DISQUS

Harry Blaney · 2 months ago

FatSecret has the #1 health applications on both Android and BlackBerry mobile platforms, that's the future dude.

JanyKatrie · 2 months ago

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AshDamle · 2 months ago

Though we didn't present at this Health2.0 (probably next one), please do check out MEDgle http://www.medgle.com/ MEDgle's goal is to help patients understand their medical options. From symptoms to diagnoses, diagnostic tests, types of doctors and more. Feedback is most welcome.

Cheers

Ash

Michael Yuan · 2 months ago

Ash,

MEDgle looks very cool. Is it competing against sites like WebMD or MedHelp?

cheers
Michael

ria mody · 1 month ago

it was very informative article! I am a design student and working on this direction to develop some new conceptual ideas. So I found your article very useful. What would you say about the healthcare summit which is going to take place in London.
http://www.mobilehealthcareindustrysummit.com/

how health 2.0 is special? I am evaluating to participate in it..so your opinion would be helpful

Louis Cornacchia, M.D. · 2 months ago

Michael
Please take a look at www.doctations.com
We presented at Health2.0 and you did not mention us at all.
Thank you
Dr. C

Michael Yuan · 2 months ago

Louis,

Sorry, I missed the doctations deep dive session, and was not able to get a full understanding of your products. This article is just my personal observations of the conference, and there will be things I miss!

Anyway, I am going through your web site right now, and will keep you guys in mind when I write another article. :)

cheers
Michael

Medicalquack · 2 months ago

I absolutely love all the new software and technology, but getting it out into the real world is another issue. I didn't attend but published some nice items on the blog like the technology being used by Cisco and others so readers could see what's going on out there. We get back once again to training and education to get these things out in the world and it's a slow grow.

Part of the problem exists in the fact that we have no role models too. I don't see Oprah or Jay Leno talking it up:) For that matter is could be anyone in the public eye, just to draw attention to how important technology in healthcare is. Congress doesn't talk much about it either with anyone seeing the value. The link below might tell the story a bit better. Once you are on the front line trying to help others learn and comprehend the problem of getting more on the band wagon is apparent in about 5 minutes or less, doctors, patients, CEOs, etc.

http://ducknetweb.blogspot.com/2009/10/one-hell...

We have the struggling PHR pilot program in Arizona that has not caught on yet either. All of this technology is wonderful and creates better healthcare and efficiencies, but we have to do more than just build it as they are not coming yet.

dwax · 2 months ago

Great synopsis of the conference and what is coming down the pike. having attended the MSFT HealthVault Partnership Conference in June 2009, i had a chance to see some interesting applications, services, etc that will be coming to market. my favorite service i saw was a health monitoring system that syncs with HV and gives the type of readings that until now were out of reach of most people, i think the cost was around $99 and it tracked a host of vitals that then when you couple in the ability to tie this data together w/ smart search/apps the possibilities are endless

Endre Jofoldi · 2 months ago

We were also presenting at Health 2.0: http://www.healthmash.com

ria mody · 1 month ago

How can I trust the information which is on web? did any of u who are designing these websites have tried to get help by these way?

Endre Jofoldi · 1 month ago

It is definitely better to search on a website built for medical search than a general search engine. However there is no information what is surrogate your personal visit to a doctor.

ria mody · 1 month ago

how different your search engine would be? if google adds...health search ..special..because anyways they are in healthcare now so it is most likely that they will do that. How your search engine would be special or different?

CO_Smalls · 1 month ago

This is a great recap of the companies and discussions featured at the health 2.0 conference. Thank you for sharing this info and for keeping those of us who were unable to attend the event up to date.

Regarding Health 2.0 social networking, I'd like to mention another site that is a little different than PatientsLikeMe and CureTogether. www.FacetoFaceHealth.com matches people directly and privately to others who share their medical condition and experiences. Many other healthcare networking sites depend on forums to unite people, this site connects patients directly to each other. As are sites such as DailyStrength and RevolutionHealth which offer treatment journals.

Strings12 · 3 weeks ago

Hi there, my name is Colon CleanseHmm, this is actually a really great point.I really believe that one of the best attributes you can have is to be humble. When you're not full of yourself, you learn more and even prosper more, because there's always knowledge to be learning. You also make less mistakes, too!

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