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Health Wonk Review: money talks, but IT helps

Posted on May 10, 2013 by Neil Versel

The latest edition of Health Wonk Review is hot off the digital presses, with Joe Paduda taking hosting duties on his Managed Care Matters blog. And managed care does matter in this trip around the health blogosphere, with most of … Continue reading →

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CNN highlights health apps, clinical intelligence

Posted on April 22, 2013 by Neil Versel

CNN hasn’t exactly shined of late with its coverage of the Boston Marathon bombing and its aftermath, but the embattled news network got my attention by airing a segment on cutting-edge health IT over the weekend. (Actually, credit goes to … Continue reading →

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Guest podcast: Deborah Gordon of Network Health talks reform with Sivad Solutions

Posted on April 16, 2013 by Neil Versel

Last September, I was a guest on a podcast hosted by Todd Schnick and Charles Davis of Sivad Business Solutions. Afterwards, we decided to share content if and when it made sense. That hasn’t happened until now (actually last month … Continue reading →

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I’m speaking at the Health Technology Forum in SF

Posted on March 29, 2013 by Neil Versel

If you’re in Northern California, or plan to be, I will be on a panel at the Health Technology Forum’s 2013 Innovation Conference: Platforms for the Underserved on Friday, April 19, in San Francisco. I’ll be sharing the podium with … Continue reading →

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Topol visits Colbert for a heart, ear exam

Posted on March 27, 2013 by Neil Versel

You asked for it, so here’s the video of Dr. Eric Topol on “The Colbert Report” from last night. Check out coverage by Jonah Comstock at MobiHealthNews.   The Colbert Report Get More: Colbert Report Full Episodes,Political Humor & Satire … Continue reading →

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HIMSS CIO survey visualized

Posted on March 7, 2013 by Neil Versel

I already reported the results of the annual HIMSS healthcare CIO survey in a story I wrote for InformationWeek the other day. Since everybody seems to love infographics these days, HIMSS produced one visualizing some of the highlights, including the … Continue reading →

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Video: Live from HIMSS with Athenahealth CEO Jonathan Bush

Posted on March 4, 2013 by Neil Versel

NEW ORLEANS—I made my debut for the new Health Innovation Broadcast Consortium last night with a live webcast interview with Athenahealth CEO Jonathan Bush. As usual, I didn’t need to prepare much for the interview because Bush almost interviews himself, … Continue reading →

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Podcast: HIMSS CEO Steve Lieber: 2013 edition

Posted on March 1, 2013 by Neil Versel

Once again, as has become custom, I sat down with HIMSS CEO Steve Lieber at the organization’s Chicago headquarters the week before the annual HIMSS conference to discuss the conference as well as important trends and issues in the health … Continue reading →

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Video: My interview with Phytel’s Steve Schelhammer from Health 2.0

Posted on February 20, 2013 by Neil Versel

Last fall, I conducted one of the “3 CEOs” interviews at the 2012 Health 2.0 Conference in San Francisco. For my interview, I drew Steve Schelhammer, CEO of Phytel, a population health management technology provider. Aside from a little technical … Continue reading →

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My HIMSS will be all about quality and patient safety

Posted on February 13, 2013 by Neil Versel

As regular readers might already know, 2012 was a transformative year in my life, and mostly not in a good way. I ended the year on a high note, taking a character-building six-day, 400-mile bike tour through the mountains, desert … Continue reading →

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