The American Society of Clinical Oncology announced their new project CancerLinQ, aimed at bringing big data and comparative patient information into caring for cancer patients. CancerLinQ is a Rapid Learning cancer system prototype.
Spencer Michels reports on the Kaiser biobank, which houses genetic information from 200,000 volunteers as part of a groundbreaking study. This resource will help speed progress toward personalized medical care and contribute to a better understanding of how genetic factors, lifestyles, behavior, and environment can interact to affect a person’s health.
PatientsLikeMe has been awarded a $1.9 million grant from RWJF to create the world's first open-participation research platform for the development of patient-centered health outcome measures.
The cost of medical care should be as clear as the cost of groceries, says OkCopay founder and PopTech Social Innovation Fellow Touré McCluskey.
When Health Foo 2013 was canceled due to the Boston Marathon bombings, some attendees banded together to meet anyway, and learned that constraint breeds creativity.
"Burning Man for health aficionados," TEDMED brings together public health advocates, clinicians, biomedical researchers, break-the-mold thinkers, patients and artists. Here are highlights from this year's conference.
Three Pioneer grantees presented at the conference on April 16-19 in Washington, D.C.
Deborah Estrin, co-founder of Open mHealth, discussed, "What happens when each patient becomes his/her own ‘universe’ of unique medical data?"
John Maeda, president of the Rhode Island School of Design, presented, “How can design principles lead to more discovery and better treatment?”
Sally Okun, vice president for Advocacy, Policy and Patient Safety at PatientsLikeMe, presented, "Does anyone in healthcare want to be understood?"
Learn more about RWJF's role in TEDMED.
The ninth annual Games for Health Conference returns to Boston on June 26-28. More than 400 developers, researchers, investors, and leaders in health and health gaming from around the world will convene to learn, forge new perspectives, and debate on the state of health games and the road ahead.
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This conference brought together 200 expert leaders from the worlds of medicine, science, technology, and business to launch a new conversation on how better data can drive us toward better health.
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