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Brinnon Garrett Mandel: Finding a Path Forward in Global Health Innovation

Brinnon Garrett Mandel Jhpiego
December 11, 2014
“When patterns are broken, new worlds emerge.” — Tuli Kupferberg, American poet
 

Innovation shouldn’t be easy. It requires understanding and breaking through existing patterns — in technology, behavior, policies or market forces. Innovating life-saving solutions for the world’s greatest health challenges, whether they are products or services, is also not easy because the patterns are complex — and sometimes unknown.
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Grayson Brulte: Revisiting the Doctor Visit

Grayson Brulte Brulte Company
November 05, 2014
Today we are more in tune with our health than any other time in history. This new focus on health and change in consumer behavior is largely being driven by startups in Silicon Valley and innovative tech companies around the world. The innovators are disrupting and consumerizing healthcare to the benefit of all of us.
 

As tech companies consumerize healthcare and create more frictionless experiences, it would behoove doctors to take notice and implement certain technologies and services into their practice to improve the patient’s overall experience.
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Mark Masselli and Daren Anderson: Project ECHO Empowers Providers at the Frontlines of Care

Daren Anderson Community Health Center Inc
Mark Masselli Community Health Center Inc
October 21, 2014
One of the biggest challenges of primary healthcare is ensuring frontline providers receive necessary guidance for managing complex and chronic health problems, especially as advances in treatment change rapidly.
 

This need is particularly acute when treating poor and underserved populations. But a new tool that leverages technology to link specialists with primary care providers is making big inroads, with the hope of reaching 1 billion people by 2025.
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Mike Johns: Healthcare's New Home: Everywhere

Mike Johns University Of Michigan
September 25, 2014
”I’ve never had but one wrinkle, and I’m sitting on it,” said Jeanne Calment, who died of natural causes at age 122 as the oldest person on record in 1997.
 

While you can argue the actual number of wrinkles on her body, it’s more interesting to consider how Calment lived so far beyond average life expectancy when the vast majority of human lives are cut short by disease.
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