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MDR-TB: Is Innovation Within Reach?

As a participant in the recent Pacific Health Summit, I was struck by the bold talk of innovative approaches to addressing the global threat of multi-drug resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB). And yet few of the projects that were ...READ»

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Diagrammed: The Real Issue Behind Health Care

We just want what Congress gets.READ»

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MDR-TB: The Galapagos Effect in Health Care

I hope I got your attention with my last post about the Pacific Health Summit and the acute global threat of Multi-Drug Resistant Tuberculosis (MDR-TB). All of the issues around innovation in public health that I are covered in this ...READ»

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MDR-TB: A Healthcare Crisis of Our Own Design

What happens when innovation meets with the messy reality of domains like public health?READ»

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Innovations in Health Care as Simple as Picking Up the Phone

The University of Pittsburgh Medical Center has created a program that allows patients or their families to call in a rapid-response team when they need emergency attention. It's saving lives--and probably money.READ»

What President Obama Will Learn At Cleveland Clinic About Health Care

What President Obama Will Learn at Cleveland Clinic About Health Care

President Obama may have taken some heat for his interest in judicial empathy, but a smart take on empathy might just be the Rx for health care. The Cleveland Clinic, where Obama is spending time today, hopes to lead the way.READ»

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The Web Becomes the New Health-Care Battleground

Competing Websites from Barack Obama's Organizing for America and the Republican Party duke it out over the future of American health care.READ»

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How BodyMedia Is Making Fitness Data Personal

John "Ivo" Stivoric Cofounder, CTO, and VP of New Products BodyMedia Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania Making It Personal Ivo Stivoric, 38, has developed wearable fitness sensors for clinical patients for more than ...READ»

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