News-filled week for Digital Health and “Creative Destruction of Medicine” – March 17, 2012
I sent the following announcement to 9,700+ Wireless Health LinkedIn Group Members on March 17, 2012:
News-filled week for Digital Health & “Creative Destruction of Medicine”
What a week it’s been for Digital Health!
Note that most of the links below go to group discussions, where you can share your thoughts and, where applicable, click through to referenced articles.
DIGITAL HEALTH NEWS
– Don Casey resigns from CEO position at West Wireless Health Institute in La Jolla, CA
– Health insurer Aetna reacts proactively and catalyzes the “Creative Destruction of Medicine” (analogous to IBM’s transformation in the 1990s)
– New iPad reminds us that Mobile Carriers are holding back wireless health / mHealth / connected health with their data plans (To wit: Extremely low data-usage devices like Vitality’s GlowCaps – a pill bottle that simply tracks when it’s opened and closed and sends you an SMS/text message – requires a $15 per month data plan! Maybe we need an Aetna / IBM-like transformation here, too?)
– Poll: Would you have your genome sequenced? Please submit your vote indicating “Yes”, “No”, or “Not sure”. (Note: A fascinating, informative, and provocative discussion has ensued, with comments by experts and novices alike. Current tally is 82% “Yes”)
EMERGING TECHNOLOGY INNOVATIONS
– Sterilizable, Wearable Computer Patch Safely Monitors Patients Health
– Genetic testing? We’ve got an app for that
VIDEO INTERVIEWS
– Dr. Eric Topol interviwed by Andrew Keen at TechCrunch – “The Creative Destruction of Medicine: Why The Entrepreneurial Opportunities Are “Limitless””
– Dr. Kevin Patrick, Director of the Center for Wireless & Population Health Systems at UC San Diego’s California Institute for Telecommunications and Information Technology (Calit2) – “Medicine and Technology Innovations”
EVENT LIST FOR DIGITAL HEALTH, HEALTH INNOVATION, AND HEALTH CARE & LIFE SCIENCES INVESTOR CONFERENCES
– Group discussion (follow to be notified of newly-added events)
– Website
WIRELESS HEALTH GROUP COVERAGE
– The Wireless Health group is #3 (behind Eric Topol and Joe Kvedar) in “10 Best Health Care Technology Blogs” by Barbara Ficarra
COVERAGE OF MY NEW ROLE AT POPPER AND COMPANY
– Popper and Co. website
– MarketWatch Press Release
– Xconomy’s Life Sciences News Roundup
– iHealthBeat: Reporting Technology’s Impact on Health Care
Best regards,
Paul Sonnier
Head of Digital Health Strategy, Popper & Company
Founder, Wireless Health group on LinkedIn
Mentor, Blueprint Health
@Paul_Sonnier
