Pioneer grantees bring fresh thinking and unconventional solutions to challenges that are critical to the future of health and health care. We invest in ideas that have significant potential to lead to breakthroughs—ideas that can change the way we think about health and dramatically improve lives. Learn more about our strategy.
In the OpenNotes study published in the Annals of Internal Medicine, virtually all patients wanted to continue seeing their doctors’ visit notes, and most said having access to their doctors’ notes would be a significant factor in choosing a new plan or doctor. Despite initial skepticism, no doctors opted to stop sharing their notes with patients when the pilot ended.
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Health Games Research is exploring the tremendous potential of digital interactive games as tools to help people live healthier lives. Research on the design and effectiveness of health games can spur innovation by game developers and build an evidence base for consideration of games in health care treatment.
Project HealthDesign is designed to spark innovation in personal health technology. The program advances a vision of personally recorded health information as springboards for action and improved health decision-making.
