As almost anyone even remotely connected to the world of health ICT knows, this week is the HIMSS Conference in Las Vegas.  I arrived early to provide a keynote Sunday morning for a large contingent of our customers and partners visiting HIMSS from...

Have you ever been a patient in a hospital?  If not, perhaps you have had the experience of having a family member or other loved one spend time in a hospital.  In either case, I’ll bet one of the most annoying and anxiety causing things about...

On January 27th I posted a story about the work I’ve been doing with Virginia Mason Medical Center in Seattle.  The medical center has been hosting CEO Healthcare Summits around the country encouraging large employers to apply the same scrutiny to...

On Saturday, February 4th, it was my honor to present the closing keynote at the 2012 Harvard Business School Conference on Health .  Nearly 700 business leaders, clinicians, alumni, students, and faculty attended the conference.  The theme...

Bambino Gesù is a century’s old pediatric hospital located on the grounds of Vatican City in Rome.  That a pediatric hospital would be located in Vatican City might be enough to tickle your interest.  However, that is not the reason we are focusing...

In a post earlier this month I conveyed information about my participation in a CEO Health Care Summit organized by Virginia Mason Medical Center in Seattle.  Our first Summit was held at the Waldorf Astoria Hotel in New York City.  Today, we...

In 30 years as a physician, technologist, hospital executive, company co-founder, industry evangelist and thought leader, I’ve seen my share of successes and failures in the health industry.  I’m always amazed how many companies tackle projects and...

You may have seen it on the national news. The past few days, much of Western Washington state has been slammed by a series of snow and ice storms.  The snow (one to two feet in some areas) was bad enough.  Today a very unusual ice storm is...

On our newest episode of Microsoft Health Tech Today , we connect with a prominent physician educator at  University College London .  Professor Peter Hindmarsh is affiliated with University College London’s developmental endocrinology research...

This week I’ve been in Las Vegas. I traveled here to meet with Microsoft customers and partners at a CES side event called LEAP at the Mandalay Bay Hotel.  I also did a presentation on health industry tech trends for the UnitedHealth Group in their...

I wanted to pass along this important announcement about the call for nominations for the annual Microsoft Health Users Group (Microsoft HUG) Awards.  Please see below for full details. Call for Nominations It’s that time of year again for the members...

Last Thursday and Friday I traveled to New York City to participate in an event organized by Virginia Mason Medical Center (VMMC) in Seattle.  The CEO Health Care Summit, held at the Waldorf Astoria Hotel , drew together a select group of business...

There was a time when telemedicine services could only be provided by very large clinics, academic medical centers or government health organizations.  Telemedicine required big bulky equipment and expensive dedicated landlines or satellite connections...

Countries around the world are grappling with aging populations, increasing incidence of chronic diseases, and spiraling costs of healthcare.  It is essential that we develop more efficient, scalable and less costly systems of care and that we ...

In an emergency first responders know that every second counts.  They speak in terms of the “golden hour”, a period of time during which a seriously injured accident victim must be stabilized and transported to a hospital in order to have the best...

Ten years is a significant period of time in a person’s life. Ten years in the history of medicine is but a blink of the eye. As I think back on my ten year career working here at Microsoft, I’m sometimes amazed by how much progress has been made in a...

Next month I will have a unique opportunity to influence the design of future devices for clinical computing.  Our OEM (original equipment manufacturers) group at Microsoft has invited me to the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas. ...

Regular followers of this blog may recall that last year about this same time I reported on a big event we held in Brussels.  It was a gathering of customers, partners, developers, clinicians, and EU government officials who came together to discuss...

On December 1 we recognize World AIDS Day.  Although there is much to celebrate about the progress researchers have made in fighting HIV and AIDS, there is so much yet to do.  According to U.S. health officials, only 28 percent of the 1.2 million...

I suspect most of us take our hearing for granted. We seldom think about how a hearing loss or deafness might challenge our ability to communicate.  However, for those with profound loss of hearing or deafness, the ability to communicate with others...

This year marks my 10th anniversary at Microsoft .  I have much to be thankful for.  I have a wonderful family.  I am gainfully employed.  Through my work, I’ve had an opportunity to travel the world and learn more about health, healthcare...

No matter where I travel these days to meet with health industry customers, there is a common theme. Oh sure; hospital and clinic IT staff, administrators and clinician leaders are focused on electronic medical records, meaningful use (in the US) and...

This week while other members of my Microsoft team are hanging out in Brussels, Oslo, Mexico City, Rio, and even Cypress, I find myself in Indianapolis, Indiana .  Oh well, at least the plane ride was shorter. I’m here for something we call the EBC...

This week on Health Tech Today we travel to Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.  We’ll introduce you to a Microsoft partner that is working with the health ministry to give every citizen a patient centric health record in the cloud.  The partner is a Portuguese...

I spent the end of this week on the road in the Boston area.  On Thursday morning, I delivered a keynote for a meeting organized by the Massachusetts Hospital Association at the Waltham Woods Conference Center in Waltham, Mass.  The theme for...