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08 Dec Democratizing Concierge Medicine: First Look at Current Health

Posted at 12:11h in Change Agents, Consumerism, Current Health, Direct Practice, Entrepreneurship, For Employers, Healthcare, Innovation, Medical Home, Value by michelle 2 Comments

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Current Health (kûr'ənt helth) n. Membership based, comprehensive primary care practice based in San Francisco area with plans to spread branded clinics throughout the West. Millennial version of the classic vision of a trusted physician who makes house calls. As I have mentioned previously, I have been...

08 Dec MyMedLab – Evolution of DTC Lab Testing

Posted at 02:35h in Change Agents, Entrepreneurship, For Employers, Quality, Transparency by michelle 2 Comments

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Evolution (ĕv'ə-lū'shən) n. A gradual process in which something changes into a different and usually more complex or better form. Change in the genetic composition of a population during successive generations resulting in the development of new species. In addition to my work with Current Health, I...

05 Dec Business Week Highlights 24 Health 2.0 Players

Posted at 22:51h in Consumerism, For Employers, Health 2.0 by michelle 10 Comments

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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...

05 Dec Short Selling: Why the Long View is Critical for Health 2.0

Posted at 21:39h in Consumerism, For Employers, Health 2.0, Healthcare, Innovation, Transparency by michelle 8 Comments

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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...

01 Dec Health Care Value Chain: Moving On Up!

Posted at 06:01h in Change Agents, Consumerism, Entrepreneurship, For Employers, Health 2.0, Value by michelle 5 Comments

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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...

22 Nov Electronic Health Record – Foundation for Excellence

Posted at 09:12h in Change Agents, For Employers, Innovation, Leadership, VistA by michelle 6 Comments

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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...

12 Nov $50M Men Win 2008 Linux Medical News Freedom Award

Posted at 07:12h in For Employers, Irony, Leadership, Open Source, Transparency by michelle 3 Comments

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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...

11 Nov Twittering Scott Shreeve, MD: What are you doing?

Posted at 10:39h in Advisory Services, Consumerism, Crossover, Direct Practice, Entrepreneurship, For Employers, Health 2.0, Innovation, Value by michelle 1 Comment

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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...

31 Oct Whew! Health 2.0 Winds Down and Gears Up

Posted at 09:29h in Conferences, For Employers, Health 2.0 by michelle 2 Comments

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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...

22 Oct Managing Money in Health 2.0

Posted at 10:38h in Conferences, For Employers, Health 2.0 by michelle 1 Comment

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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] ...