Last night I moderated Health 2.0 STAT.  The seven speakers at the event represented biomedical research, medical museums, health insurers, universities, and developers. 

Each of the speakers presented ideas and programs which are changing the way we interact with health information and each other.  Disruption and innovation go hand-in-hand.  In Health 2.0, what separates creative destruction from anarchy is the set of common beliefs that bind us in our efforts; concepts so basic, they are easily overlooked.

I opened the discussion by asking each speaker what they would NOT change as we work to transform health care.  Their responses highlighted the core elements that define the space in which we are creating change.

Mission
Contextually relevant use of information
Actionable information
Documentation, Education
Sounds principles of training
Making mistakes
Communication

Organizing the responses, I realized I had heard this message before.  Jeffrey Levy, EPA Web Manager, opened Government 2.0 Camp earlier this year with his social media mantra.

Mission, Tools, Metrics, Teach.  In that order.

When asked what they hold sacred as they dismantle and rebuild, this group of speakers, with varied academic and career backgrounds, recreated the elements of Levy's mantra.

After the Q&A session, I closed the discussion by drawing on Clay Shirky's concept of cognitive surplus and Wikipedia (the amount of time Americans spend watching commercials each weekend is enough time to recreate Wikipedia, as of 2008). 

I asked each speaker what they would have every person in the United States do, if they were able to give us all a one hour task over one weekend.

Dr. Carol Torgan - Unplug, go outside.
Tim Clarke, Jr. - Visit a medical museum, make a connection to something, get outside
Lindsey Hoggle - Health 2%: Use 2% of one's day - 28.8 minutes (you could do this 2x) for wellness and prevention
Mark Scrimshire - walk to grocery store, take blood pressure, put in PHR, tweet amount of exercise
Dr. Michael Paley - Write down what works for medication, exercise, etc.
Chris Lindsley - come to UMMC website, find health information, educate oneself
Ram Singh - Learn statistics, get outside

Their answers provide a roadmap to improved health outcomes that has less to do with technology and much more to do with taking responsibility for one's own health.