After running your blood through an exhaustive number of tests, the new health company will project your future illnesses and give you a plan to stop them. It's pricey, but so is going to the emergency room.READ»
San Francisco's Rock Health is helping healthcare startups find their way in an industry that is notoriously difficult to enter; its first class of startups show an impressive range. READ»
Almost every other industry has figured out a way to give back while still making a profit. But health-care providers, insurance companies, and big pharma still are trying to squeeze every last dollar out of patients, with bad results.READ»
Governors are in a conundrum. How can their states toe the line on spending for vital health care services without killing the health care job creation engine? READ»
When Jane McGonigal suffered a traumatic brain injury in 2009, she created a game, "SuperBetter," to help herself heal. Today, she unveiled a new platform, SuperBetter, to help others cure what ails them, from obesity to a broken leg to addiction.READ»
The HealthTech NextGen 2011 Conference recently called to attention the next big issues that the healthcare industry will face, ranging from physician workflow to patient responsibility, to perhaps (yet another) overhaul of the entire system. Here are the coming trends to watch in the sector. READ»
Nintendo's Wii has been used for a while now by physical therapists, but a revolutionary new platform could transform the game system into an at-home recovery tool, with therapists overseeing progress over 3G. READ»
It’s hard enough to get kids to eat healthfully at dinner or during school lunch. But try telling the little darlings that they’re going to get cucumbers and whole wheat bread instead of ice cream and cake at their birthday ...READ»
As any cancer survivor will tell you, a positive diagnosis is not a death sentence. So why do so many hospitals already feel like a morgue? This was the question that Lucy and Tobie Snowdowne, the duo behind British studio Two Create, ...READ»
It seems like every time a doctor pops in for a brusque, cold 15-second visit it winds up costing $500. It's woe to you if that doctor ends up doing anything -- for that, you'll probably end up paying $1,500 for a few stitches. How on ...READ»
It's changed how we've consumed nearly every other service. Once health-care reform comes into effect, how will the web change how we deal with insurance companies?READ»
What will the future of in-patient health care look like? Perhaps something like the "Patient Room 2020," a project that NXT, Clemson University, and Birdtree Design are trying to bring to market in the next 10 years.
The virtual ...READ»
In my last post on Co.Design, I wrote about how mandatory implementation of electronic medical records (EMRs) technology is forcing highly skilled physicians out of practice. The trend is primarily affecting the older generation of ...READ»
Chronic disease is society’s biggest health-care challenge. Even if we do a good job preventing disease by helping people live healthier lives, it’s inevitable that for at least the foreseeable future, conditions like heart ...READ»
A new set of $100,000 grants from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation is funding a range of mobile phone applications in an effort to improve global health. READ»
Halle Tecco, who founded the new health-care startup incubator Rock Health, is bringing in visionaries like the founder of Guitar Hero to help creative, innovative, and--dare we say it--fun health-care startups get off the ground. READ»
While the politicians, insurance companies, and health care providers debate the social and economic problems of health care, ripe opportunities for improvement are going unnoticed. What’s lacking in this process is a strong shot of ...READ»
