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Behind the Curtain

Where’s Waldo… at Wharton

Just passing along that I’ll be speaking at Wharton on Feb 13th about healthcare, entrepreneurship, and a plethora of other things that come to mind (anyone who has seen me speak knows can be both comical and unnerving to a facilitator).  Please feel free to join us and participate!

The Healthcare Panel for the Wharton Entrepreneurship [...]

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The Last Mile of Healthcare Consumerism

The “Last Mile“
It’s an expression that has been running through my mind for quite some time over the past year.  I think that I first heard it used to describe the frustrating gap of getting everyday consumers/households connected to high-speed internet svc with the belief that if only our Parents and the guy that works [...]

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Live from Surgery Part 3

Went for the third of the four surgeries for varicose veins in my legs. Tweeted the whole procedure again (see below). And since this procedure was soooo much more graphic, I got the pix and video to go with it. To bring everyone up to speed, the first two surgeries were laser ablation from the [...]

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Chris McIntyre is moving from San Fran to Nashvegas to join our team!

We are sooooooooo excited!  Chris McIntyre (of Podcast Alley, PodShow.. aka Mevio fame) is joining the change:healthcare team as Director of Product Management and Making Stuff Useful.

If any of you listen to podcasts or work in San Francisco, then you know Chris’ work and understand why we are so freak’n thrilled to add his integrity, [...]

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Live from Surgery – part 2

The tweets (messages on twitter) was so popular last time, I did it again for the follow up laser ablation surgery done on the back of my legs for varicose veins. You can catch the first installment here if you missed it.  And once again, I went through the trouble of reverse flowing the tweets [...]

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Happy Belated Bday to Our FEARLESS Leader!

Christopher celebrated his birthday last week!  Well kind of… he attempted to fly under the radar and avoid any cake, gifts, and party hats by traveling and keeping his  b-day on the down-low.
So yesterday the crew at change:healthcare took him to lunch to celebrate the right way… by making him wear a BIG sombrero!  How [...]

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Why We Do This and Post-Op Update

First off, thanks for all of the concern and support from so many people over the past few days WRT my surgery. It seems I’m telling people things and repeating myself and I hate to bore anyone, so I’m putting this together to give folks the details and use my own experience as a personal [...]

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Live from the Operating Room

Had a bit of outpatient surgery done on my legs today. Laser ablation on my legs to eliminate varicose veins. Basically they numb the site, locate the vein using ultrasound, insert a fiber optic cable and cauterize the veins closed at the faulty junction. I was awake and on no drugs for the whole procedure. [...]

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Senator Bob Corker Talks Politics and Healthcare

Monday (10/6) at SHOUTAmerica’s first leadership conference I had the pleasure of hearing Senator Corker brief the audience on his recent accomplishments in bi-partisan healthcare activities.
Here are his four opening points:
1.    Congress does little communicating across party lines – this needs to change
2.    30% of healthcare delivered is wasted, i.e. it does not actually help [...]

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SHOUTAmerica Video Blog

The SHOUTAmerica Conference was a huge success!  About 100 student n leader, presenting almost a million students across the country, attended the conference to hear CEOs, Senators, House Reps and health care educators speak about the current healthcare crisis.  By the end of the conference once puzzled students emerged engaged and ready to make a [...]

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