Camille Schenkel

One of the frustrations cropping up on health social media sites is centered around the mechanism that caused their popularity at the outset, the message board. Perhaps health social networking sites can learn from online dating sites, Match and eHarmony, about linking mechanisms. They can also take a lesson from these websites regarding charging users. more>> ... (more)

LEED for Healthcare: Worth it?

U.S. buildings consume about 40% of energy, of which about 18% are commercial structures. Since healthcare facilities have such intensive energy needs, especially hospitals which are 24-hour facilities, is getting a LEED certification worth the added expense and effort? The Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) Green Building Rating System is a voluntary, consensus-based na... (more)

Examining the Link between Cost and Quality

The conundrum is now well-known -- how can the U.S. spend over $6,714 per capita a year on healthcare, the highest among OECD countries, and still lag on so many health indicators like infant mortality? While Americans enjoy access to the latest treatments and medical technologies, more and more Americans are unable to pay for such treatments due to the cost. As lawmakers and lobbyists a... (more)

Open Letter to YouTube (and Google)

Health 2.0 Magazine Last week was a bad one for Google. There was a lot of chatter on the web regarding a Credit Suisse report estimating that Google may lose $470 million on YouTube in 2009. The AP and the Wall Street Journal also have Google (among other news aggregators) in their sights for copyright infringement as the print newspaper business has fallen off a cliff. As Google tries t... (more)

Open Letter to YouTube (and Google): You Can Do Better with Health

YouTube's Health channel has several flaws from a user experience perspective. These flaws are contributing to the bleeding of cash at YouTube and fixing it can be one of the ways to turn around its profit picture. ... (more)