The Health Wisdom Blog™ (by OrganizedWisdom)

Health Wisdom Podcast Episode #4: A New Way to Handle Medical Bills...

If you want more proof that there is a wave of innovation, progress and passion hard at work to transform healthcare today, then you won't want to miss this podcast with Christopher Parks and check out the online service he founded recently called MedBillManager.com.

Click this link to listen to the podcast: Download MedBillManagerPodcast011607.mp3

MedBillManager is a new web application that makes dealing with medical bills easier and allows you to compare what you're paying vs. others in your area. It's a young entrepreneurial start-up, but the company is already making waves by taking on established products from Intuit and launching before a new service from Revolution Health Group.

The MedBillManager vision is strong in that as the community continues to grow, the collective participation of all the users will provide valuable aggregate data to help people better understand what others in their area are paying for the same exact treatments.  There is little doubt that this type of transparency should help to start to level the palying field in interesting ways.

For another interview with Christopher Parks, check out this interview at Six Until Me, a diabetes blog.

Craig Newmark, Founder of CraigsList Shares Site's Secrets To Success

It's easy to see why Craig Newmark and the community posting site he founded in 1995, CraigsList.com, have become so successful (7 billion page views this month! ): a simple vision, consistent follow-thru and the golden rule.

One of the great advantages of being located in a place like New York City, is you frequently get to meet people like Craig and learn from their wisdom and experience.  I was lucky enough to attend Craig Newmark's discussion today at NYU as part of the iBreakfast Series.

Here are some of the nuggets of advice and knowledge he shared today that will be useful to anyone building a community-focused company, product or service:

Are You Going To The Healthcare Blogging Summit?

OrganizedWisdom will be attending the Healthcare Blogging Summit and the Consumer Health World Conference next week in Washington D.C.  If you are going to be at the conference, and you think there is a way we can work together to help people get better health information, please contact me at unity <at> organizedwisdom.com and let's make plans to meet...