The Next Chapter –Microsoft and digital technologies in health and healthcare delivery

\ When I joined Microsoft in September of 2002 I never dreamed I’d be writing this blog post in January of 2016. Of course in 2002 HealthBlog didn’t exist. HealthBlog wasn’t born until October of 2005. Since then, I’ve posted more than 800 articles about digital tech in health and healthcare.  I came to Microsoft after what had already been a pretty stimulating career. It all began at the tender age of 18 when I developed a television show for teens and young adults that was broadcast every summer throughout my college years. By the time I graduated college with thoughts of becoming a doctor I was managing six rock bands, producing outdoor concerts, and anchoring a weekend news program. I continued to work in the broadcasting industry for several years until I figured out it wasn’t much of a career plan for someone who valued control and security in life. My attention turned back to medicine and following medical school and residency, I landed a clinical role at a prestigious Seattle multi-specialty clinic. As a practicing physician my former broadcasting career soon came knocking again on my door. It started with appearances on our local ABC news station and quickly escalated into a half-time contract that had me appearing 5 evenings a week for more than a decade. Early in that decade I was also offered a gig with Lifetime Medical Television as the clinical anchor for medical programming that was broadcast around the world. I anc...
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