Washington played host to the sixth annual World Health Care Congress where top executives and academics examined the key issues in health care. Healthy Horizons went along to investigate. more»

Arrival in Baltimore last week, where the life expectancy for some humans is lower than that in Bangladesh. Riding public transport, light rail, train and metro to the World Health Care Congress in D.C., where Bangladeshi Banker to the Poor Muhammad Yunus taught doctors and CEOs in the health industry a few things about how poverty, and the alleviation of it, can provide models by which we in the West can serve our own disenfranchised populations. I saw CEOs, medical workers and those from the NGO world nodding their heads in agreement and deep understanding as Muhammad Yunus spoke. more»

The 6th Annual World Health Care Congress convenes in Washington, DC, with chief and senior executives from all sectors of health care. Over 1,700 CEOs, senior executives and government officials attend. The conference begins with an address by Dora Hughes, counselor to the Sec. of the Dept. of Health & Human Services. more»

DOTmed attended day one of last week's World Health Congress in Washington, D.C., a meeting of about 1,400 opinion leaders from the public and private sectors including health plan executives and payors, employers, government and military administrators. more»

The Continua Health Alliance’s Executive Director Chuck Parker moderated a few sessions at the World Health Care Congress last week in Washington D.C. and also gave a brief presentation on the Alliance’s mandate. Interestingly, Parker revealed that Continua is considering the television set-top box as one potential hub for wireless health devices. more»

Roch Noffsinger, the CEO of AnvitaHealth explaining the drug and guidelines data analysis and personalization company's business model--and why it's changed its name from SafeMed. Interviewed by The Health Care Blog's Matthew Holt on 4/15/09 more»

The X PRIZE Foundation, WellPoint, and the WellPoint Foundation are developing a $10 million or more competition called the “Healthcare X Prize” designed to generate new ways to address the nation’s serious healthcare system challenges. The competition is focused on reinventing the healthcare system in a bold, measurable, and scientific fashion. more»

A senior official from Taiwan gave a presentation at the annual conference of the World Health Care Congress (WHCC) Tuesday on the country's well-developed health insurance system. more»

The most urgent task for David Blumenthal, new national coordinator for health information technology, will be “to get his arms around getting the money out," said a senior official in the coordinator's office at the Health and Human Services Department. more»

WAMU 88.5 FM, Washington D.C.'s NPR affiliate, attended the Extremely Affordable Health Innovations poster session at the 6th Annual World Health Care Congress, and focused on a rugged wheel chair that can be made from spare bicycle parts for less than $100. more»

David Blumenthal, MD, the newly-appointed National Coordinator for Health Information Technology, will assume the role Monday, April 20. more»

Computer engineers at Washington University in St. Louis are bringing the minimalist approach to medical care and computing by coupling USB-based ultrasound probe technology with a smartphone, enabling a compact, mobile computational platform and a medical imaging device that fits in the palm of a hand. more»

The U.S. government's nearly $20 billion health IT stimulus program will boost adoption among health care providers, but health industry CIOs say some huge hurdles lie ahead before the nation realizes significant payback. more»

At the 2009 World Health Care Congress, TNR senior editor Jonathan Cohn sat down with Dr. Michael Chen, Vice President and CFO of Taiwan's National Health Insurance Bureau, to discuss the results of Taiwan's switch to a universal health care system. more»

Providing quality health care can be expensive, but it doesn't have to be. About 40 companies from around the globe gathered at the 6th Annual World Health Care Congress to demonstrate how "spare parts" and other low-cost solutions can improve health and save lives. play video»