Take It Higher

As many of you know, I dabble in poetry and spoken word. Even music back in the day. Check out some of my original tracks.

Droppin' a piece for inspiration. This is an excerpt from a duet single recorded with my good friend Katrina Runge (pictured right). Check the verse. Peace.

Take It Higher

Take it higher
Aspire to achieve what you believe
To be your calling
No more stalling it’s time.
Define who you are
Today and tomorrow
It’s OK to borrow from your history.
‘Cause it consistently reminds us
Of the sorrows that bind us
So they can no longer blind us
And we can put it behind us.
Subtract the minus
Make a positive impact on Earth
You decide your worth.
Free your mind and in time
You will find your way
It ain’t easy in the world today
Nobody can be you
So smile in your mirror
And fly like an eagle!

Bil:Pil Conference Presentation on PatientsLikeMe

Last week I gave a 30 minute talk about PatientsLikeMe at Bil:Pil, the unconference following TEDMED in San Diego (where Jamie Heywood made an amazing presentation, by the way). The topic of my presentation was "A Healthy Mix with an Economic Twist." I focused on how difficult it can be to make money in the Health 2.0 space because companies must balance patient needs with commercial reality to keep the doors open.

Central to that discussion for PatientsLikeMe are our core values. As I've discussed many times before, it is our imperative to keep patients first in all of our endeavors, including building the revenue base for the company, because we must honor the trust patients give us in sharing their deep health information.

There was a mini-flurry of twitter activity during the talk as well. Check out some of the thoughts from leaders in the space to the left.










What do you think? Video from Bil:Pil will be available in the coming weeks. Kudos to Jonathan Sheffi and team for organizing a great unconference!

PatientsLikeMe Case Study by Claremont Grad Students

Last year I gave a talk at an e-health conference hosted by the Kay Center for e-Health Research at Claremont University about PatientsLikeMe. A team of graduate students created an impressive case study of PatientsLikeMe utilizing video from my talk as well as other video content we have produced.

Below is the talk I gave to explain the PatientsLikeMe open platform and why patients often choose to create health profiles that anyone on the internet can view.

Lastly, attendee Ted Eytan, MD gave a quick reference to the talk on his blog also. Thanks for the kudos!

Any questions? Drop a comment below. Thanks!