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Information spreads like wildfire, right or wrong

by | Jul 11, 2011

I am as interested in the negative effects of technology as I am in the positive, so I recently dove into a book by Seth Mnookin: The Panic Virus: A True Story of Medicine, Science, and Fear, which focuses on vaccines. His summary of the Information Age challenge...

Alpha Geeks in Health Care

by | Jul 6, 2011

Here’s how tech guru Tim O’Reilly describes his work: So often, signs of the future are all around us, but it isn’t until much later that most of the world realizes their significance. Meanwhile, the innovators who are busy inventing that future live...

Health Month, the game

by | Jul 1, 2011

I admit it: I’m not a gamer. But I am competitive. Plus I love micro-fitness challenges and I’ve read (and believe the lessons of) The Decision Tree. So when Jen McCabe described Health Month, I was intrigued. It’s a game in which you choose the...

Peer-to-peer Healthcare: Crazy. Crazy. Crazy. Obvious.

by | May 25, 2011

Here’s my simple definition of peer-to-peer healthcare: Patients and caregivers know things — about themselves, about each other, about treatments — and they want to share what they know to help other people. Technology helps to surface and organize...

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