This group is dedicated to advancing innovations that focus on improving patient care with the active involvement of Patients, Physicians, Nurses, Administrators, Engineers, and even Lawyers.  If your interest is in improving the practice and performance of medicine, than this is the meetup for you.  Borne of the Health 2.0 international movement, Eugene Borukovich started the NYC chapter in 2008. Our chapter has since grown to become the largest healthcare innovation focused meetup in the world …

Dear Nurse, Do you ever feel like hitting the escape button when stress hits? Do you wish you had more time to relax or do the things you love? Yet you find yourself taking care of others first simply being Everything To Everyone First? Do you ever feel frustrated that at the end of the day there's little time or energy left for you? Do you crave some Me Time? I have created a solution that I know will help even the busiest nurse. Whether you are experiencing minor stress in your life, feeling …

With the end of the Mayan Long Count calender a little more than 18 months away on December 21, 2012, the fate of the planet seems to be hanging in the balance. Between natural disasters such as earthquakes and tsunamis, economic systems breaking down, like Greece's, the ever worsening Arab-Israeli conflict, global warming, not to mention domestic problems such as a ballooning national debt as well as a healthcare system in disarray, there are no shortages of crises. The Mayan prophecies foretol …