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HealthWorks Collective Partners
HealthWorks Collective has partnerships with several key organizations that we think fit with our viewpoints and practices. Please take a look at our partners, visit their websites and enjoy all that they have to offer.
Patient Power
Patient Power is a one-of-a-kind resource bringing in-depth information to patients with cancer and chronic illness. Audio and video interviews, with transcripts, help patients make informed decisions in partnership with their medical team.
Founded by patient-advocate, medical journalist, author and cancer survivor Andrew Schorr, Patient Power goes far beyond basic health information. Patient-centric programs focus on delivering the most credible, authoritative and up-to-date health information. More than 2,000 on-demand programs feature leading medical experts, inspiring patients, unforgettable stories and actionable medical guidance on serious health concerns.
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The Institute for Health Technology Transformation
The Institute for Health Technology Transformation is the leading organization committed to bringing together private and public sector leaders fostering the growth and effective use of technology across the healthcare industry. Through collaborative efforts the Institute provides programs that drive innovation, educate, and provide a critical understanding of how technology applications, solutions and devices can improve the quality, safety and efficiency of healthcare.
Doctors 2.0
The 3rd edition of Doctors 2.0 and You convenes on June 6-7, 2013 at the elegant Cité Universitaire campus in Paris. The 2013 Congress is of interest to all of Healthcare's stakeholders 
individual,professional, industry and institutions. It will gather together 450 international supporters of health 2.0 tools and Social Media to share ideas and best practices from 5 continents and increase cooperation and partnerships This widely-reported conference is, for the second year running, under the High Patronage of the French Ministry of health, with 27 media partners and sponsors. (The event website is consequently visited from 160 countries). The exciting program will examine: how doctorsand other healthcare professionals, patients, hospitals, government, pharma, and payers use Social Media, mobile apps, and Web 2.0 tools to connect and the best practices that emerge for each.
One of the unique features of Doctors 2.0 & You is that not only speakers but as well the 400+ attendees hail from the five continents and represent public and private, government and pharma. Topics include: connecting the ePatient and the 2.0 doctor, online patient communities, online physician communities, Social Media and Personal Health Records, Social Media Campaigns for Government, Hospitals & Pharma, Mobile Apps for chronic patients, Mobile MedEd, Quantified Self, Pharma Strategy & Partnerships, and Regulatory issues.
Webicina
Webicina.com is the world’s first and only free service that provides curated medical social media resources in over 80 medical topics in over 17 languages. Our mission is to let empowered patients and medical professionals access the most relevant social media content in their own languages on a customizable, easy-to-use platform for FREE.
Using our curated medical social media collections and the dynamic, easy-to-use, multi-lingual aggregator of quality medical information is totally for free. But we also offer personalized services such as medical social media collections focusing on a given topic; consulting for online medical services and pharma companies; covering conferences online and organizing workshops worldwide.
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“Fantastic article Marti, thank you.There are so many nuggets here it's hard to pick just one, but I particularly like the bit in point 3 about finding ways to deliver your offering in smaller increments, so you can start to get paid sooner. Which of course fits perfectly with the Lean/Agile approach recommended in your first point. Serious food for thought for all start-ups, not just in ...”
“Fantastic article Marti, thank you.There are so many nuggets here it's hard to pick just one, but I particularly like the bit in point 3 about finding ways to deliver your offering in smaller increments, so you can start to get paid sooner. Which of course fits perfectly with the Lean/Agile approach recommended in your first point. Serious food for thought for all start-ups, not just in ...”