Good Morning!

I don't know about you, but I will be happy when 11.59 PM comes today.  Not because the weekend officially begins, but because the CMS grant writing frenzy ends.  From what I have heard there will be a record number od submissions and some really amazing ideas.  There is most certainly hope for healthcare and it is starting right here!  NYC and NY State are also rolling out several grant programs - stay tuned, we will keep you posted.

There are two things you should sign up for right now though:

1/28 - 1/29 - Health 2.0Code-a-thon: Health, Hacking and Big Data at Columbia University
Date: Saturday, January 28 and Sunday, January 29.  Need a programmer or co-founder, I suggest you GO!    ...or just come to hear me blather on about hacking healthcare.

Speakers include:

• Alex Fair – Founder FairCareMD, Scanbuy.com, ExpertMed, and the HOPE Network
• George Hripcsak – Department Chair, Columbia University Department of Bioinformatics
• Steve Krein – Co-Founder of OrganizedWisdom and Startup Health
• Brad Weinberg – Co-Founder and Partner at BluePrint Health
• Frederic Zussa – Managing Director at Health Digital Ventures
• Todd Pietri – Milestone Venture Partners

1/30  Aging 2.0 - 4 great speakers and a panel talking about the fastest growing market in healthcare - baby boomers getting older - RSVP here now: http://www.health20nyc.com/events/48039032/

If you are a Physician or just want to look like one, then Dr. Steve Merahn's Physicians 2.0 series is for you

2/15 -Physicians As Entrepreneurs: Making the Leap and Making it Work - a few spots are still available, RSVP here: http://www.health20nyc.com/events/46603372/

These two are awesome too.

2/9  Startupalooza-NJ - From Health 2.0 NYC member Steven Greene, creator of the mHealth Conference, on Feb. 9th, StartupaloozNJ at NJIT will bring together 10+ early stage mhealth and digital investors with startups.

$20 to showcase your startup
Free to attend.
Only 20 minutes from Penn Station.

Selected startups will pitch with one digital health winner selected.

Email for more info startupaloozanj(at)gmail.com

3/25 Healthcare Experience Design Conference - I spoke at this conference last year and learned a great deal. Check it out here: http://www.healthcare...

Early Bird Tickets are still on sale
From my friend Amy Cueva who is running this awesome event, "As strategists, designers, and technologists, we are all agents for change. At this year’s Healthcare Experience Design Conference, we’ll explore the many ways that design and technology can promote health literacy, improve healthcare delivery, drive consumer engagement, and help people lead healthier lives. A key topic at this year’s conference will be the relationship between the food industry and healthcare. Keynote speakers Robyn O’Brien, founder of AllergyKids and Gary Hirshberg, former CeYo of Stonyfield Yogurt will discuss the current crisis and offer realistic, actionable, financially viable solutions. We’re excited to have BJ Fogg back and leading a day long Behavioral Change Bootcamp this year. He’ll be joined by a full roster of inspiring, passionate speakers representing a broad range of industries: Tim Kieschnick of Kaiser, Meredith DeZutter, of Mayo Clinic, Debra Gelman of Nutrisystem, John Weiss of WebMD, Todd Park, CTO of the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services, as well as Stephen Anderson and Josh Clarke. Speakers will cover topics across the healthcare and design spectrum from research methods, to mobile and social media strategy, to persuasive design and behavioral change. The conference will be held March 25-27th at the Westin Boston Waterfront."

I also listed a bunch more here if you missed them (because I'm sure everyone reads every word I write!)

Ok, let me get back to my grant writing, almost done... with section 1.  It is going to be a long day!

Best Regards,

Alex Fair

www.FairCareMD.com The Open Healthcare Network

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