Don Kemper, CEO of Healthwise, Speaks About Social Media, Information Therapy and Key Trends

We had the pleasure of interviewing Don Kemper, the CEO and founder of Healthwise last week.  You can click here to listen to the MP3 of the discussion which is about 40 minutes long.  We'll also be posting a complete transcript and our Podcast feed of the interview within the next week or so.

OrganizedWisdom decided to partner with Healthwise, and license their comprehensive evidence-based health library, for several reasons.  First because of the quality and credibility for the content Healthwise has assembled and continues to update.  Another big factor, was the reputation and vision Don Kemper has put forth over the past thirty plus years -- his efforts have truly helped transform the information available to consumers and patients. And as a result millions of people now have access to better doctor reviewed health information.

My partner Steven Krein and I conducted a 40 minute phone discussion last week with Don Kemper.  Here are the issues we covered:

1) History and background of Healthwise
2) Information Therapy
3) The biggest trends that will help people get even better access to health information
4) How the web and new Internet platforms play into the future of better health information access
5) Social media and patient participation as the missing link until now
6) How evidence-based health information, patient contributed content, and industry content can compliment each other to help consumer patients
7) The key to getting more people participating and sharing their health wisdom
8) Rating the quality of health information
9) The effect of information windows closing in the health care space and the impact on physicians
10) Solving the challenges of people finding the health information they need when they need it
11) Future trends

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