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The Power of Data and the Power of One

I am struck, once again, by the power of data and the power of one. Carlos Rizo, Chief Imagineer of the Health Strategy Innovation Cell, posted this very intriguing tweet on May 2: The power of open data: To find problems in complicated environments, and possibly even...

Dennis Quaid’s “Chasing Zero”

Actor Dennis Quaid has produced an outstanding, informative, empowering and motivating CME* program, “Chasing Zero: Winning the War on Healthcare Harm.” It’s on the Discovery Channel. Part 1 is here. This is the best-produced material I’ve seen...

Health 2.0 Europe: A Moveable Feast

Ernest Hemingway wrote that Paris is a moveable feast, not fixed in time or place. I think that describes great gatherings of any kind, including great conferences, which begin before the first speaker takes the stage and don’t end simply because the...

Health Data is Useful… if it Informs Conversations

Dr. Roni Zeiger, MD is currently Chief Health Strategist at Google where he has helped create and lead Google Health.  He continues to see patients on occasional evenings and weekends at a local urgent care center.  Roni earned his MD at Stanford and completed his...

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