Neupert On Health
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Neupert on Health has moved!
The leadership for the new Microsoft/GE joint venture is getting firmly in place and as noted in my...
Date: 02/06/2012
A New Chapter
Yesterday we announced an exciting new chapter in the Microsoft in Health story. Microsoft and GE...
Date: 12/09/2011
Making Sound Decisions in Health
In past blogs, I have frequently discussed the need for the consumer to be a more active participant...
Date: 11/29/2011
Data Liberation is Great – Let’s Talk About What’s Next
Today, I had the honor of participating in a Consumer Health IT Summit at the Department of Health...
Date: 09/12/2011
Better Care at Reduced Costs? A Real-Life Example!
The results of a recent peer-reviewed study conducted by Humana Inc. and Wisconsin Health...
Date: 09/01/2011
HealthVault -- We’re Still Driving Forward
This blog was also posted on the Microsoft News Center. Following the Google Health announcement, a...
Date: 07/18/2011
The "Economic Imperative" – Healthcare Delivery Must Be Transformed
Last week I participated in our fourth annual Connected Health Conference, held in Chicago. At this...
Date: 05/02/2011
HIMSS 2011: We’re Not So Crazy After All
I spent most of this week at HIMSS in Orlando – a conference I’ve attended every year...
Date: 02/24/2011
Connected Health: Bringing Patients and Physicians One Click Closer
Almost two years ago on this blog, I issued a call for ‘data liberation’ –...
Date: 02/02/2011
“Partnering for Cures” to Advance Personalized Medicine
I think we all would agree that finding cures and improved treatments options for cancer are a moral...
Date: 12/16/2010
Transforming Healthcare Delivery
So…life’s been really busy – which has meant a hiatus from the blog. Moving...
Date: 11/14/2010
Our Connected Health Conference - a View of the Future Grounded in Some Really Exciting Reality
We’re just wrapping up our third annual Connected Health Conference, held in downtown Bellevue, WA....
Date: 05/20/2010
Stop Demanding Too Little of the Health Care Industry
For my latest thoughts on the business of health care, particularly the existing health care...
Date: 04/13/2010
The First Mile on the Marathon of Reform
Last June, I became a regular contributor to The Washington Post’s “Health Care Rx” blog, which...
Date: 03/31/2010
The Ups and Downs of Managing my Own Health
I learned about the importance of diet and health very early in life as my Dad had his first heart...
Date: 03/22/2010
Going Beyond Insurance Reform
This week's question for the Washington Post Health Care Rx blog was: Last week, President Obama...
Date: 03/12/2010
Liberate the Data Part II – Perspectives from Eclipsys and Microsoft
It was just about a year ago at last year’s HIMSS that I posted about the need to “liberate the...
Date: 03/01/2010
Health Care Reform is About Improving System Performance
I was asked to contribute to the sequel to the award-winning book, Paper Kills. The New Edition...
Date: 02/28/2010
A Milestone on Many Levels: Publishing a Joint Op-Ed with Google
Over a year ago, a dialogue started about the rules surrounding ‘meaningful use’ – and with anything...
Date: 02/24/2010
Change Agents at Work; Catalysts to Improve Our Health System
There are days that I love my job (not every day yet), and last week I had one of those special...
Date: 02/20/2010
The Way Forward
This week's question for the Washington Post Health Care Rx blog was: In a Feb. 2 conference call,...
Date: 02/09/2010
Health Reform -- Fixing the Core Problem or Just Symptoms?
The health reform debate has passed another milestone, but the question I keep getting asked by...
Date: 12/28/2009
The Top Ten Medical Advances of the Decade. What’s Wrong with the Picture?
Sometimes it’s fun to peruse year-end lists—best shows, best moments, best songs, best presidential...
Date: 12/18/2009
The right solution for the ‘population’ may be the wrong solution for the ‘individual’
This week's question for the Washington Post Health Care Rx blog was: What does the debate over...
