ANNOUNCEMENT

MedCity CONVERGE July 9-10 in Philly gathers payers, providers, medtech, pharma, digital health, policymakers & more.

Chris Seper

Chris Seper

MedCity News

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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Healthcare convergence moves beyond the buzzword. But here’s what still needs to happen

Healthcare convergence moves beyond the buzzword. But here’s what still needs to happen

April 8, 2013 7:34 pm by | 0 Comments

Is healthcare at its Wal-Mart moment?Barry Mason thinks so. IBM’s vice president of global healthcare payers sees an entire industry – insurance companies, hospitals, medical devices, pharma and beyond – ... Read more
Medtronic’s Ishrak crystalizes new place in healthcare: We’re not a medical device provider

Medtronic’s Ishrak crystalizes new place in healthcare: We’re not a medical device provider

April 8, 2013 5:50 pm by | 3 Comments

Medtronic CEO Omar Ishrak summed up the changes underway at medical device companies like his in a few succinct minutes on Monday at the World Health Care Congress in Washington, ... Read more
Sequester cuts hit healthcare. So MedCity News offers ‘Sequester Pricing’ for government

Sequester cuts hit healthcare. So MedCity News offers ‘Sequester Pricing’ for government

March 6, 2013 2:00 pm by | 0 Comments

One of the subplots at the HIMSS 2013 healthcare technology conference was the absence of hundreds of federal employees who did not make the trip because of the federal government ... Read more
New healthcare accelerator to play matchmaker for hospitals, partners with HIMSS

New healthcare accelerator to play matchmaker for hospitals, partners with HIMSS

March 4, 2013 12:54 pm by | 0 Comments

A new healthcare accelerator that will focus solely on connecting promising early stage companies with health systems has struck a partnership with HIMSS, has started scouting companies and will announce ... Read more
HIMSS in squalor! New Orleans boil order is healthcare version of Super Bowl blackout

HIMSS in squalor! New Orleans boil order is healthcare version of Super Bowl blackout

March 4, 2013 12:58 am by | 0 Comments

The New Orleans Super Bowl had the blackout. New Orleans HIMSS 2013 had the boil order.Attendees at the lightly attended first day of HIMSS were greeted with orders not to ... Read more
Attend 2 of 2013′s best medical innovation events at better than early-bird rates

Attend 2 of 2013′s best medical innovation events at better than early-bird rates

February 25, 2013 8:55 am by | 0 Comments

MedCity ENGAGE will bring together the big thinkers around patient engagement in a way no one else has. MedCity CONVERGE will deliver the most accurate picture of where healthcare innovation ... Read more
Join healthcare’s best to take on patient engagement at MedCity ENGAGE

Join healthcare’s best to take on patient engagement at MedCity ENGAGE

February 19, 2013 8:55 am by | 2 Comments

Of all the grand opportunities in healthcare, patient engagement is the biggest. Simply put: How we pay for healthcare has changed forever. Now literally thousands of experiments are under way ... Read more
We’ll showcase 24 healthcare startups at MedCity CONVERGE. Here’s how to get picked

We’ll showcase 24 healthcare startups at MedCity CONVERGE. Here’s how to get picked

February 18, 2013 8:49 am by | 0 Comments

MedCity CONVERGE has started its search for 24 of the best startups across healthcare. CONVERGE, an executive summit on July 9-10 in Philadelphia, delivers the most accurate picture of where ... Read more
MedCity CONVERGE returns. Capitalize on the trends in medical innovation

MedCity CONVERGE returns. Capitalize on the trends in medical innovation

February 12, 2013 2:37 pm by | 1 Comments

I’m excited to announce the return of MedCity CONVERGE, MedCityNews.com’s national executive summit on innovation and healthcare convergence on July 9 and 10 in Philadelphia.Last year, 300 executives, entrepreneurs, investors ... Read more
Follow-on biologics have 3 years to change the FDA culture (and that’s just fine)

Follow-on biologics have 3 years to change the FDA culture (and that’s just fine)

January 7, 2013 2:25 pm by | 0 Comments

There’s been lots of good news for biologics lately. Among them: the leadership of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration isn’t leaving.Even when a president wins a second term, there’s ... Read more
How’s TEDMED 2013 shaping up? Here are the first 10 speakers

How’s TEDMED 2013 shaping up? Here are the first 10 speakers

January 4, 2013 9:58 am by | 0 Comments

Jay Walker’s TEDMED has started to unveil what 2013′s Davos of Healthcare will look like. The first 10 TEDMED speakers have been revealed. The list shows TEDMED 2013, which is ... Read more
Internet search data proves nursing remains the least respected profession in healthcare

Internet search data proves nursing remains the least respected profession in healthcare

November 23, 2012 9:54 am by | 2 Comments

The more you read, the more you understand that nurses — not doctors, not entrepreneurs and not investors — could be the indispensable cog to make patients healthier, solve some ... Read more
Is the medical device industry’s next Senate champion Joe Donnelly of Indiana?

Is the medical device industry’s next Senate champion Joe Donnelly of Indiana?

November 8, 2012 1:12 pm by | 0 Comments

The hunt for the medical device sector’s next Scott Brown may focus on Indiana.Some medical device executives put in a call to newly elected Indiana Sen. Joe Donnelly as soon ... Read more
Cleveland Clinic opens up its Facebook page to allow comments

Cleveland Clinic opens up its Facebook page to allow comments

November 7, 2012 1:42 pm by | 0 Comments

Cleveland Clinic does a lot of talking on social media. And now it’s starting to let people talk back.Director of Digital Marketing Scott Linabarger told the crowd at Wednesday’s Content ... Read more
Healthcare’s ultimate content innovation summit kicks off Wednesday in Cleveland

Healthcare’s ultimate content innovation summit kicks off Wednesday in Cleveland

November 6, 2012 8:45 am by | 0 Comments

Today you make a decision for president.Tomorrow decide to network with some of the best storytellers in healthcare.Content Marketing World Health Summit begins Wednesday in Cleveland. The event, hosted by ... Read more