Ayasdi Named Accenture HealthTech Innovation Challenge Champion
The WLNS website reported that Ayasdi has been named the Accenture HealthTech Innovation Challenge Champion, competing with more than 1,100 companies for the title. The competition pairs leading-edge startups with prominent health and life sciences organizations to develop innovative technology solutions that improve the way people access and manage
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Open Minds for Open Innovation
The PMLive website noted that many large, successful organizations such as Apple and NASA are already embracing open innovation to stay at the top of their game. In healthcare, programs like 23andMe and PatientsLikeMe have demonstrated that this is a tangible tactic, despite the traditional need for
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Bayer Launches Open Innovation Challenge
The Nation website reported that Bayer Pharmaceuticals is addressing the problem of drug adherence in the elderly by launching the “Grants4sApps” challenge in Singapore. The Grants4Apps Bayer-NUS Open Innovation Challenge calls for innovative health tech solutions across countries in Asia-Pacific
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Oman Hub for Innovation in Healthcare
The Times of Oman reported that Oman has recently signed a partnership with the United States, a groundbreaking synergy that would position Oman as a global innovation hub in the healthcare sector. Most research projects in Oman struggle to find their way out of the labs and there is an urgent need to
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Challenge.gov Crosses New Milestone in Open Innovation
The digitalgov.gov website noted that Challenge.gov, the official website for crowdsourcing and prize competitions across government, celebrated its five-year anniversary in October 2015. Now, not even one year later, the site has reached another milestone. On Monday, two agencies launched new challenges,
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Opening Up Sao Paulo’s Health System
The Nesta website reported that challenge prizes are just one example of initiatives to spur ‘open innovation’. Initially made famous by Henry Chesbrough, the concept of open innovation implies looking beyond traditional boundaries to find and implement new ideas from a much bigger community. While
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Grand Challenge:a Better Protective Suit for HealthCare Workers
The Millionaire Corner website reported that Grand Challenges, a collaborative effort by the governments of the U.S. and Canada and funded by both governments as well as by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundations, offers grants through specific initiatives to solve problems that exist in the health care
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Using Open Innovation to Deliver Healthcare Disruption
An article o:n the MedCityNews website asked the question: how do we begin to break through the barriers that exist in healthcare to create an environment where truly disruptive innovation is possible? One option is to fling open the doors of the R&D department, figuratively speaking, and invite
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Open Innovation:No Longer a Rallying Cry in Healthcare, but a Movement
The medcitynews website reports that the healthcare industry as a whole has adopted open innovation — and it’s doing it with vigor. There’s an undeniable trend in the creation of long-term strategies based on open data and ideas from sources outside of individual companies and institutions.
Can Open Innovation Provide Better Care for Patients?
The IdeaCommection blog notes that one of the boons of open innovation is that it can be used not only to boost business bottom lines but also for the common good, such as initiatives to eradicate disease and improve health and well being of patients. For example, GE’s Healthymagination Innovation