A British colleague tried summing it up. "Full of sound and fury, signifying nothing." Was HIMSS 2010 really that subdued? A week or so ago, I predicted that the event would be extremely sober, and that while the U.S. healthcare market is in a dramatic state of flux, this wouldn't necessarily...

A British colleague tried summing it up. "Full of sound and fury, signifying nothing." Was HIMSS 2010 really that subdued? A week or so ago, I predicted that the event would be extremely sober, and that while the U.S. healthcare market is in a dramatic state of flux, this wouldn't necessarily...

A British colleague tried summing it up. "Full of sound and fury, signifying nothing." Was HIMSS 2010 really that subdued? A week or so ago, I predicted that the event would be extremely sober, and that while the U.S. healthcare market is in a dramatic state of flux, this wouldn't necessarily...

Why the convergence of scientific, academic and government data, and the 'database' of the citizen is the future of healthcare I could make a strong argument that we are all database managers. For example, consider the user experience of a simple consumer photo application such as Picasa. Every...

More and more patients are using handheld devices and apps - especially on the iPhone - to gather personal health data around chronic conditions. Some are even recording short ECGs. Can we, should we integrate this information into the electronic healthcare record?