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Health 2.0 Pre-Conference Highlights: Provider Social Networks, Pharma, and Consumer Search

Will you be at Health 2.0?  Ozmosis hopes to see you there!

I have the absolute privilege of participating in the Health 2.0 conference this week in San Francisco.  Health 2.0 has been defined a number of different ways, but in my view, it's a movement that encompasses the various social web technologies, companies, and ideas that are driving innovation in healthcare and healthcare delivery.

Ozmosis will be highlighted in the Clinical Social Networks panel on Wednesday, October 22.  The panel is moderated by Enoch Choi, MD of PAMF and MedHelp.  Other panelists include Brijesh Mehta a Co-Founder of MedicalPlexus, Lance Hill the CEO of Within3, Tobin Arthur the CEO of iMedexchange, and Rex Jakobovits the Creator of MyPacs.net.

During the panel, I will be showcasing some of the new personalization and trust features being released shortly on Ozmosis.  I will share a more detailed review of the features in an upcoming blog post.

This year’s Health 2.0 conference is full of great sessions and I look forward to seeing many of the other demonstrations and updates from companies and products that I have been following intently. From the Patient-Provider Communication panel I will be watching for new insights from Teladoc, they offer an innovative approach to telemedicine and an affordable solution for access to care.  I am going to pay close attention to the Provider Search and Directory panel, where we will see speakers from Consumer Aware, HealthWorldWeb, ZocDoc, and Emphasis Search - provider search and ranking is a very real concern of mine.

I believe the panel on Pharma and Health 2.0 moderated by Jane Sarasohn-Kahn is going to be of special interest.  Jane’s publication outlining web technology in medicine and healthcare has practically served as a roadmap for many of the new companies coming into the mix.  And last, but not least, Craig Stoltz (Web2.0h...really?) will be moderating a panel on Consumer Health Searches.  This is one of the most diverse areas of Health 2.0 and one of the most critical - of particular interest are Organized Wisdom (a user powered search) and Healia.  With more and more consumers, like physicians, turning to the web for health related information, the more efficient, refined, and accurate consumer searches can be the better.

I will keep you updated on these and other topics that are covered as the week progresses!  Feel free to follow me on Twitter (http://www.twitter.com/jmbhan) for the most up to date conference information.

Jason Bhan, MD Co-Founder, Ozmosis