Conferences

Health Camp KC: The Unconference

Scott Strange | October 31, 2012

The overarching topic at this unorthodox conference weekend was “Patient Involvement, Engagement, and Empowerment.”

Health Datapalooza 2012: Apps Are Making a Difference

Kathleen O'Malley | June 19, 2012

Health Datapalooza III was a combination of upbeat speeches about the climate of innovation and public-private sector cooperation, and enthusiastic demonstrations by developers of new health care applications.

Conferences, Vol. 4, 2012

HIMSS 2012 Highlights: What’s Hot

Nancy B. Finn | March 28, 2012

Central themes included Stage 1 and Stage 2 of meaningful use; ICD-10; mobile health; mHIMSS; business and clinical analytics; and patient-centered medical homes.

Conferences, Vol. 3, 2011

Doctors 2.0 & You

Nancy B. Finn and Gangadhar Sulkunte | August 1, 2011

This European conference is dedicated to understanding the physician’s perspective on use of new technologies and how physicians use these technologies to collaborate with colleagues, patients, payers, government, and industry.

Conferences, Vol. 3, 2011

CHI 2011 Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems

Marcela Musgrove-Chávez | July 25, 2011

Health was a featured community at the CHI conference, and several papers in particular stood out as being relevant to participatory medicine.

Conferences, Vol. 3, 2011

Mobile Health 2011: What Really Works: A Patient POV

Alexandra Albin | July 21, 2011

The author offers a patient’s perspective on the Stanford 2011 Mobile Health Conference held in May 2011.

Conferences, Vol. 2, 2010

Report on the “Reassembling Health Workshop: Exploring the Role of the Internet of Things”

Cristiano Storni | September 29, 2010

This review reports on the workshop “Reassembling Health: exploring the role of the Internet of Things.” The aim of the workshop was to bring together professionals from different disciplines in order to envision future scenarios enabling patient participation, home-, mobile-, and self-care.

Conferences, Vol. 2, 2010

Health 2.0 Goes to Washington

Kathleen O'Malley | August 16, 2010

A review of the Health 2.0 Goes to Washington conference held in June 2010.

Conferences, Vol. 2, 2010

Health 2.0: What Works for Users

Trisha Torrey | August 16, 2010

Abstract Citation: Torrey T. Health 2.0: what works for users. J Participat Med. 2010 Aug 16; 2:e2. Published: August 16, 2009. Competing Interests: The author has declared that no competing interests exist. In my heart of hearts, I am a geek. Few know about my closet geekitude. Most people know me as a “professional patient,” [...]