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It’s about a (R)evolution coming up : from a eGo into an eCo system. 17 Aug 2011 | 08:47 am
Fixing the looming healthcare crisis with technology 27 Apr 2011 | 06:30 am
Healthcare is under pressure from several directions. Corilus is connecting the stakeholders in the system to radically streamline processes. Increasingly, elderly care is becoming a multidisciplinar...
How innovation could transform health care 27 Apr 2011 | 05:34 am
Innovation is a wonderful phenomenon. It leads to all sorts of astonishing products and services like the internet and the tablet PC. As big an impact these innovations have on our lives, it is in h...
A patient-driven approach to generating healthcare data 27 Apr 2011 | 05:34 am
A social network for chronically ill people is generating a wealth of healthcare data While much of the debate about improving the United States' healthcare system — one of the world's larges...
How CureTogether enables patients to drive medical innovation 27 Apr 2011 | 02:31 am
CureTogether is giving new meaning to patient empowerment. Co-founder Alexandra Carmichael explains The 25,000 members of Health 2.0 company, CureTogether, have contributed nearly three million data ...
Editor's note on the HEALTH edition 2011 27 Apr 2011 | 02:29 am
Life is too short, be honest In this edition of The Fifth Conference we explore the future of health and healthcare. The health sector, in its broadest sense, is clearly ripe for innovation. There a...
A Patient Empowerment Activist 27 Apr 2011 | 02:28 am
Dave deBronkart is trying to transform the way healthcare is done In 2007 Dave deBronkart was diagnosed with late stage kidney cancer. After a miraculous recovery, he decided to turn his expertise to...
TED, the iPad and the quest for participatory healthcare 27 Apr 2011 | 02:27 am
Lucien Engelen and his team at the Radboud Reshape & Innovation Center are using proven methods and technologies to help change the way healthcare is done How do you encourage a large university hosp...