Google and Your Health Record – Fulfilling Their Mission and Yours

Google is one step closer to organizing the world’s information. It has announced in the Wall Street Journal this week that it will begin to allow people to put their health records on the web. Actually within Google, which really isn’t the web. On the web would probably be a little too broad since that usually means it can be searched for and...

More on Google’s Partnership with Cleveland Clinic

I was in the midst of the great towers of GE, Cerner, Microsoft, and the other glittering HIMSS palaces and there was one player out of place: Google. It had such a modest footprint and has been so quiet about the partnership with Cleveland Clinic, you’d never know they launched a major initiative. There were no banners advertising Google...

Google and Cleveland Clinic Join Forces to Organize Your Health

Last week Google and Cleveland Clinic announced that they will be working together to give patients better access and flexibility to their health records. What an idea! People “in charge of their own health information.” Wow! Why did Google have to revolutionize this? Aren’t they just a search engine? Yes, they are a search...

Live from Orlando: HIMSS 2008!

I’ll begin by stating that while tradeshows may be necessary, they’re not at the top of my list of things to do with my time.  Nonetheless, since it’s snowing at our Boston office and my next trip to our Houston location is a few weeks away, I am grateful for the sunshine. What I am surprised by is A) that the show has grown so...

My new favorite statistic: proof our sites launch months faster.

Earlier this year, we spent a few days focused on our company (a rare event; we spend nearly all the rest of the year focused on our clients) and one thing we strongly felt we were good at was ensuring project timelines. On the face of it, timelines seem like project management issues, but they’re not. It’s actually a combination of...

How to Write a Good RFP – MedTouch – Free Healthcare Webinars

This webinar, taped on Valentine’s Day, is about how to find a vendor you’ll love. If you work in healthcare online marketing or e-health, this webinar will explain: What a good RFP process looks likeWho in your organization should be involved Why you don’t need to hire a consultant How to get the best quality of responses to...

We’ve launched our new site… finally.

When you work helping hospitals and healthcare organizations deliver exceptional web presence online, you’d think that updating your own site would be a snap. Oh, you’d be wrong. Every time we start a new engagement, we caution our clients: the biggest reason your site will run late is because you will sign up for writing content that...

New Web Site for Rehabilitation Hospital of the Cape and Islands – We’re Excited!!

Wicked good times at MedTouch, we have birthed another potential award-winning web site with our client Rehabilitation Hospital of the Cape and Islands, a.k.a, www.rhci.org. Potential award-winning, you ask? Yes, potential because we have not entered it into any contests. Wait until next year!! We worked closely with RHCI’s marketing and...