The wave of entrepreneurial innovation have come to health care. The main problem now is the traditional perception of health care, organizational models and incredibly complex web of regulations which shows a much slower speed of change. " StartX is an accelerator that provides mentorship, workshops and free business resources, like office space in AOL’s Palo Alto offices, to Stanford student founders. Of the nine startups that demoed, five companies aim to tackle problems in health care" Take a look at the video after the Read More


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At Children’s Hospital in Boston, doctors are now in the midst of a pilot project in which patients take robots home with them after their stay, for help with post-operative consultations and care. Via Springwise


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"Much of the iPad’s use in medical settings so far has been in the form of pilots and trials, but it’s getting ready to take off in a much bigger way. The Veteran’s Administration in the U.S. is looking at rolling out as many as 100,000 tablets across 152 hospitals, says Wired, based on the success of the 1,500 trial iPads it currently has in use. Over 80 percent of U.S. hospitals have similar trials in place, according to recent comments made by Apple CEO Tim Cook, which means that many more could soon take the plunge, resulting in a huge uptick of orders from medical organizations for the generally...


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If you work in the pharmaceutical industry and are tired of only creating advertising that comes with a full page of disclaimer copy to accompany the pretty old people photo, IQ Points has the solution. Many pharma brands have been hesitant to embrace social media because of the legal requirements or their fear of the unknown. And The FDA has not yet figured out guidelines for social media, which is also affecting brands’ desire to go there. "In partnership with Jonathan Richman, iQ has utilized the Dose of Digital Social Media Wiki to create a mosaic of the social media profiles of each pharma...


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This is an interactive timeline of Roche innovations in transplantation, designed around a text document of dates. It was live in 2005. Via Visualizing.org


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Panasonic robot HOSPI Rimo allows families who live far away from the hospital to virtually visit hospital patients. The HOSPI-Rimo basically functions as an intermediary that intends to ensure comfortable communication between people who have limited mobility with others. But also, it will help a doctor who is in a separate room in the hospital, communication can take place as though it was face-to-face. The HOSPI-Rimo also does more than a video call style application, as it can deliver medication automatically, so chances are we’ll be seeing this in hospitals far more than in homes...


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IBM is currently working on new solutions based on their supercomputer Watson to help doctors with faster and more accurate diagnoses. According to IBM: "While healthcare organizations are amassing vast amounts of data, multiple versions of the truth producing errors in hospital, patient care and payment processes. Physicians have been on information overload for decades, contributing to the estimated 15% of diagnoses that are inaccurate or incomplete (Harvard Business Review, April, 2010). We don't understand why medicine works for one patient but not another. And growing shortages of nurses...


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Shake Hands With Superior Science Leaders Join Philadelphia Business Journal and program partner Pennsylvania Bio to celebrate the region's Life Science leaders. When: Thursday, October 6, 7:30am-9:30am Where: Ballroom at the Ben, 8th & Chestnut Streets Read the FULL program and register by clicking on this link.


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In July, Iron Mountain Inc, conducted a survey about how 200 healthcare facilities are scanning paper patient records and what are their plans for the future. Check out some of their findings in this pretty interesting infographic .


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This futuristic concept developed by Pedro Nakazato Andrade, is an orthopedic cast embedded with electromyographic sensors that will capture the muscle activity around any fracture area and dispatch the data to a health-management website. You can track your recovery online. The site will suggest some exercises, based on patients’ input, to keep the muscles from melting away. Via Vimeo and PedroAndrade.


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