Envisioning 2.0

I’ve been quite busy recently over at HealthCareVox parsing the ongoing debate about the Health 2.0 movement.  I normally try to minimize cross posting between this blog and HealthCareVox, but I thought readers of Envisioning 2.0 might be interested in the debate and my take on it.  You can view my thoughts by clicking here and here.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is hosting an innovative Web Dialogue about the use of various interactive technologies for health communication and public health. I’m honored that CDC has asked me to serve as a panelist for this event, scheduled for September 16, 2008.

CDC describes the event as an online “discussion focusing on Social Networks, Blogs, and other Web 2.0 applications and their uses in health marketing and public health. Participants will share examples of how they have used these applications and hear from others about ways of using these new channels of communication. The dialogue will open at 9:00 a.m. and remain open until 7:00 p.m. (EDT).”

A few good friends, including Nedra Weinreich and R. Craig Lefebvre will also serve as virtual panelists for the event. To learn more and to register to participate, please click here.

The latest edition of the Health Wonk Review is up.  It has some interesting takes on a number of current health policy-related issues.  However, what I found most interesting was bloggers’ analysis of Gov. Sarah Palin’s record on health care.  Interesting reading for anyone seeking to get smart on Sen. John McCain’s VP pick.

Today my firm Envision Solutions released a new report that provides the most detailed picture to date of the state of health blogosphere. The folks at The Health Care Blog were kind enough to publish a guest post I wrote about the publication. Please click here to view it and learn more about the evolving health blogosphere.