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Chris Seper

Chris Seper

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Chris Seper is the CEO at MedCity Media, which publishes MedCityNews.com. He is also a senior writer at MedCity News. Reach him at chris@medcitynews.com.

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Become part of the mandate for a new path to patient engagement

Become part of the mandate for a new path to patient engagement

May 22, 2013 2:13 am by | 0 Comments

Let’s push aside our natural desire to indulge in long-term, big-picture theories about the issues vexing healthcare. Instead, let’s focus on what’s working now and what’s next in the new ... Read more
Here are 6 people who will teach you something new about patient engagement

Here are 6 people who will teach you something new about patient engagement

May 16, 2013 2:00 am by | 1 Comments

In the new world of healthcare, it’s new voices that can be the most helpful. The medical industry is lucky to be filled with thought leaders who are regularly offering ... Read more
End the hypocrisy at medical conferences. Phase out unhealthy food

End the hypocrisy at medical conferences. Phase out unhealthy food

May 13, 2013 10:10 am by | 0 Comments

Strike up a conversation in the buffet line at any medical conference and you’ll agree on at least one thing: the way we feed ourselves is among the biggest challenges ... Read more
Is an Office of mHealth the best thing about the bill creating an Office of mHealth?

Is an Office of mHealth the best thing about the bill creating an Office of mHealth?

May 12, 2013 9:30 am by | 1 Comments

Version 2.0 of a plan to create an Office of mHealth in the U.S. Food and Drug Administration should be out soon. The office of U.S. Rep. Mike Honda, Silicon ... Read more
Has this Mayo Clinic doctor’s less-is-more future of healthcare finally come of age?

Has this Mayo Clinic doctor’s less-is-more future of healthcare finally come of age?

May 6, 2013 8:09 am by | 5 Comments

Doing more with less is one of the more derided phrases in a world where cost-cutting and downsizing have been the go-to strategy for many segments of corporate America.But that ... Read more
7 key issues to tackle in patient engagement (and 11 companies getting it done)

7 key issues to tackle in patient engagement (and 11 companies getting it done)

April 30, 2013 10:16 pm by | 0 Comments

What are the most important issues in patient engagement and healthcare delivery?Is one a way to help patients get the best prices for everything from massages to complex medical procedures?Should ... Read more
Converts, cash in short supply to support crowdfunding for medical device companies (video)

Converts, cash in short supply to support crowdfunding for medical device companies (video)

April 30, 2013 9:30 am by | 0 Comments

The medical device sector is ravenous for fresh capital. But they’re not desperate enough to trust crowdfunding.That was confirmed at this week’s 10x Medical Device Conference in Minneapolis, Minnesota, during ... Read more
Get a peek at the 6 best TEDMED 2013 talks (video)

Get a peek at the 6 best TEDMED 2013 talks (video)

April 19, 2013 7:08 am by | 6 Comments

TEDMED 2013 wraps up today. When it was at its best, TEDMED included a series of gut-wrenching patient stories, blunt challenges to the orthodoxy of the profit margins of non-profit ... Read more
A simple truth about the value of nursing (and the challenge to unlocking it)

A simple truth about the value of nursing (and the challenge to unlocking it)

April 18, 2013 5:15 am by | 2 Comments

Sally Okun delivered one of the best talks of TEDMED 2013′s first full day. She also achieved a TEDMED milestone. Okun, the vice president of advocacy, policy and patient safety ... Read more
TEDMED’s big test: Can it excite and inspire people who think they have all the answers?

TEDMED’s big test: Can it excite and inspire people who think they have all the answers?

April 17, 2013 9:52 am by | 3 Comments

TEDMED 2013 is now in full swing. The ambitions of the event are as big — if not bigger — than ever with a series of rock-star attendees from the ... Read more
Digital corporate wellness solution hopes to push beyond the technophiles, worried well

Digital corporate wellness solution hopes to push beyond the technophiles, worried well

April 15, 2013 7:40 am by | 2 Comments

The big buzz word around corporate wellness solutions is complete: being not just a food journal or a workplace wellness program but a comprehensive solution that can engage someone at ... Read more
How can an employer tell if its corporate wellness program is really working?

How can an employer tell if its corporate wellness program is really working?

April 10, 2013 8:06 pm by | 2 Comments

Corporate wellness programs have become a cause celebre of the cost-saving era in healthcare. Everyone has started using employee wellness plans and there are plenty of ways to try them.But ... Read more
A critical hire for your healthcare data analytics team: journalist (video)

A critical hire for your healthcare data analytics team: journalist (video)

April 9, 2013 11:14 pm by | 1 Comments

Data entry staff. Statisticians. Analysts. All are critical to building a healthcare data analytics team that can deliver clean data and then process it. But there’s another critical hire to ... Read more
One doctor’s motivation to move from anger to the arena of healthcare innovation

One doctor’s motivation to move from anger to the arena of healthcare innovation

April 9, 2013 4:50 pm by | 0 Comments

An undercurrent at most healthcare innovation conferences is “what’s to be done with the doctors?”It’s the same at this week’s World Health Care Congress in Washington, D.C. Dr. Vinod Khosla ... Read more
Alere: We have an ‘ample’ portfolio and don’t buy perfume

Alere: We have an ‘ample’ portfolio and don’t buy perfume

April 9, 2013 12:28 pm by | 1 Comments

Alere has become a popular name for a digital health sector that’s hoping to see some early-stage acquisitions. But every read-between-the-lines comment from Dr. Craig Keyes, the company’s president of ... Read more