Most Popular in the Last...

Home

Innovation

See the following -

Viratech Corp. Publishes e-Book On Open Source Biotech Research

Press Release | Viratech Corporation | February 27, 2013

[Viratech Corp.] announced today that it has published its e-Book on open source biotech research. The book [...] describes how the first open source biotech research social network platform works to make it possible for individuals or smaller companies to compete with larger companies in the race to patent new medicines or technology. Read More »

Visa Introduces International B2B Payment Solution Built on Chain’s Blockchain Technology

Press Release | Chain, Visa | October 21, 2016

Visa Inc. today announced a preview of Visa B2B Connect, a new platform that Visa is developing to give financial institutions a simple, fast and secure way to process business-to-business payments globally. Visa is working with Chain to build Visa B2B Connect using Chain Core, an enterprise blockchain infrastructure that facilitates financial transactions on scalable, private blockchain networks. Building on this technology, Visa is developing a new near real-time transaction system designed for the exchange of high-value international payments between participating banks on behalf of their corporate clients...

Read More »

Want to Build a Business? You Need an IT Ecosystem

Mark Thiele | GigaOM | February 4, 2012

Just thirty years ago, innovation in almost any category was measured in years, but today it’s measured in weeks or months. If you were to focus on information technology specifically you could even argue that change can occur in days — and that cycle will continue to accelerate.

Read More »

Wanted: mHealth Startups Seeking VC And Vice Versa

Mary Mosquera | Government Health IT | December 2, 2013

What with so many new regulations and payment reforms driving investment in healthcare innovations, it’s not always easy for entrepreneurs and venture capitalists to find each other. Yet, huge market opportunities are opening up in health IT — and perhaps nowhere more so than in mobile technologies. Read More »

Washington Makes An Appeal To New York Tech Entrepreneurs

April Joyner | Inc. | October 10, 2012

Todd Park, the chief technology officer of the U.S., sought to prove at the New York Tech Meetup that, yes, the White House is becoming more tech savvy. Read More »

WATCH: What Doctors Don't Know About The Drugs They Prescribe

Ben Goldacre | Huffington Post | April 5, 2013

TEDTalks can sometimes portray science in triumphalist tones, with fabulous innovations that are changing the world forever. But the real action in science is often around dirty, messy, angry problems, and my TEDTalk is about the dirtiest I've seen yet. Read More »

WCMC-Q Faculty Members Launch Global Health Journal

Staff | Gulf Times | January 1, 2012

In a first for the Middle East, Weill Cornell Medical College in Qatar faculty have joined hands with a global team to launch a journal linking medical practitioners in the region to best practices from across the world. “There exists no other journal in this region sharing research and perspectives on public health issues with medical practitioners around the world,” said Dr Ravinder Mamt Read More »

We Need Your Help! Join Our Fight To Keep 3D Printing Open

Julie Samuels | Electronic Frontier Foundation | December 14, 2012

A few weeks ago, we asked for your help to identify patent applications that threaten to stifle innovation in the 3D printing community. Now more than ever, it's critical to make sure the free and open source community and others who work in the space have freedom to operate and to continue to innovate. Read More »

Webinos Project Launches New Dev Portal And App Challenge

Angelika Leitner | Telekom Austria Group | September 19, 2012

The EU-sponsored project Webinos (Secure Web Operating System Application Delivery Environment) recently broadened its spectrum by launching their developer portal, developer.webinos.org. To kickstart it, they also introduced a mobile app competition. Read More »

Welcome To Medicine Without Boundaries

Simon Schurr | Collaborative Medical Technology Corporation (CMTC) | July 1, 2013

Here at Collaborative Medical Technology Corporation (CMTC), we’ve been dedicated to one thing for the past decade: Developing the disruptive and innovative information technology solutions necessary to facilitate a sustainable global healthcare system. Read More »

Welcoming To USAID: White House Presidential Innovation Fellows

Maura O’Neill | USAID | August 24, 2012

This Thursday, the White House launched The Presidential Innovation Fellows Program (PIF), which pairs top innovators from the private sector, non-profits and academia with top innovators in government to collaborate on solutions that aim to deliver significant results in six months. Read More »

Wellcome Trust Supports Open Access Award Programme

Press Release | Accelerating Science Award Program (ASAP) | May 2, 2013

The Wellcome Trust has joined with the Public Library of Science and Google to launch the Accelerating Science Award Program (ASAP) to recognise the use of scientific research, published through open access, that has led to innovations in any field that benefit society. Read More »

West Virginia Medical Practice Partners With ZH Healthcare To Meet HHS Deadlines For Electronic Medical Records

Press Release | ZH Healthcare | June 4, 2013

The Khoury Surgical Group achieves deadlines mandated by HHS and prepares for meeting Stage 2 Meaningful use with ZH Healthcare. Read More »

What Does it Mean to Have an Open Mindset?

By Huiren Woo | July 28, 2017

Successful companies are those that grow and expand. But bigger companies often need more managers. Excessive layers of management can instill cumbersome bureaucracy in a company, and bureaucracy can become a significant problem for companies when it can causes wasteful resource allocation, decreases productivity, and decelerates innovation. We can observe that open thinking can challenge or overcome potential problems of bureaucracy. Even if your company isn't a software company, it's still possible to adopt the mindset prevalent in free and open source software communities and instill openness within your company's culture...

Read More »

What Does the Trump Presidency Imply for Healthcare and Healthcare IT?

By John D. Halamka, MD | November 16, 2016

Many organizations have asked me to comment on the impact of the Trump Presidency on Healthcare and Healthcare IT. I served the Bush administration for 4 years and the Obama administration for 6 years. I know that change in Washington happens incrementally. There is always an evolution, not a revolution, regardless of speechmaking hyperbole. What am I doing in Massachusetts? I’m staying the course, continuing my focus on social networking for healthcare, mobile, care management analytics, cloud, and security while leaving the strategic plan/budget as is...

Read More »