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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

Why I will ask my doctor to use a new breast cancer test

Why I will ask my doctor to use a new breast cancer test

May 15, 2013 4:04 pm by | 0 Comments

I do not get annual mammograms, even though I am 42. I got a baseline in my late 30s in preparation for regular mammograms in a few years. That was ... 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

Why Rap Genius is exactly what doctors, patients and all of healthcare needs

Why Rap Genius is exactly what doctors, patients and all of healthcare needs

May 7, 2013 7:36 am by | 1 Comments

It’s hard to get past the crazy of the Rap Genius team, probably because it’s such a comprehensive crazy. Recreational use of prescription meds, cultural appropriation, comments that are a ... Read more

5 strategic reminders for healthcare startups

5 strategic reminders for healthcare startups

May 6, 2013 2:22 pm by | 0 Comments

Some advice is good enough to repeat and repeat and repeat. Marti Nyman is managing director of Altavail Partners, LLC, an innovation, strategy and business acceleration consultancy. He also writes ... 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

Fighting the afternoon blahs? Check out these healthcare infographics on Pinterest

Fighting the afternoon blahs? Check out these healthcare infographics on Pinterest

April 26, 2013 2:10 pm by | 0 Comments

Finding it hard to focus on work or counting the minutes until 5? Take a work-related Pinterest break. Paul Sonnier, the founder of the Digital Health group on LinkedIn, has ... Read more


Health Wildcatters looking to support HIT entrepreneurs in the great state of Texas

Health Wildcatters looking to support HIT entrepreneurs in the great state of Texas

April 26, 2013 12:47 pm by | 0 Comments

A Dallas technology accelerator is launching a new program for healthcare startups. Applications for the first class of Health Wildcatters is now open. The accelerator is looking for companies working ... Read more

Cleveland Clinic history video illustrates the evolution of healthcare everywhere

Cleveland Clinic history video illustrates the evolution of healthcare everywhere

April 9, 2013 10:51 pm by | 0 Comments

Although the narrator is a little over the top (that deep voice is a better fit for announcing movie previews or an alien invasion), this new video from the Cleveland ... Read more

No frivolity here: 15 stem cell experts and 10 news sources to follow on Twitter

No frivolity here: 15 stem cell experts and 10 news sources to follow on Twitter

April 5, 2013 4:51 pm by | 0 Comments

Apparently, there are still some Twitter holdouts in the science world. Ben Paylor writes on the Signals Blog:A recent piece in Regenerative Medicine by Lee Buckler argues that social media ... Read more

MedCity partners with UBM Medica on marketing, content partnership

MedCity partners with UBM Medica on marketing, content partnership

March 14, 2013 2:18 pm by | 0 Comments

Readers not only come to MedCity News for its great content. They also appreciate being connected to new business opportunities through our advertising partners. So it’s exciting MedCity Media is ... 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

MedCity Media invited to VentureScape’s World’s Largest Office Hours

MedCity Media invited to VentureScape’s World’s Largest Office Hours

February 24, 2013 5:34 pm by | 0 Comments

MedCity Media will be among the companies taking part in VentureScape 2013's unique World Largest Office Hours session on May 14 in San Francisco. The private, invitation-only session will give ... Read more

MedCity CONVERGE takes Times Square

MedCity CONVERGE takes Times Square

February 19, 2013 9:22 pm by | 0 Comments

Check out this photo of MedCity CONVERGE advertised in Times Square. ... 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