendly 21st doctors in the neighbourhood”…
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Silicon Stethoscopes
Monday, September 21st, 2009
“If we can virtually connect doctors to patients who need it most, wirelessly monitor our aging population and keep patients healthier at home,” says Tandy Trower, Microsoft’s ( MSFT -news - people ) robotics group’s director. “We can dramatically reduce our nation’s health care costs.” …
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An Outside Perspective On The American Health Care System
Friday, August 28th, 2009
Healthy people are not very profitable, this fact defines the corporate health care system we have in America today. When companies are allowed, even encouraged, to profit off the unhealthiness of the people, why would they have any interest in keeping us healthy?
Socialized Medicine, those two scary words that the health care reform opposition throws around like it will mean the end of the world, is a term that was actually invented as part of a strategy devised by a Public Relations firm under contract by the American Medical Association to campaign against President Truman’s proposed health care plan during the cold war…
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Docs Say Goodbye to Bureaucracy, Hello Health
Friday, August 21st, 2009
With the debate over President Barack Obama’s healthcare reform bill raging on Capitol Hill, some physicians are carving out their own path to reform that involves eliminating barriers to care and improving the doctor-patient relationship through the use of technology…
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Podcast Interview with Hello Health co-Founder Dr. Jay Parkinson: Part II
Friday, August 14th, 2009
In Part I of my interview with Dr. Jay Parkinson, co-founder of Hello Health and Chief Concept Officer at Myca, we spoke about how his experience in starting an e-practice with general Internet tools like Google Calendar and Gmail led him to the conclusion that a purpose-built platform was needed…
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