March 25, 2013
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Researchers at Innosight Institute conducted case studies of seven integrated health systems to find out how their staffs thought, acted, and innovated and to identify ways that other health systems could deliver better care at a lower cost.
March 25, 2013
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The UCLA Family Commons is a new model of preventive mental health care that provides nonstigmatized, cost-effective education and coaching to help families with children from infancy to adolescence address common childhood issues.
March 25, 2013
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Developing and promoting a rapid-learning health system, in which health information in large databases is analyzed to improve health care - the work of Lynn Etheredge and the Health Insurance Reform Project at George Washington University.
March 25, 2013
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From 2008 to 2012, Health Care Without Harm worked to embed best practices for environmental sustainability into health care and to create a business plan for Practice Greenhealth, which has hospital and business members.
March 25, 2013
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The Pioneer Special Solicitation supports innovative projects that could lead to significant improvements in health and health care
February 20, 2013
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Ashoka: Innovators for the Public sponsored an online competition to identify innovative health care programs in developing countries with potential to be replicated in the United States and selected three winners from 373 entries.
January 16, 2013
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Staff at Archimedes, Inc. created ARCHeS, an Internet-based system allowing users to simulate health interventions and long-term clinical trials within hours by providing them with access to data on patients, diseases, treatments, and costs.
November 27, 2012
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HopeLab Foundation, Redwood City, Calif., hosted an idea prize competition and then built an interactive, digital product to spur physical activity in middle school students, particularly those youth who are most likely to become obese.
October 29, 2012
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Researchers at Western Health Information Network demonstrated the technical feasibility of using a voluntary universal health care identifier card to link each person with their health record.
October 29, 2012
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B Lab expanded and improved the rating system it uses to certify B corporations, particularly in the areas of health and safety issues. B corporations have charters that require them to conduct business in a socially responsible manner.
