Many thanks to everyone who came to see our presentation of NextWidgets at Health 2.0 Conference this year. The response from publishers was really great and I’m so happy to have gotten a chance to meet all of you as well as so many of the people that i’ve been communicating with over twitter for the past year.
Of course the maximum thanks go to Matthew Holt, Indu and the entire team at Health 2.0 for making a really fabulous event again this year. The content of the conference was, I believe, even more meaningful than last year, with a greater emphasis on patients through the very excellent “The Patient is in” session featuring Jen McCabe (Contagion Health), Trisha Torrey (Every Patient’s Advocate), Gilles Frydman (ACOR), Esther Dyson (EDVenture), Susannah Fox (Pew Internet & American Life Project) and of course the very insightful “ePatient” Dave deBronkart (The New Life of ePatient Dave).
Another great panel was “Payers and Health 2.0″, where there was some great discussion around what health insurers can do to help the US along towards a more progressive healthcare system. There was plenty of heated debate in this session with some of the insurers feeling slightly “demonized” (what a surprise
Right at the end of the conference the “Cats and Dogs” session really stood out as a highlight, withthe fantastically comical Jonathan Bush of athenahealth exchanging some great debate with Glen Tullman of Allscripts about who should be setting the standards and certifications for ‘meaningful use’ of electronic health records.
So overall another fantastic Health 2.0 Conference and I can’t wait until April ‘10 for Health 2.0 in Paris.
