Live tweeting from an event has become common practice throughout nearly every industry with some larger events generating as many as 10,000 – 15,000 tweets. Applied to the health space, this is clearly evident in medical meetings where the use of social media and digital elements are becoming more and more commonplace. Aside from individuals live tweeting events, many meetings now have their own Twitter accounts, tweeting out official conference news, relevant information and serving as a personalized conference micro-blogging tool.

As Cathy Arnst recently noted in her wee…

Last week marked Washington, DC Health Innovation Week (#dchealth), featuring events attended by individuals from inside and outside the health industry, including entrepreneurs, technologists, doctors and government officials.

Activities for the week included HealthCampDC, an un-conference about “Vitality Through Data,” the Health 2.0 developer challenge code-a-thon, and the Healthcare Innovation Summit, designed to bring together leaders in the health and information technology spaces to address the challenges and opportunities to improving healthcare through innovation…

QR (quick response) codes have been getting a lot of attention lately. In fact, according to the startup Jumpscan, QR code scanning increased by 1,200 percent from July to December 2010 and a February survey (PDF) of U.S. smartphone users found that 65 percent of users have seen a QR code and 32 percent of smartphone users have scanned one.

So what’s a QR code anyway? For those unfamiliar, a QR code refers to a specific matrix (two-dimensional) barcode that is read by smartphones or QR barcode readers. This code contains information such as text, a website or other data tha…

This week’s Check-up comes from the Digital Health Task Force attendees of South by Southwest (SXSW).

SXSW is more than one of the nation’s largest music festivals. The Interactive portion features five days of presentations from some of the top thought leaders in emerging technology, digital works and innovative ideas.

This year, social health took over the conference as health thought leaders and digital experts converged to discuss how social media and the internet are transforming health care. It was the first year at SXSW that there was a formal health track and Edelm…