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May 16, 2012 | Program Result
Ashoka, via its Changemakers initiative, hosted two international online idea competitions and developed Changeshops, an open-source platform allowing innovators to introduce their projects, seek funding and exchange ideas.
February 20, 2013 | Program Result
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.
June 1, 2006 | Journal Article
The Federal Trade Commission and Department of Justice report Improving Health Care: A Dose of Competition (2004) recommends a number of market-based reforms to improve the quality of care and reduce the trend in health benefit spending. The authors ...
April 28, 2011 | Story
related websites Future of Nursing: Campaign for Action Enter the Contest Center to Champion Nursing in America How do nurses improve rural health care? If you take dynamic photos that answer that question, the Center to Champion Nursing in America ...
April 16, 2012 | Pioneering Ideas Blog Post
Innovations for Health: Solutions that Cross Borders!
May 16, 2012 | Program Result
Designing for Better Health, an online, worldwide competition sponsored by Ashoka, rewarded innovative ideas that encouraged people to make better decisions about their health and the health of others.
January 13, 2009 | Story
Search is on for ideas that nudge people to make better decisions regarding their health and the health of others
June 3, 2009 | Story
A unique online competition co-sponsored by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) and Ashoka’s Changemakers.
April 17, 2008 | Story
"Disruptive innovations are technologies, processes or business models that bring to market products or services that are more affordable and simpler to use than what is currently available."
September 7, 2012 | Human Capital Blog Post
Read a blog post about an initiative to identify and map automated external defibrillators (AEDs) in Philadelphia.