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When Doctors Compete, Everyone Wins

April 30, 2013

The cost of medical care should be as clear as the cost of groceries, says OkCopay founder and PopTech Social Innovation Fellow Touré McCluskey.

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Health Foo 2013: Best Canceled Event, Ever

April 24, 2013

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.

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TEDMED 2013 Moments

April 23, 2013

"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.

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Pioneer Grantees Speak at TEDMED 2013

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?"

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Games for Health Conference

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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WIRED Health Conference: Living by Numbers

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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