Archive for Blog News
by GVanAntwerp
April 18, 2008 at 11:01 am · Filed under Blog News
The WHCC has been generous enough to let me join the conference next week as a featured blogger and post here as a guest. My name is George Van Antwerp, and my blog is called Patient Centric Healthcare. I typically blog about topics around patient communications and interactions from a pharmacy, PBM, and/or managed care perspective. Some of those are based on my five years with Express Scripts and others are based on the experiences I have with Silverlink Communications which is a healthcare communications company where I am a vice-president.
The conference next week looks great, and I have several interviews set up to work on posts on the following topics:
- Gaining mindshare with the patient / member / consumer / customer
- Mass personalization
- PHR adoption
- Consumerism
- Patient segmentation
- Getting ready for the individual market
- Building trust with patients
I hope to see many of you there and encourage you to follow along on the blog since I know several other bloggers that will be in attendance doing live blogging.
by Lloyd Davis
March 12, 2008 at 7:41 am · Filed under Blog News, WHCC Europe
All the photographs I’ve taken over the last few days are available here.
I’ve shot some video too, so you should see that here on the blog in the next few hours 
by David Williams
February 7, 2008 at 10:58 am · Filed under Blog News
Check out the latest edition of the Health Wonk Review, a blog carnival devoted to health care policy. It’s posted today at the Health Business Blog.
by Fred Fortin
December 28, 2007 at 2:00 pm · Filed under Uncategorized, Blog News, Policy Makers, International Health
The China Internet Network Information Center(CNNIC) reports that by the end of November 2007, China had almost 73 million blog “spaces” and 47 million bloggers. “By the end of 2006, the number of blog writers was 17.5 million, and within one year the increase reached nearly 30 million, indicating the large-scale growth in number of the blog writer group,” according to the CNNIC report.
While health care is not specifically mentioned, the report goes on to say that blogs cover “almost all the areas of people’s daily life, including the cultural, military, economic, tourist, living areas, etc.” and has become an “important channel for people to obtain information.”
We know that in the West internet use to obtain health information is major activity, with blogs becoming a serious source of consumer information and empowerment. Blogs, especially bridge blogs (those that translate information from one language to another), are critical entry points in developing countries where people can gain access to health information on a global scale. Just as important is that the reverse is also possible; the growth of these blogs also gives the West an opportunity to connect and interact with what I would call ‘local communication and health care leadership’.
Now there’s a great idea: Could a blog or internet service aggregate connections to those local blogs in such a way as to facilitate health care communications directly between East and West? Sort of a ‘Global Voices’ for health care? Consumers to consumers? Doctors to doctors?
by Hylton Jolliffe
August 24, 2007 at 2:57 pm · Filed under Blog News
[August 29th: the Facebook group is no longer affiliated with this blog. Stay tuned for other community-related initiatives due out from World Congress.]
We’ve started a new group on Facebook as a companion to this blog. Its goal: further conversation and extend community.
Come on over and join us as well as feel free to let others interested in substantive discussion about the future of health care know about it.
Sign up now!
by Hylton Jolliffe
August 23, 2007 at 12:30 pm · Filed under Blog News, Chief Medical Officers
We thought we’d let you know about several U.S. government officials who have recently joined the “blogosphere”:
Brad Perkins, Chief Strategy & Innovation Officer at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
The first, Brad Perkins, heads up strategy and innovation at the CDC and posts occasionally about the CDC’s activities, innovation initiatives, recent conferences and speeches he’s attended.
Mike Leavitt, Secretary of Health and Human Services
Following on the success of its pandemic flu blog, Leavitt, the Secretary of Health and Human Services, has recently launched another blog worth checking out. Says Leavitt: “Most of my postings will typically be about something I’ve learned or experienced during the day. What I value most about this job is the remarkable opportunities it provides to learn and gain perspective on problems. I hope I can share a small part of it this way. I may also invite some of my colleagues at HHS to share some of their experiences…”
Be sure to check both blogs out and if you find them useful let their authors know - it’s a unique opportunity to engage with senior government officials determining the future of health care in the U.S.
by Hylton Jolliffe
July 10, 2007 at 5:11 pm · Filed under Blog News
A quick reminder about our email digest: for those of you who haven’t tuned in or are busy (who isn’t?) it’s a good way to stay on top of the best of the blog from the previous week.
Subscribe (by filling in your email address in the second column of this blog) and you’ll receive an alert that points you to interesting blog-posts, interviews, and podcasts from the previous week. As well, you’ll start to see pointers to upcoming events and offerings from World Congress, the sponsor of this blog, and other things we think you’ll find of interest.
Again, look to the right of this post, at the top of the second column, and you’ll see a small field into which you can type your email address - subscribe and you’ll join hundreds of other readers who are alerted to the week’s posts as well as special offers and offerings.
by Tony Chen
June 14, 2007 at 3:06 pm · Filed under Blog News
If you’re enjoying this blog, check out this list of the top 100 healthcare blogs in the world based on googlerankings and # of subscribers. And yes, as of this writing, World Health Care Blog is #47.
by Tony Chen
April 25, 2007 at 1:25 pm · Filed under Blog News, Hospital and Health System CEOs, Universal Coverage, Prevention and Health Promotion
Thanks to all my fellow bloggers for the great coverage of the conference. I’d be curious to hear if any key themes emerged from the conference. From my read of the 20 posts within the last 48 hours(!), it sounds like healthcare is heading towards a more collaborative future.
While you’ve been at the conference, a few tidbits that have surfaced in the last few days:
- Ezra Klein has a great piece The Health of Nations on the proven results of socialized medicine. Of course, our very own Matthew Holt pokes some holes in the piece.
- Keep your eye out on FierceHealthcare’s upcoming list of top hospital innovators to be published in a week or so. Their previous list of top Healthcare IT Innovators highlighted some undiscovered gems, and I suspect the hospital list will also. My vote is for Memorial Hospital & Health System in South Bend, Indiana. Got a product to test on patients? Give ‘em a call.
- A few weeks ago, it was diabetes that covered every front news page. This week, it seems to be obesity. A new study suggested that “the heaviest employees had twice the rate of workers’ compensation claims as their fit co-workers.” Epocrates issues their 2007 Obesity Report and stated that physicians believe obesity is America’s most severe health problem. One glimmer of good news: In a Swedish study, the number of obese kids dropped by 6% after banning buns, sweets, and soft drinks. US officials are finally looking at this now.
- The HealthAffairs blog has a great interview with innovation guru Clayton Christensen on what healthcare can learn from other industries
by Hylton Jolliffe
April 22, 2007 at 11:29 am · Filed under Blog News, 4th WHCC
A few administrative items and pointers while attendees flow in to the Washington Convention Center here in DC for the 4th Annual World Health Care Congress:
For access to the agenda, speakers bios, speakers’ presentations, photos, and more be sure to visit the conference’s Community Web Portal.
For access to podcasts from the conference visit WorldHealthTalks.com.
For those in attendance at the event, don’t miss the VisionTree tool for access to audience surveys and the ability to post questions and take notes.
For those posting from the conference or looking for related coverage please use the tag “whcc4″.
And for those looking to contact us please use the email “whcblog@gmail.com” - we welcome your suggestions, questions, and feedback.
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