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Yes No Eve Dmochowska, IdeaBank Innovation: How The Web Helps Africa Solve Its Problems Africa's problems are unique and severe. Good Healthcare, education, democracy, entrepreneurship, community, nutrition and communication are either non-existent or under threat in many regions. Yet the web offers hope like no other medium before it. Find out how Africa is solving its own problems through smart, innovative and daring use of technology. Case Study, Digital Divide, Economic Concerns, Mobile / Wireless, New Technology / Next Generation C B
Yes No Amber Benson, imc² Conversations With A Brick Wall: Social Media In Healthcare Are healthcare marketing and social media contraindicated? Is it possible to create authentic conversations online when the FDA is eavesdropping? Learn how to create engaging, trust-building social media strategies for healthcare consumers that won't result in a warning letter or a congressional hearing. Advertising, Blogging, Community / Online Community, Social Networking, User Generated Content C I
Yes No Craig Garner, Coast Plaza Hospital How The Internet Destroyed Healthcare Technology and the Internet, praised as the “magic bullet” to save healthcare, is the opposite. Instead of helping, this has been the source of abuse and self-diagnosis. As a result, healthcare resources face a greater strain. The inability of healthcare to grasp this technology may prove to be its downfall. Business / Entrepreneurial / Monetization, Community / Online Community, Economic Concerns, Government and Technology, Social Issues T I
Yes No Richard Ting, R/GA World’s Youngest Twitterer Imagine communicating through Twitter before you could speak or type. An experiment using RFID enabled tags helped a toddler bridge the communication gap with her father. Find out how this experiment can transform communication among industries from (retail to healthcare) and across generations from the young to the elderly. Digital Divide, Mobile Applications, New Technology / Next Generation T I
Yes No Chad Pomeroy, WellPoint/ Health Insurance Getting Well: Improving HealthCare with Web 2.0 Technologies Healthcare today is broken: ad-hoc, reactive, expensive, and above all confusing. Solution: an innovative entrepreneurial overhaul. Taking change into its own hands, WellPoint, the largest U.S. insurer, is harnessing technology to provide online products, services, and social capabilities to keep millions of Americans healthy - all done transparently and cost-effectively. Cloud Storage / Delivery, Community / Online Community, Economic Concerns, Online Relationships, Social Networking T I
Yes No Christina Gagnier, REALPOLITECH Get Naked: Online Citizen Deliberative Dialogue How can we use available online technology to foster conversations between citizens and government leaders as part of the policymaking process? In what ways can we tie together offline and online engagement, whether a town hall concerning an issue like healthcare or conversation about a local government issue? How can dialogue become a part of Government 2.0, fostering transparency and inclusiveness? Join us to explore! Community / Online Community, Government and Technology, Online Video, Other / Out There, User Experience T I
Yes No Peter Pitts, Porter Novelli.com Bloggers, Navy Seals on Frontlines in Healthcare If “the medium is the message” (and it is), then the message from the health care blogosphere is, stop bloviating! To blog is to put up or shut up. And nowhere is this more needed or refreshing than in the realm of health care. “you ain’t seen nothin’ yet.” Branding / Marketing / Publicity, Community / Online Community, Content, Government and Technology, Online Relationships C I
Yes No Zaheda Bhorat, Google Inc. Yes, We Can - But How? Technology for Social Good Isn't all open source software for social good anyway ? We will describe innovative concepts using "open" projects impacting key issues such as Climate Change, Poverty and Healthcare. Our ideas will enable you to impact change around the world and also closer to home whatever your passions. Learn, be inspired and take action! Community / Online Community, Government and Technology, Green / Environmental, Open Source, Social Issues C B
Yes No Val Jones, Better Health Online Healthcare: Survival Strategies Healthcare costs 16% of America's GDP, and is rising at a rate faster than inflation. There are about 47 million uninsured, and an estimated 90,000+ deaths/year due to medical errors. This panel will discuss innovative solutions to healthcare reform, and teach you how to protect your health, find a good doctor, and get the most out of your healthcare dollars. Blogging, Education, Government and Technology, Journalism 2.0, Social Networking C I
Yes No Jay Drayer, CareFlash "Community when it Matters Most" Healthcare's Broken – Adding To The Relevance Of Social Media Healthcare is broken forcing patients, caregivers and innovators to take to the Internet and fix the system themselves. Using the same social media and collaboration platforms, tools and techniques, common for years in marketing, ecommerce and most other sectors, rogue innovators are fixing healthcare while reinventing the relevance of social media. Community / Online Community, Economic Concerns, Social Issues, Social Networking, User Generated Content C I
Yes No Dana Lewis, co-creator & moderator of #hcsm Maximizing Health Care Opportunities Through Interactive Communication Our healthcare system is stagnant, but interactive media provides countless opportunities to engage in new ways with patients and other key healthcare publics. This panel would bring together experts of social and interactive media from government, non-profit, private, and other health care areas to discuss collaboration to maximize interactive applications. Community / Online Community, Government and Technology, Mobile / Wireless, New Technology / Next Generation, Social Networking C I
Yes No Steve Guengerich, guengerich.com Controlling Robots Through the Web Controlling robots across the web is fast approaching a mainstream moment. Soon, our iPhones could be controlling robots and biomechanical devices that will have a positive impact on agriculture, security, healthcare, and many other uses. Learn about standards, coding, design tips and techniques for websites & mobile apps, and more! Accessibility / Web Standards, Front-End Programming, Hardware, Interface Design, New Technology / Next Generation T I
Yes No Jen McCabe , Contagion Health Rx Tech - How Getting Wired Helps Users Hack Health Gaming culture, mHealth, eHealth, geotech, and health infotech has transformed the way we express ourselves, access information, and interact with one another. But are 'Me-trics' extreme hackability and open access to these channels helping or harming us? In key ways, moving moribund systems, our wired culture is improving health and informing healthcare reform. This panel explores how being wired helps users hack healthcare. Business / Entrepreneurial / Monetization, Design Thinking, Geolocation, New Technology / Next Generation, Social Issues C B
Yes No Kelly Cutler, Marcel Meda SEO and Web 2.0 for Healthcare Organizations As search marketing technologies evolve, healthcare organizations must promote patient/doctor interaction, compete with local healthcare providers, and increase communication effectiveness, while complying with government policies. In order to stay in the game, SEO/SEM elements must be put in place to develop website relevance and authority, namely structured content and syndication. Accessibility / Web Standards, Branding / Marketing / Publicity, Search, Social Networking, Web Apps / Widgets T B
Yes No Megan Grocki, Mad*Pow Social Networking for Healthcare: EMR and Beyond Social networking technologies have been noticeably gaining popularity. It is clear that technology will be instrumental in delivering remote collaborative experiences, facilitating doctor-to-doctor, doctor-to-patient, and patient-to-patient communications; and creating a coordinated digital care team. Much has been done in this space and there is more to do. We will explore how SM will deliver streamlined communication flows, enhanced access, increased information sharing, and more effective and timely collaboration. Community / Online Community, Digital Divide, New Technology / Next Generation, Social Networking, User Generated Content C B
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