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Ah, Boston in the Springtime, as viewed from Microsoft's New England Research & Development facility in Cambridge.
Opening session.
The sponsors say a few words.
Mark Scrimshire, the "Chief Instigator" behind the HealthCamp movement, at the podium.
A good crowd for early in the morning.
Thanks to the sponsors for supporting HealthCampBoston + SocialPharmer!
Fard Johnmar speaking about "Achieving Openness: Transparency and Authenticity in Pharma."
Mark Scrimshire leading a discussion about EHRs and PHRs.
Sandhya Pillalamarri leading a session on design principles.
Is it clearing up a little? There's a city somewhere in this picture.
John Murray (aka @jmurray21cfr) "Exploring The Realities Of FDA Regulation And Creative Opportunities In The Here and Now" on the SocialPharmer track.
Standing room only for Fard Johnmar's SocialPharmer session.
Fard Johnmar and Inspire.com's Amir Lewkowicz.
In true unconference style, the schedule was mostly blank at the start of the day, but it filled up quickly and changed during the event to meet the interests of the crowd.
Lunch time! Not a bad spread! Kudos to Steven Glenn and the rest of the folks at Eurest.
Thomas Thuene, Principal from TriNetra, holding forth. Jim Kauffman (@Punchinello), homeland security expert and member of the Boston Technology Leadership Council.
Mark Scrimshire (@ekivemark) and David Harlowe (@healthblawg), two of the organizers of HealthCampBoston.
Time for a break. Microsoft did a great job creating a beautiful, functional meeting space.
One of the breakout rooms.
SocialPharmer organizer, Shwen Gwee, aka @shwen, enjoying a break.
William Crawford (aka @WilliamCrawford), making a point during Bryan Vartabedian's (aka @Doctor_V) session..
Heavy hitters at the table: Bryan Vartabedian, MD (@Doctor_V), Thomas Thuene, Ph.D., Mark Scrimshire (@ekivemark), Tonya Honsermeier, MD (@meredelys)
Claudio Luís Vera, aka @modulist, exploring the role of open source communities in developing better EHRs and PHRs.
David Harlowe, aka @healthblawg, talking about (in the words of Jen McCabe Gorman) "HIPAA, social media, PHRs, updated legislation and requirements as a result of ARRA and HITECH (read: stimulus bill, $), and all things ridiculously over-interpreted in healthcare." Read more: http://hmrx.posterous.com/#ixzz0EVJ56mJa&B
Maybe it is clearing up after all.
Steve Woodruff, aka @swoodruff, describing "Key Business Needs That Can Be Addressed NOW with Social Media" in the SocialPharmer track.
Jen McCabe Gorman (@jenmccabegorman and often @polarwisdom) asking for a show of hands as she talks about building collaborative patient advocacy feeds on twitter.
Jen's slides are available on Slideshare - http://www.slideshare.net/jenmccabegorman
Forrester's Josh Bernoff (@jbernoff) explaining, "How to Do Social Applications at a Pharma company Without Getting Fired."
The fog is lifting!
Chuck Rehberg (@ChuckRehberg), Thomas Thuene, Norbert Kremer at Jennifer Wulff's session on social media and pharmaceutical safety profiling. (Sorry, I didn't catch the name of the fellow on the left.)
Jennifer Wulff from Pfizer. (Sorry for the blurry picture.)
William Crawford (@williamcrawford) and John Moore (@john_chilmark) running a session on PHRs.
David Hale (@lostonroute66) talking about NIH's PillFinder application.
Julie Wittes Schlack (@jwschlack) presenting "The Patient Perspective -- What Do Patients Want from Pharma Engagement?" on the SocialPharmer track.
Rob Musterer, President of ER Squared, Inc., and Jim Kauffman.
Mark Scrimshire preparing to hand out the coveted HealthCampBoston + SocialPharmer t-shirts!
David Hale (@lostonroute66), Mike Kirkwood (@mikekirkwood), and Chris Hogg (@cwhogg).
There's the city!
The HealthCampBoston + SocialPharmer team go sailing after a hard day's work. (Okay, maybe not.)
Not HealthCampBoston, but the Health 2.0 Meets Ix conference. Unfortunately, I was only able to attend a couple of sessions. @ePatientDave is sitting in the Royal Box in the balcony. I was working security, watching his back. ;-)
