True (trū) adj.
1. Consistent with fact or reality; not false or erroneous
2. Real; genuine, rightful; legitimate, fundamental, or essential
3. Accurately shaped or fitted and conforms to rule, standard or pattern
I recently came across an article so good that I thought it should be republished in its entirety. The article was written by Frank Timmons and [...]
Stochastic (stō-kăs’tĭk) adj.
Of, relating to, or characterized by conjecture; conjectural
Involving chance or probability
* Disclaimer: The letter is a response to Dave Marcinko of HealthCare Financials who had some pointed commentary regarding my attempt to define a trend I had identified and described as “microcapitation”. This is a lengthy post with written [...]
Millennial (mə-lĕn’-əl) adj.
1. Of or pertaining to the millennium, or to a thousand years
2. Generation of Americans younger than 29 in 2007 with unique social, cultural, and market identity
* This is a companion piece to an article called Millenial Patients that will appear in MDNG shortly *
The highlight of last months Health 2.0 conference [...]
Financing (fə-năns’ 
v.
To provide or raise the funds or capital for: financed a new car.
To supply funds to: financing a daughter through law school.
To furnish credit to.
The crisis that is American health care continues to get bad news. However, in a lame duck year, everyone realizes that not much is going to [...]
Collective Intelligence (kə-lĕk’tĭv ĭn-tĕl’ə-jəns) n.
1. Collective intelligence is a form of intelligence that emerges from the collaboration and competition of many individuals.
2. Collective intelligence appears in a wide variety of forms of consensus decision making in bacteria, animals, humans, and computers.
3. The study of collective intelligence may properly be considered a subfield of [...]
Voyeurism (voi-yûr’ ĭz‘əm) n.
1. The practice in which an individual derives pleasure from surreptitiously observing people.2. Derives from the French verb voir (to see); literal translation is “seer” but with perjorative connotations.
I have recently written about the need to see some more compelling business models within the emerging Health 2.0 space. My contention is [...]
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