Dave Foster (web, twitter) is coming to HealthCamp Boston.
Please tell us a little about your day job.
I am Senior Director of Solution Innovation of Healthwise. Healthwise has a not-for-profit mission to help people make better health decisions. People have turned to Healthwise decision support information and tools over a billion times during its 37 year history.
What are you passionate about?
My life’s focus is to give people the power to improve the world around them through new media. I’ve founded two disruptive startups with media creation products.
What are you doing to “hack” health care?
I have applied my entrepreneurial background to help health organizations break through traditional health education approaches through the use of new media, shared decision making and integrating patient generated health information into clinical records. My work in implementing “information therapy” solutions has provided a template for many of the patient-facing requirements built into the Meaningful Use rules.
I am currently facilitating the Patient Engagement Collaborative, a group founded to promote pre-visit experiences and other uses of patient response into the clinical workflow.
Why are you attending HealthCamp Boston?
I’m researching the use of social media in health organizations. I’m looking for partners to collaborate with to figure out what patients, families and clinicians need to communicate, share, and rate their healthcare experiences and information.
If you were to lead a session, what would it be about?
Patient Generated Health Data – how do we get it, what do we do with it, and how can this help?
What kinds of people do you want to meet at HealthCamp?
Social media health experts.
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