We decided that, if we hope to demonstrate the future of how patients manage their health, we better think beyond individial devices. We built a model patient home and have started to populate it with health sensors, ambient displays, and typical consumer electronic devices such as a mobile phone, television, and desktop computer. CollaboRhythm invisibly synchronizes all of the devices to provide a seamless experience. We should not have to think about the right device for the right task, instead it should be possilbe to use the device that is most convenient at the moment or that has the best affordances for the task at hand. Health management should not be a burdensome task driven by annoying systems that interrupt our every move. Instead, awareness cues should blend into our environment so that we can maintain our health without disengaging from our lives.

John Moore, Scott Gilroy, and Ian Eslick attended at the Health 2.0 2010 Conference in San Francisco. John and Scott presented in the Success Stories of Partnerships that Reform Health Care Delivery segment. They introduced the philosophy of the CollaboRhythm platform and acted out a vignette that illustrated some core features. Ian was part of the Patients 2.0 panel where he advocated for involving patients in the process of scientific discovery.

John Moore was featured on a Greater Boston program exploring potential applications of 4G internet. He discusses the benefits of health awareness, real-time disease simulation, and continuous health coaching. Andy Lippman and Inna Lobel of the Viral Communications Group are also featured in the program.

Clark Freifeld and his collaborators partnered with the New England Journal of Medicine to provide real-time updates of the H1N1 epidemic from April 1, 2009 to June 30, 2010. The historical archive is available at healthmap.org/swineflu.

An article in the Fall 2009 issue of Proto Magazine discusses the prospects of mining valuable information from online patient conversation. It discusses Ian Eslick's work on LAMsight and highlights ongoing work in the Collective Discovery project to augment patient interaction with data mined from forums and mailing lists.

The CIMIT Prize competition recognizes student research using novel technologies to address major diagnostic and therapeutic challenges in primary healthcare. It calls for technologic innovations with the greatest potential to support and catalyze improved delivery of healthcare at the frontlines of medicine.

The LAMsight project and collaboration with Amy Farber at the LAM Treatment Alliance were featured in an article in the New York Times. The article discusses various efforts to engage patients in observational studies to form hypotheses and influence biomedical research and contains contributions from Professor Moss and Ian Eslick.