Crossover Healthcare

This page highlights some of the major and minor projects, relevant reading, speaking engagements, and related activities I am involved with.  It is intended for people who want to know how I roll. For those wanting to know how I ride, you can check me out on Twitter or Facebook.

INBOX

• Attending Eli Lilly Health 2.0 Conference in Indianapolis, IN – August 4-5, 2009
  

OUTBOX

• Ask to be on Advisory Committee for Pfizer’s Health 2.0 Innovation Project - July 28, 2009
• Met with New CEO of Hoag Hospital Irvine -  Foothill Ranch, CA – July 25, 2009
• Finished “Healthcare Won’t Health Itself” by George Halvorson - July 20, 2009
• Finished Healthcare X PRIZE initial project documentation – June 30, 2009
• Healthcare X PRIZE Measurement Subcommittee Meeting in New York, NY – June 9-10, 2009
• Attended I2I Conference at the UN in New York, NY – June 8-9, 2009
• Moderating a panel at Health 2.0 and Ix Conference in Boston, MA  – April 22-23, 2009
• Finished “Healthcare Won’t Health Itself” by George Halvorson - July 20, 2009
• Participated in X PRIZE Foundation Initial Prize Design Media Event in Washington DC – April 14, 2009
• Spoke at World Health Care Congress in DC with Jack Cochran, MD and Mathew Holt called “Building a 21st Century Health System” in Washington DC – April 12-15, 2009
• X PRIZE Foundation Health Advisor Summit discussing Health Prize in Washington DC – April 6-7, 2009
• Read The Last Lecture by Randy Pausch – finished reading on April 5, 2009
• Keynoted the Managed Care Executive Group regarding “Healthcare Moonshot” Phoenix, AZ - March 11, 2009
• Meeting with Ventana to discuss health care transparency in San Francisco – March 5, 2009
• X PRIZE Foundation Health Advisor Summit discussing Health Prize in Washington DC – March 3-4, 2009
• Read  Best Practice by Charles Kenney – finished reading on February 27, 2009
• Spoke at the  Leadership Summit on Consumer Connectivity in San Diego - February 23-24, 2009
  
• Disney Cruise to Carribean - January 15-24, 2009
• Finished reading Innovator’s Prescription by Clayton Christensen – started reading on January 28, 2009
• Vacation to Scottsdale, Arizona – December 28 – Jan 2, 2009
• Finished reading Value Based Leadership by Blanking on the Author - December 27, 2008
• Currently reading Mere Christianity by CS Lewis - started reading on December 20, 2008
• Spoke at the World Health Innovation and Technology Conference in Washington DC – December 10-12
• Vacation to Poipu, Kauai – November 19-27, 2008
• Read The Google Story by David Vise - finished on November 21, 2008
• Moderating two panel’s at Health 2.0 – User Generated Health Conference in San Francisco - October 21-23
• Relaxing in Lake Powell in Arizona and Utah - September 22-26
• Meetings in San Francisco with Gershoni Creative - September 5
• Finished reading Benjamin Franklin: An American Life by Walter Issacson – August 27, 2008
• Meeting with Carson Hager, CEO of Cynergy System - July 16, 2008
  
• Meetings in San Francisco with Gershoni Creative - July 14-15 and 17
• Finished reading Common Sense by Thomas Paine – June 27, 2008
• Attended the Qualcomm Wireless Investor Conference held in San Diego – May 13, 2008
• Attended the SIMPD Conference held simultaneously at the H3Con in Las Vegas – May 5-7, 2008
• Spoke at Health 3.0 Conference in Las Vegas – May 5-7, 2008
• Spoke at LabInfo in Las Vegas at the Venetian Resort – April 9-11, 2008
• Finished reading 4 Hour Work Week by Timothy Ferris – April 3, 2008
• Stopped reading Sick by Jonathon Cohn – March 17, 2008 (fundamentally disagree with his conclusions)
  
• Presented at Wellpoint’s Innovation Conference in Los Angeles – March 11, 2008
• Spoke/Moderated at Health 2.0 Conference in San Diego – March 3-4, 2008
• Participated in HIMSS Conference and Venture Fair in Orlando – February 24-28, 2008
• Finished reading, “Episode of Care Pricing Model” by Douglas Emery – February 28, 2008
• Finished reading “The Big Switch” by Nicholas Car - February 22, 2008
• Spoke at SCALE 6 in SoCal – February 8-10, 2008
• Finished “Overtreated” by Shannon Brownlee – February 5, 2008
• Attended Next Generation Health Plan Banking, January 28-30, 2008
• Finished “Alchemist” by Paulo Coehlo – January 13, 2007
• Finished “Fifth Mountain” by Paulo Coehlo – January 8, 2007
• Finished “How Doctors Think” by Jerome Groopman, MD – January 3, 2007
• Finished “Fix Health Care Now” by George Halvorson – December 20, 2007
• Finished “Founding Brothers” by Joseph Ellis- December 1, 2007
• Attended Lemhi Venture Scrum, Minneapolis, MN – October 24, 2007
• Just read “John Adams” by David McCullough – October 4, 2007
• Moderated Consumer Tools Panel at “Health 2.0″ – September 20, 2007
• Spoke at Consumer Health World – September 19, 2007
• Spoke at Blogging Summit – September 17, 2007
• Attended Innovations in Healthcare Payments in Las Vegas – September 9-10, 2007
• Reading “Principles of Managed Healthcare” by Peter Kongstvedt
• Annual Vacation in Driggs, ID – August 20 to September 3, 2007
• Spoke at Health Plan Alliance Conference in MN – August 16-17, 2007
• Just read “Who Killed Healthcare” by Regina Herzlinger
• Just read “Redefining Healthcare” by Michael Porter and Elizabeth Tiesberg – June 2, 2007
• Spoke at TEPR about “Health 2.0″ – May 21, 2007
• Spoke at Red Hat Summit about “Health 2.0″ – May 10, 2007
• Just read “Purple Cow” by Seth Godin – April 12, 2007
• Just spoke at SCALE – February 9, 2007
• Just read “The Best Care Anywhere” by Phillip Longman– January 4, 2007
• Just read “Eragon” – December 20, 2006
• Just read “Mutiny on the Bounty: Pitcairn Island” – November 3, 2007
• Just read “Blue Ocean Strategy” – October 28, 2006
• Just read “His Excellency” by Joseph Ellis – July 29, 2007
• Just read “1776″ by David McCullough– July 6, 2007
• Attended AHIP in Las Vegas – June 20-22, 2007