Over the years I've listened to many new-to-health-care entrepreneurs pitch their great new idea. They're so excited: health care is so inefficient! People are so frustrated by the system! It will be so easy to improve it! I usually end up thinking, "Oh, you poor people. You really don't know much about health care, do you?" They don't fully grasp the strange way it is bought and sold, the convoluted financing, or the layers of regulation. So I wish them well and wait to hear about their eventual failure. But now I'm thinking, maybe it is experts like me who are part of health care's problem. In Harvard Business Review, Ayse Birsel suggests that companies need to do more "reverse thinking," deliberately thinking up wrong ideas...
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In Defence Of Open Access Systems
LESLIE CHAN, champion of the Open Access Initiative, tells G. MAHADEVAN that the traditional journals will lose the battle to Open Access publications. Read More »
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Indian Health Service Solving e-Health Challenges With Help From VA
The Indian Health Service's electronic health records system is getting an upgrade. And it's following the same joint EHR plan as the Department of Veterans Affairs and the Defense Department. Read More »
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Indiana CTSI HUB Offers Open-Source Software to Accelerate Clinical and Translational Research
At a time when medical research increasingly requires collaboration by large numbers of busy people, the Indiana Clinical and Translational Science Institute HUB offers a model for using advanced information technology to link scientists, health providers, community partners and others for the purpose of accelerating clinical and translational research.
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Infographic: Healthcare Quality Revolution On Hawaii
This infographic from the Hawaii Island Beacon Community illustrates how the organization aims to transform healthcare on the island. Read More »
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Inner-Sourcing: Adopting Open Source Development Processes In Corporate IT
Today, we are hearing from customers more and more frequently that they want to gain the benefits of open source community-style collaborative development inside their corporate development organizations – what Tim O’Reilly has called “inner-sourcing.” Read More »
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Innovate Now through Digital Engagement - Part 1
This is the first of series of blogs on the “Innovate Now” imperative and the power of “Digital Engagement” and “Open” as the collaborative strategies, tactics, and technologies that are making positive changes in health and healthcare around the globe in the 21st century. This article sets the framework for the series by highlighting the key tools and technologies necessary to innovate smarter and better in health and health care today and tomorrow. Read More »
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Innovation Needs Dumb Ideas
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Intel CEO Announces Collaboration With Arduino To Inspire Creativity, Learning And Invention With Makers And Students
Introduces First Intel-Based Arduino-Compatible Development Board; Announces Donation to 1,000 Universities Worldwide Read More »
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Intel Introduces New Irish-Designed Galileo Development Board
Intel Corporation CEO Brian Krzanich today announced a collaboration agreement with Arduino LLC, the leading open source hardware platform in the maker and education community. Read More »
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Intelesense Technologies CEO Named Entrepreneur Of The Year By Future In Review Conference
Mark Anderson, CEO of the Strategic News Service and the Future in Review conference, awarded Dr. Kevin Montgomery for his efforts in developing his next generation social collaboration platform Collaborate.org. Read More »
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Interoperability Issues Keep Clinicians From Sharing Health Info Electronically
Clinicians want to share health care information electronically, but are stymied by electronic health records that can't communicate with one another, a lack of information-exchange infrastructure, and the expense of setting up electronic interfaces and information exchanges, a new survey finds. Read More »
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Interview To Alastair Parvin And Wikihouse Project
For the latest episode of our Meet The Founders interviews we are releasing today the intervivew we made recently with WIkihouse funder Alastair Parvin. The interview come up superbe and it touches a lot of topics, ranging from furniture manufacturing to VC strategies, from crowdfunding to openness. Read More »
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Introducing The Mozilla Science Lab
We’re excited to announce the launch of the Mozilla Science Lab, a new initiative that will help researchers around the world use the open web to shape science’s future. Read More »
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Investing in people keeps the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs on mission.
As deputy secretary of VA since 2009, W. Scott Gould has shown himself to be a true champion of human capital. He has fought for and won training budgets that support more than 60 learning and development initiatives to help VA employees deliver on their mission of service—and show measurable results. We talked with Gould at VA headquarters in Washington, D.C. Read More »
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Is Blockchain Just Another Buzzword or Can It Transform Healthcare?
If you follow technology in healthcare, you have likely heard of blockchain. But even if you are aware of the platform, it may not have truly hit your radar as possibly having near term impact. In fact Gartner puts blockchain at the peak of inflated expectations – speculating it will be another 5 to 10 years before it reaches mainstream adoption. However, there are a number of stakeholders that are working to defy Gartner’s predictions by putting blockchain into commercial use within the year...
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