X PRIZE

More Incentive to Innovate: the Healthcare X PRIZE

By AmyT on May 26, 2009

I’ve been asked by my friend (smart Health 2.0 guy) Scott Shreeve to participate in a blog rally today for a very big innovation campaign called the Healthcare X PRIZE.  Its lofty goal is to improve and reform the American healthcare system.  I’m all for that.  So please take a moment to read today’s guest post:
 

“Giving Health Reform a Rocket Boost” by Scott Shreeve, MD
We are entering an unprecedented season of change…

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Cellphone-Based Diabetes Tech: Get Ready for a Lot of This

By AmyT on April 14, 2009

A few days ago I got an email alert from a company called MedApps that claims it’s unveiling the world’s first affordable and reliable mobile health monitoring system at the upcoming American Telemedicine Association conference in Las Vegas, April 26-28.  And what functionality are they previewing?  A system for remote upload of glucose data, of course.
I just bet, knowing how prevalent (and profitable) diabetes is, that the ATA event will be positively riddled with…

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