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Peter N. Healthy Living Professional

San Francisco, California
As corporate vice president for the Health Solutions Group at Microsoft Corp., Peter Neupert is responsible for developing and driving the company's product and services strategy for health around the globe. Working with Chief Research and Strategy Officer Craig Mundie, Neupert identifies market... Full Bio
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A View from the Front Lines by Peter N. Healthy Living Professional Posted in: Blog Posts in Healthcare Industry & Policy As a “software guy,” I believe health is fundamentally a data problem…in fact, it may be the most important data management problem in the world.   I also firmly believe tha ... Read on »
Navigating through the noise to find the signal by Peter N. Healthy Living Professional Posted in: Blog Posts in Healthcare Industry & Policy I don't know about you -- but trying to keep track of and make sense of the company announcements, the many awareness events designed by politicians and the folks hoping to ... Read on »
History Doesn’t Have to Repeat Itself by Peter N. Healthy Living Professional Posted in: Blog Posts in Healthcare Industry & Policy (cross-posted on Microsoft on the Issues )     My family and I just got back from a vacation in Mexico, so the news that’s on everyone’s mind—the spread of H1N1 Influenza ... Read on »
Signposts by Peter N. Healthy Living Professional Posted in: Blog Posts in Healthcare Industry & Policy I don't normally blog about our products per se, but today marks an important milestone for Microsoft shipping solutions that are important signposts toward the future -- th ... Read on »
Tear Down the Walls and Liberate the Data by Peter N. Healthy Living Professional Posted in: Blog Posts in Healthcare Industry & Policy In 1987, President Ronald Reagan gave one of his most well remembered speeches.   Few of us could forget his words to Mikhail Gorbachev to “tear down this wall”—proving to b ... Read on »
International Travelogue Part Two... by Peter N. Healthy Living Professional Posted in: Blog Posts in Healthcare Industry & Policy Last week, I continued my round the world itinerary visiting customers, partners, and governmental agencies.   I took an overnight flight from London to Bangkok on a Saturda ... Read on »
International Travelogue by Peter N. Healthy Living Professional Posted in: Blog Posts in Healthcare Industry & Policy After my visit to Washington D.C. and the U.S. Senate, I thought it might be instructive to visit other parts of the world to gain additional perspective on the challenges the ... Read on »
Before you finalize your Health IT shopping list by Peter N. Healthy Living Professional Posted in: Blog Posts in Healthcare Industry & Policy The mad dash for health reform continues in earnest as stakeholders from all parts of the health ecosystem work to inform, engage and encourage the incoming Administration.  ... Read on »
Rush to Reform by Peter N. Healthy Living Professional Posted in: Blog Posts in Healthcare Industry & Policy I haven't posted for awhile -- mostly because I have been busy with customers, development projects, and the impact of the economic crisis -- but also because I’ve felt that ... Read on »
Election Day by Peter N. Healthy Living Professional Posted in: Blog Posts in Healthcare Industry & Policy Today is Election Day in the United States -- I hope eligible citizens perform their civic duty and vote!   The headlines and pundits are calling this an historic election a ... Read on »
Political Jousting by Peter N. Healthy Living Professional Posted in: Blog Posts in Healthcare Industry & Policy The election sure is increasing the spotlight on various health reform options -- unfortunately I am less confident that the spotlight is illuminating the fundamental driver ... Read on »
The language of rights applied to health in the U.S. by Peter N. Healthy Living Professional Posted in: Blog Posts in Healthcare Industry & Policy Last night there was a question in thePresidential Debateon whether healthcare should be a privilege, a right or a responsibility in the U.S.    McCain gave a nuanced answer ... Read on »
Health Reform by Peter N. Healthy Living Professional Posted in: Blog Posts in Healthcare Industry & Policy I have spent some time over the past several weeks to read and get educated about various health reform proposals.   As can be expected - there is a lot of dialog on this to ... Read on »
Healthy Debate by Peter N. Healthy Living Professional Posted in: Blog Posts in Healthcare Industry & Policy I love the fresh debate about standards and the evolution of Health IT raised by the three Health Affairs articles.    I agree wholeheartedly with the perspectives of Carol ... Read on »
A different type of health networking by Peter N. Healthy Living Professional Posted in: Blog Posts in Healthcare Industry & Policy I had the good fortune of participating in an Allen and Co. health 'event' last week.   They brought together a small number of entrepreneurs and big company folk such as my ... Read on »
Diverse real world problems by Peter N. Healthy Living Professional Posted in: Blog Posts in Healthcare Industry & Policy Last week, we hosted around 20 physicians from one of our Amalga early adopters for a two day, two-way conversation around what the most important challenges in health deliv ... Read on »
Can technology help the doctor/patient relationship? by Peter N. Healthy Living Professional Posted in: Blog Posts in Healthcare Industry & Policy Today Tara Parker-Pope had a thought provoking column about the strains in the doctor/patient relationship -- and there are some good additional anecdotes and discussion on ... Read on »
Doctor fees - where is the innovation? by Peter N. Healthy Living Professional Posted in: Blog Posts in Healthcare Industry & Policy Today the MSM had a good article from one of the premier journalists covering health, Milt Freudenheim about a CMS pilot project around the "medical home" -- which is simply ... Read on »
Russia Visit by Peter N. Healthy Living Professional Posted in: Blog Posts in Healthcare Industry & Policy I haven't blogged recently, because I took my family to Moscow and St. Petersburg to learn and experience more about this fascinating country with a rich and proud history – ... Read on »
Demand to spend government $'s on HIT hits MSM by Peter N. Healthy Living Professional Posted in: Blog Posts in Healthcare Industry & Policy The NYT editorial yesterday chastising physicians and the U.S. health system for not adopting electronic medical records adds a new MSM voice to the debate regarding technol ... Read on »