Health 2.0 Takes Over Disruptive Women

By Joy Burwell. On Monday, June 7th Health 2.0 took over Washington DC and yesterday the excitement continued with a Disruptive Women in Health Care breakfast. The breakfast would not have been possible without the generous sponsorship of Manatt and the support of The Hill. A huge thank you to this morning’s engaging panelists: Fran McMahon, Publisher of The Hill; Indu Subaiya, Co-Founder Health 2.0; Julie Murchinson, Manatt Health Solutions; Alexandra Drane, Founder and President, Eliza; Marlene Beggelman, Founder, Enhanced Medical Decisions and Linda Von Schweber, Co-Founder Surveyor Health. Robin Strongin, Creator of the Disruptive Women in Health Care blog moderated the program. Below is a very brief summary of the discussions; video and photographs of the breakfast will be posted soon. (L to R: Julie Murchinson, Robin Strongin, Indu Subaiya, Fran McMahon) You may be asking what the term Health 2.0 means and luckily for you Indu Subaiya Co-Founder of Health 2.0 provided us with an answer. Health 2.0 applies the same social networks and user-generated focus as Web 2.0 (which has been around since 2003) to the world of health care. It began as a consumer-driven movement with providers becoming involved a bit later. More recently the concept has grown as a result of its partnership with health care reform. Another noteworthy aspect is its ability to foster data-driven decision-making. Currently, there are about 1000 companies actively engaged in Health 2.0. Bottom Line: He...
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