The air is buzzing. People are talking about health more than ever before, and it\u2019s good news for patients. Technology is making it possible for patients to take an active role in \u201cparticipatory medicine\u201d, partnering with their doctors to decide on the best course of action for their health.<\/p>\n
Over the next few months, these 6 events will bring together patients, researchers, doctors, and health enthusiasts. Discussions, partnerships, and innovations will emerge. Keep your eye on these, and attend if you can!<\/p>\n
1. TEDMED \u2014 October 27\u201330, http:\/\/www.tedmed.com<\/a><\/a><\/strong> 2. Transform \u2014 September 13\u201315, http:\/\/centerforinnovation.mayo.edu\/transform<\/a><\/a><\/strong> 3. Health 2.0 \u2014 October 6\u20137, http:\/\/www.health2con.com<\/a><\/a> 4. Web Strategies for Health Communication \u2014 July 19\u201324, http:\/\/webstrategiesforhealth.com<\/a><\/a> 5. Singularity University \u2014 July-August, http:\/\/singularityu.org<\/a><\/a><\/strong> 6. Regenstrief Conference \u2014 Sept 23\u201335, http:\/\/www.regenstrief.org\/conferences\/2009<\/a><\/a> If you aren\u2019t able to attend, let us know what you think are the most important issues in health today and we\u2019ll make sure to represent your ideas. Good things will come from all the buzz \u2014 the future of health care and health research is bright.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The air is buzzing. People are talking about health more than ever before, and it\u2019s good news for patients. Technology is making it possible for patients to take an active role in \u201cparticipatory medicine\u201d, partnering with their doctors to decide on the best course of action for their health. Over the next few months, these [\u2026]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":64,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11,46,20],"tags":[71,70,73,75,2149,72,74],"class_list":["post-459","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-biotech-medical","category-events","category-futurism","tag-conference","tag-health-tag","tag-mayo-clinic","tag-regenstrief","tag-singularity","tag-tedmed","tag-tufts"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/459","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/64"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=459"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/459\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=459"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=459"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=459"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
The medical version of the legendary TED conferences. From the TEDMED site: \u201cThe fifth in a series created by Marc Hodosh and Richard Saul Wurman, TEDMED celebrates conversations that demonstrate the intersection and connections between all things medical and healthcare related: from personal health to public health, devices to design and Hollywood to the hospital.\u201d This year\u2019s speakers include Dean Kamen, Craig Venter, Sanjay Gupta and Goldie Hawn..<\/span><\/p>\n
A collaborative symposium at The Mayo Clinic Center for Innovation. From the Transform site: \u201cTransform brings together a dynamic group of speakers and participants from inside and outside the health care industry to explore the intersections between human experience, health care delivery and new business models. Join us to imagine and create innovative ways to deliver a better health care experience in a 21st century world.\u201d<\/p>\n
\n<\/strong>Next-generation health companies and patient advocates converge. From the Health 2.0 site: \u201cWith more than a hundred speakers and hundreds of new healthcare demos and technologies on display on stage and in the exhibit hall, you\u2019ll get a sweeping overview of the ways that information technology and the web are changing healthcare in areas from online search to health focused online communities and social networks.\u201d<\/p>\n
\n<\/strong>A new course by Dr. Lisa Gualtieri at Tufts University School of Medicine. From the Web Strategies site: \u201cThe Summer Institute on Web Strategies for Health Communication covers how to develop and implement a Web strategy to drive a health organization\u2019s online presence, specifically the processes for selecting, using, managing, and evaluating the effectiveness of Web technologies for health communication.\u201d<\/p>\n
\n<\/strong>Graduate studies program started by Ray Kurzweil and Peter Diamandis. From the Singularity University site: \u201cSingularity University aims to assemble, educate and inspire a cadre of leaders who strive to understand and facilitate the development of exponentially advancing technologies and apply, focus and guide these tools to address humanity\u2019s grand challenges.\u201d Biotechnology and Medicine are two of the tracks they offer..<\/span><\/p>\n
\n<\/strong>An invitation-only unconference, but one to watch. From the Regenstrief site: \u201cThe theme for this year\u2019s conference is Open Health Methodologies. Participants include: Clay Shirky (open source), Dr. Roni Zeiger (Google Health), and Mark Surman (Mozilla).\u201d<\/p>\n