Jason Broadwater

In our personal relationships, good and fruitful communication is about listening and being open and a spirit of cooperation and a belief in synergy. Yet, traditionally with institutions, communication is about dissemination of information from the top – with support and grumblings underneath. The Internet has challenged that idea, and we have begun to change [...]

Yesterday, I was in our American Leadership Forum. We used our results from the Strengths Finder test to do an exercise with Core Clarity out of  Dallas Texas. Pretty amazing stuff. We looked at our five core strengths and explored what they mean to each of us, to our lives, and to us as a [...]

I’m meeting today with a man who has consulted for the health care industry for many moons. We’re meeting in Old Town Rock Hill. This Electronic Health Records initiative is really taking off. I’m just happy that Open Source technology is the order of the day, and that Old Town Rock Hill is becoming a [...]

We have the wheels in motion for a conference to be held in Old Town Rock Hill at City Club on October 23rd. Keep up with progress here = www.OldTownNewWorld.net. The theme for the event will be the Internet and Our Community. The three main topics (as they are shaping up) will be: 1. Your Own Electronic [...]

The healthcare question is one of the greatest of our generation, and is currently top of the news. We embark upon a monumental challenge to address it and reform it. The electronic health record has been accepted as a huge part of that effort. Along with the existing mandate and funding, 36 federal agencies have [...]

Electronic health records, how they will affect us, how they will affect healthcare, how they will be achieved, how the federal stimulus plays into this, what adoption will look like, and more – EHR is one of the three major topics of the 2009 Old Town New World conference themed The Internet and Our Community. [...]