Who will do best for the average consumer?Andy: YOU. the consumer. We do not have a system of care in the US. Money flows in health care focuses on themselves and not YOU, the consumer. Saying this, people go into healthcare to help. The reason to give people power….IS TO EMPOWER YOU TO TAKE CARE […]

Question: what will make me healthy? How will we manage the information? How many minutes do patients see doctors?Andy: The most intense users of the health care system is about 30% of the health care users. We then need to provide them with the tools that will help “people take care of themselves”. DOCTORS DO […]

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Are there any focus groups on sickness and wellness. We have so much info on how to stay heathyScott: the item that triggers search is usually ‘sickness’. This is true for now. It is important for people to learn how to care for themselves….but, we have a compliance problem. People who are unhealthy need prevention […]

How do we get critical information on health to people who need it?Kendall: We are going to be fast and interactive…parts of the eco system where solutions are coming from to solve the problems of healthcare and how to get it to people  who need it. We will focus on solutions. There are an enormous […]

We are living an interesting time in humanity. The planet earth is not unlimited. We actually are approaching a phrase where the population will decrease…..nothing to worry about, but this will change our lives, speaks Dr. Goldschmidt. Planet Earth will become full. Health will become increasingly important. Everyone will need to an advance age. So stay […]

Bert Van Hoof, Director, Microsoft Health Solutions GroupDonald Hones, VP. Qualcomm,Health & Life SciencesEmilio Pardo, Chief Brand Officer, AARPDrant Harrison, VP, Integrated Consumer Experience, HumanaDr. Andrew Wiesenthal, The Permante Federation, Associate Executive Director 

The future of Information & Communication Technologies in HealthParticipants: Dr. Pascal GoldschmidtChair: Kendall LockhartKeynote Conversation with Scott Mowbray, Editorial Director, HealthCom 

The relationship between professional and amateur journalists is starting eo emerge. Explore how non-professionals connected by social networks and tools influence new models of storytelling and workflow involving eyewitnesses, amateurs and professionals. Session Chair: Louis Ferrara, Managing Editor Sports, Entertainment & Multimedia, The Associated Press With: Michael Tippett, Co-Founder, NowPublic Kate Marymont, Executive Editor, The […]

If UNU mission is “to contribute, through research and capacity building, to efforts to resolve the pressing global problems that are a concern of the United Nations, its Peoples and Member States“. But the budget of 40 million dollars (not from the regular budget of UN),  for a think tank of 306 people, developing “the […]