Health 2.0 2009, San Francisco, Day 2: A Summary
Tags: healthcare, FDA, Health 2.0, Keas, Athena Health
Three CEO's and a President offered interesting perspectives on where they felt Health 2.0 was heading. Alexandra Drane, President of Eliza, made a fascinating point about how most of the data out there is not very useful until it is cleaned with some high touch effort. Eliza actually contacts patients to confirm and clean up data - she mentioned that 20% of the people who were reported to have diabetes, didn't have diabetes - all you have to do is ask!
Jane Sarasohn Kahn moderated a great conversation between Wayne Gattinella of WebMD, Sameer Samat of Google Health, and David Cerino of Microsoft. I was blown away with how clean the new MS HealthVault interface looks (using Silverlight) - it was like looking at a Mac! Google showcased a new telehealth solution, MDLiveCare, that is now integrated with their system and uses video chat to deliver medical and psychiatric services to patients. Wayne focused heavily on their new WebMD mobile apps that he feels (and I agree) are where tools need to be delivered.
Sanjay Koyani from the FDA showed a demo of their Twitter feeds and widgets - similar to what he shared in the Driving the Adoption of Health IT Through Innovations in Social Media. Jamie Haywood from PatientsLikeMe discussed their recent study that was based on data gleaned from their site about lithium and Multiple Sclerosis.
Adam Bosworth did a demo of Keas today. The site has come a long way since last year. Care plans now help consumers improve their health by helping them keep on track with their specific disease state. Adam described it as a "Facebook for health" which gives you steps to better health. There is a slick integration with Quest Labs that turns the raw data into very nice visualizations that are easy to interpret. Keas allows for some personalized and relevant data to be delivered to the patient based on their condition. It is definitely shaping up and I look forward to seeing how it develops over the coming months. Well done Keas, keep it simple and stay out of the red.
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Health 2.0 Day 2: Highlights and Musings
Tags: Pharma, Health 2.0, Keas, Athena Health, Sage SoftwareDay two at the Health 2.0 Conference in San Francisco was just as busy as the first -full of amazing ideas and inspiration.
The day began with Jonathan Bush of Athena Health being interviewed by Chris Lawton of the Wall Street Journal. I was struck by Jonathan's blunt appraisal of the problems in the healthcare system. He was especially aware of the plight of the physician and how to incent them to adopt change (money). While I agree that certain things that cost money will require some financial inducement, I also believe that physicians will ultimately do what is in the best interest of their patients.
There was a great panel on various health technology initiatives from around the world. There is an understanding that mobile apps are the key to improving health and access to healthcare in underdeveloped countries. Deb Levine of ISIS showed off some pretty cool apps for disease prevention (HIV) using SMS (everyone's phone was beeping). James Mathews of Sage Software is one of the best moderators that I have seen - his calm demeanor and extremely insightful commentary was excellent.
There was a strange, but entertaining period where Matthew Holt dared to dress in drag and go through the process of testing a number of 'Consumer Tools' from H20. From genetic testing (23andMe) to apps that check for generic drug equivalents, estimate your savings, and even call the doctor to change the prescription, there are all sorts of fun toys for us to play with. Adam Bosworth unveiled Keas to the world today and it looks like a Consumer Decision Support Tool. It takes in health data from Microsoft Health Vault or Google Health and helps the consumer build a health plan while forecasting outcomes from specific diet, exercise, and other lifestyle changes. It was a bit underwhelming but I suspect we were only seeing the tip of the iceberg.
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