Highlight (hī'līt') n. An especially significant or interesting detail or event. To make prominent; emphasize. As I mentioned earlier, this weeks issue of Business Week highlights the implications of participatory medicine and notion of patients as partners. Its worth the read, but if you need the quick...
Short Sell (shôrt sĕl) n. 1. The sale of a security that one does not own but has borrowed in anticipation of making a profit by paying for it after its price has fallen. 2. A short seller will make money if the stock goes down...
Value Chain (văl'yū chān) n. 1. A sequence of value-enhancing activities 2. A chain of activities that gives the products more added value than the sum of added values of all the activities. Last week I was able to participate in a very cool live podcast with the...
Excellence (ĕk'sə-ləns) n. A special feature or quality that confers superiority The quality of being exceptionally good I have mentioned this many times but it bears repeating with three recent news articles - the electronic health record itself is not a game changer but it is a powerful...
Revolution (rĕv'ə-lū'shən) n. The overthrow of one government and its replacement with another. A sudden or momentous change in a situation I am deeply honored and profoundly grateful to be recognized, along with my brother Steve Shreeve, as the 2008 winner of the Linux Medical...
Tweet (twēt) n. 1. A weak chirping sound, as of a young or small bird. 2. A “Tweet” is an individual message (or “update”) posted from Twitter. Twitter is an interesting application with a very simple premise - your friends and associates are actually interested in knowing...
Wind Down (wīn'd doun) 1. Diminish gradually 2. Draw to a close Well, since I am behind in my email, blogging, work, working out, and just about every other area in my life, I am using this post to begin the dig out process. There have been alot...
Given the presentation constraints of Health 2.0, I have included my overview for the "Managing Money in Health 2.0" below: [splashcast c HTKX3484JX] ...
I decided that blogging from the conferences is next to impossible - will be twittering instead: You can follow me here. Other aggregations site for the conference include Health 2.0 and #health2.0...
Differential (dĭf'ə-rĕn'shəl) adj. Of, relating to, or showing a difference. Constituting or making a difference; distinctive. Dependent on or making use of a specific difference or distinction. This is the third in a four part series of interviews with the panelist of "The Business Case for...