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Carlos is the former Chief Imagineer (Idea … Carlos is the former Chief Imagineer (Ideas Officer) at the Cell and now co-founder of My healthcare Innovation. Carlos has 23 years of experience in healthcare, half of which have been dedicated entirely to healthcare innovation. Carlos is a medical doctor, trained in Colombia and a researcher focused on the impact of the Internet in healthcare. He is a former fellow on eHealth, consumer health informatics and healthcare innovation from the University Health Network's Centre for Global eHealth Innovation where he co-evolved one of the first Internet clinics for cancer patients. Carlos is an inventor, has published in medical and health policy peer-reviewed journals, and blogs and micro-blogs about healthcare innovation on Twitter and Facebook. He belongs to the first generation of 'e-patients' and is a member of the Journal of Participatory Medicine's editorial board. Carlos is also the organizer of the Healthcamp Toronto unconference (citizen participation in healthcare reform) and Quantified Self Toronto Meetup (self tracking for behavioural modification).He is a patient by accident, a physician by training and a life-long learner currently enrolled as a PhD candidate at the [http://www.hpme.utoronto.ca/site3.aspx Department of Health Policy Management and Evaluation], University of Toronto, examining success' and 'failure of Health Information Systems.Carlos is a former fellow on [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/EHealth eHealth] and [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Innovation Innovation] at the University Health Network's [http://www.ehealthinnovation.org Centre for Global eHealth Innovation], and on Consumer Health Informatics at the [http://www.uhn.ca/Patients_&_Visitors/health_info/topics/pen/pmh_pen/about.asp Patient Education Network], Princess Margaret Hospital. Carlos has written on medical [http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez?db=pubmed&cmd=DetailsSearch&term=%22Rizo+CA%22%5BAuthor%5D+OR+%22Rizo+C%22%5BAuthor%5D&log$=activity peer-reviewed journals], blogs on [http://carlosrizo.tumblr.com disruptive innovations] and [http://im-patient.blogspot.com patient advocacy] and micro-blogs about healthcare innovation, randomness, and life on [http://twitter.com/carlosrizo Twitter] and [http://www.facebook.com/people/Carlos-Rizo/517687983 Facebook]. om/people/Carlos-Rizo/517687983 Facebook].
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