Date: 12/11/2009
Reform Health Care by Re-empowering Consumers
For my latest thoughts on consumer engagement and its relation to health care reform, please see my...
Date: 11/24/2009
The Six Billion Pound Challenge -- How a Focus on Driving Outcomes can Improve Health Faster and Better than Legislation
I commend the administration for shining the light on the need to improve health in America! While I...
Date: 11/10/2009
New delivery models will solve the cost crisis
This week's question for the Washington Post Health Care Rx blog was: Has Congress done enough to...
Date: 10/28/2009
Learning from Singapore and Switzerland
So this week’s question from the Washington Post RX Blog was: Which country has the best health-care...
Date: 10/23/2009
Personal Accountability
So this week’s question from the Washington Post RX Blog was:The Senate Finance Committee passed a...
Date: 10/13/2009
Reflecting on the healthcare system while waiting at the hospital for a loved one
Often when we talk about healthcare reform, it can be a rather abstract discussion -- you watch some...
Date: 09/29/2009
Empowering Consumers
So this week’s question from the Washington Post RX Blog was: In the Baucus bill, insurers would pay...
Date: 09/26/2009
In the Health Reform Recipe, the Missing Ingredient Is the Consumer
So this week’s question from the Washington Post RX Blog was: What's Your Take On Obama's Speech?...
Date: 09/15/2009
Three Simple Truths
So this week’s question from the Washington Post RX Blog was: Recent polls show declining support...
Date: 08/26/2009
Individuals and Personal Responsibility May Be the Tipping Point in Health Reform
The latest turn in the healthcare debate is the increasingly sensational coverage of town halls...
Date: 08/12/2009
Lessons from Medicare and Medicaid
So this week’s question from the Washington Post RX Blog was: Do you think that a...
Date: 08/07/2009
Health Care Needs New Rules to Enable Innovation and Reward Experimentation
(cross-posted on Microsoft on the Issues) Technology is playing a major role in helping bring...
Date: 07/28/2009
A New Place for Health Care Policy Debate
About a month or so ago, the Washington Post launched their new Health Care Rx blog, and I was asked...
Date: 07/22/2009
Another milestone on the journey forward…
Over three years ago, we started on a journey -- to empower consumers with tools to help make better...
Date: 06/22/2009
The willingness to succeed is only exceeded by the willingness to prepare
After many long months of discussion and debate, the first draft of Meaningful Use has come out. I’m...
Date: 06/18/2009
Aligning policy, technology, and business innovation – perspectives from the Connected Health Conference…
We’re just wrapping up our annual Connected Health Conference. I wanted to share some insights and...
Date: 06/12/2009
And the debate rages on…about access…
I think we’d all agree that the healthcare debate continues to intensify. Many say it has entered a...
Date: 06/09/2009
A View from the Front Lines
As a "software guy," I believe health is fundamentally a data problem…in fact, it may be the most...
Date: 05/27/2009
Navigating through the noise to find the signal
I don't know about you -- but trying to keep track of and make sense of the company announcements,...
Date: 05/12/2009
Interesting week of interactions
It has been an interesting week for me, participating in three different events in the last seven...
Date: 05/02/2009
History Doesn’t Have to Repeat Itself
(cross-posted on Microsoft on the Issues) My family and I just got back from a vacation in Mexico,...
Date: 05/01/2009
Signposts
I don't normally blog about our products per se, but today marks an important milestone for...
Date: 04/21/2009
Tear Down the Walls and Liberate the Data
(cross-posted on Microsoft on the Issues) In 1987, President Ronald Reagan gave one of his most well...
Date: 04/03/2009
Connect Consumers with “Meaningful Use”
The current hot, behind-the-scenes, debate in HIT is around how “meaningful use” of HIT will be...
Date: 03/27/2009
Health Affairs event and special issue on Health IT
Today I spoke at a very well attended Health Affairs event in Washington DC -- originally designed...
Date: 03/11/2009
International Travelogue Part Two...
Last week, I continued my round the world itinerary visiting customers, partners, and governmental...
Date: 02/12/2009