Media Coverage

1. Healthcare Executives Adjust to the New Customer World (April 30 2012 - 1to1 Media )

"The big change in the world is that patients are taking control." The remarks from TEDMED's Jay Walker at last week's World Health Care Congress captured the prevailing sentiment of the conference for medical and healthcare executives. more»

2. World Health Care Congress 2012 Live: Markus Fromherz, Xerox (April 27 2012 - The Health Care Blog )

This three-part interview from World Health Care Congress with Markus Fromherz, chief innovation officer of Xerox Healthcare, covers some of the most exciting healthcare research and development going on at Xerox’s Palo Alto Research Center. Part one includes Markus’ thoughts on moving paper data to digital and describes the process in three layers – gaining access, drawing insight and taking action from what was learned. more»

3. World Health Care Congress 2012 Live: McKesson (April 25 2012 - The Health Care Blog )

Matthew Holt sat down with McKesson at the World Health Care Congress 2012. Medical Director of McKesson Health Solutions Douglas Moeller, MD and McKesson VP of Enterprise Architecture and Technology Bob Franceschini explained what they’re doing to keep up with evolving payment methods. more»

4. Dispatches from Washington (April 25 2012 - The Health Care Blog )

In its wisdom, the Supreme Court of the United States may decide to overturn the Obama administration’s health reform legislation. more»

5. Medtronic’s Omar Ishrak: Underdeveloped Markets Demand New Delivery Methods (April 23 2012 - The Gray Sheet )

Cultivation of new delivery models - not just technologies - should be a priority as medtech firms seek to provide to Medtronic Inc. CEO Omar Ishrank. more»

6. Verizon focuses healthcare efforts on chronic diseases, care coordination (April 19 2012 - mobihealtnews )

At the annual World Health Care Congress this week near Washington, D.C., Verizon Communications announced a partnership with Dr. Patrick Soon-Shiong’s NantWorks. As their first order of business, the two companies will build a system called the Cancer Action Knowledge Network to supply physicians with current cancer treatment protocols at the point of care. more»

7. To improve outcomes, choose IT projects wisely (April 18 2012 - FierceHealthIT )

For hospital providers and executives, the ability to align various technology initiatives in order to reach multiple goals can help solidify a facility's reputation as an IT leader. more»

8. A Nobel Prize winner on diagnostic medical devices: they’re all apps (April 18 2012 - MedCity News )

That’s what Muhammad Yunus, the 2006 Nobel Prize-winning economist who proliferated the concept of microcredits, will tell you about most diagnostic medical devices. He recalls arguing with now-Medtronic (NYSE:MDT) CEO Omar Ishrak as they worked together to create a smaller ultrasound device for rural areas in Bangladesh. Ishrak brought back a tablet-sized product and Yunus said it was too small. more»

9. Verizon bridges technology and healthcare (April 17 2012 - Financial Times )

10. Balance quality, value-based purchasing (April 17 2012 - DOTmed News )

As the healthcare industry shifts to value-based purchasing (VBP), there's "no silver bullet" to achieve better value, according to Shari M. Ling, deputy chief medical officer at the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services at the 9th Annual World Health Care Congress in National Harbor, Md., yesterday. Read more: Balance quality, value-based purchasing - FierceHealthcare http://www.fiercehealthcare.com/story/balance-quality-value-based-purchasing/2012-04-17#ixzz1sVUjos1e Subscribe: http://www.fiercehealthcare.com/signup?sourceform=Viral-Tynt-FierceHealthcare-FierceHealthcare more»

11. India hospital group pushes high-volume, low-cost model (April 17 2012 - DOTmed News )

An Indian hospital group that started a joint venture with TriMedx to service medical technology in India is pushing a high-volume, low-cost model to make health care more accessible for the poor. more»

12. Chrysler: Health costs under control (April 17 2012 - The Detroit News )

Oxon Hill, Md.— A Chrysler Group LLC official said Monday the automaker is keeping its health care costs in check by emphasizing preventive care and wellness — and urging workers and spouses to get annual physicals. more»

13. 7 billion mobile devices to change health care (April 17 2012 - Dotmed News )

By the end of this year, the planet Earth will have more mobile devices than people, one of several factors driving telecommunications companies to make a big bet on wireless health, according to a telecom executive. more»

14. mHealth: Verizon Chief Talks Mobile and Health at World Health Care Congress (April 17 2012 - MobileMarketingWatch )

On Tuesday, Verizon Chairman and CEO Lowell McAdam addressed the World Health Care Congress and pledged to keep Verizon on the front lines of mobile’s connection to healthcare in the 21st century. more»

15. Mayo exec: Social media "not an option, it's a requirement" (April 16 2012 - DOTMed News )

A young woman might not have gone to Mayo Clinic to undergo a special technique for treating a wrist injury if it hadn't been for a live Twitter chat facilitated by USA Today, the hospital's social media guru told attendees at the World Health Care Congress' mobile health innovations talk on Monday morning. more»

16. "Joy," not convenience, to connect patients to health care, panel says (April 16 2012 - DOTMed News )

Much like the way people buy gossip magazines in the checkout line of the supermarket, most people who get a flu shot at Target's retail clinics or pharmacies do so on impulse: about 70 percent hadn't planned on getting a jab before they walked in the door, according to the company's medical director. more»

17. Target Offers Consumer Lessons for the Healthcare Industry (April 16 2012 - 1to1 Media )

Consumers think of healthcare as a complex web," said Joshua Riff, M.D., chief medical director at Target at today's World Health Care Congress event. The company known for customer engagement sees healthcare as a potential new horizon. more»

18. How an economist, the Red Sox and a comic book foster health reform (March 17 2012 - Government HealthIT )

Jonathan Gruber, an economics professor at Massachusetts Institute of Technology, recently wrote a comic book that explains the health reform law so it is easy to understand. more»

19. Free & Clear Rebrands to Alere Wellbeing (April 27 2011 - Alere)

Free & Clear, a national leader in behavior change services for health improvement, announced today that it will change its name to Alere Wellbeing. more»