The Power Behind Personal Health Data

by Shea Steinberg on November 2, 2011

For years now, Wired Magazine and Executive Editor Thomas Goetz, have been studying the power behind health data. With his newly released book, The Decision Tree, Goetz discusses how improving healthcare begins with making better decisions and the role data can play in the decisions you make. Many companies have popped up out of the woodwork such as 23 and Me and 100 Plus (a sister company powered by de-identified Practice Fusion EMR data), encouraging people to use their data to take better care of themselves before its too late.

In the video below Thomas Goetz sits down with O’Reilly Media’s Alex Howard at this year’s Web 2.0 Summit, to discuss how we can use data to make people more aware of where they stand in their health.

Shea Steinberg

Shea Steinberg is a proactive Social Media Specialist at Practice Fusion. She maintains all of Practice Fusion’s social networks and is constantly promoting our EHR in the social media sphere. Also an active member of the EHRBlogger team, she writes about everything Healthcare IT, while using her sass to make a joke or two along the way. Whether it’s breaking news or a new social media tool for doctors, she’s on top of it. When not reaching out via social media, Shea cheers for her Alma mater, The University of Arizona (Go Wildcats!) and enjoys discovering new places in San Francisco. Connect with Shea: