I am so pleased to announce that the iconic American architect Michael Graves will give the opening keynote address at Stanford Medicine X on September 29, 2012. Paralyzed from the chest down due to a central nervous system infection in 2003, Graves has since used his design acumen to reshape the hospital experience by leading a functional and aesthetic transformation of hospital furnishings and equipment. I can’t think of a more fitting speaker to open a conference on patient-centered innovation of health care at the intersection of emerging technologies!
Archive for February, 2012
Ask Paxton
Nick Dawson is the Director Community Engagement at Bon Secours Virginia Health System. He is also an advisory board member to Medicine X and sits on the Medicine X ePatient advisory panel.
Nick is a passionate advocate of the patient voice. We are excited to have Nick as a guest-contributor to our Medicine X Blog.
Core themes | Medicine X 2012
I’m so excited to announce the core themes for Medicine X 2012. Like last year, we plan to curate presenters to speak on six core themes for our conference, each giving 20-minute TED-style talks followed by a panel discussion. There will usually be three speakers per theme and a moderator.
Announcing Medicine X | Alliance Health ePatient Scholarship Program
One of the founding missions of Medicine X is to create a patient-centered view of emerging technology and Medicine. Our goal is to unite all health care stakeholders to work together to solve health care problems. As you might guess, patients are a core set of stakeholders. Yet they typically haven’t been meaningfully represented and engaged in an academic medical conference.
We want to change that.
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Medicine X Blog
SEPTEMBER 27-29, 2013
Medicine X is a catalyst for new ideas about the future of medicine and health care. The Medicine X initiative is designed to explore the potential of social media and information technology to advance the practice of medicine, improve health, and empower patients to be active participants in their own care. The “X” is meant to evoke a move beyond numbers and trends—it represents the infinite possibilities for current and future information technologies to improve health.
Medicine X is a catalyst for new ideas about the future of medicine and health care. The Medicine X initiative is designed to explore the potential of social media and information technology to advance the practice of medicine, improve health, and empower patients to be active participants in their own care. The “X” is meant to evoke a move beyond numbers and trends—it represents the infinite possibilities for current and future information technologies to improve health.
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