"Real-world" data, collected by patients in real-time, could give researchers a new window into how people experience health in everyday life. As we embark on this exploration, learn about the evolution of Pioneer's approach to personal health data.
The What's Next Health series features leading thinkers and visionaries. danah boyd—social scientist and high priestess of Internet friendship—challenges our assumptions about what it means to live in a networked society and discusses what this means for health.
Khan Academy, the Association of American Medical Colleges, and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation launched a national competition looking for passionate and talented educators. The 10 lucky winners will attend a Khan-led boot camp to learn video-making for the next generation of physicians.
We face huge problems in health and health care. To solve these challenges, we need to look to the future and be open to new, unconventional ideas.
Team Director Brian Quinn and Pioneer team members discuss the types of projects Pioneer is seeking and the ideas that have the potential to transform health and health care.
RWJF has awarded PatientsLikeMe a $1.9 million grant to create the world's first open-participation research platform for the development of patient-centered health outcome measures. The new platform will be linked with the PatientsLikeMe network to help researchers develop health outcome measures that better reflect patients’ experiences with a disease.
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In a world with abundant, actionable health data—both from electronic medical records and our everyday observations—we may be empowered to make better decisions and our relationships with doctors may significantly change.
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The evidence is in: When patients have access to their doctors’ visit notes, they feel more in control of their health care, better understand their medical issues, and report they are more likely to take medications as prescribed. With little impact on their workload, doctors report that note-sharing strengthened their relationships with patients.
Learn moreWe seek out and support innovation to accelerate progress and create transformative change. We support projects that use original, unconventional approaches and lead to breakthrough ideas that can shape the future of health and health care.
Pioneer is always looking for innovative, new ideas. Learn more about our strategy and submit a proposal.
