Mining a Treasure Trove of Essential Information about People’s Health
November 27, 2012 | Story
Some of the richest information about people’s health lies in their attention to the details of their own lives.
Observations of Daily Living
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A Digital Guide for Self-Tracking Goes Online
August 22, 2012 | Program Result
Project builds online self-tracking guide to advance health and research potential of observations of daily living.
Study Finds Canes, Crutches and Wheelchairs Greatly Reduce Need for Human Help
September 1, 2006 | Program Result
Researchers at Brown University studied how well personal assistance and technological assistance (canes, crutches, walkers and wheelchairs) work for adults with chronic conditions who need help with everyday activities.
Feeling Optimistic after SXSW
March 15, 2012 | Pioneering Ideas Blog Post
On Tuesday I had the privilege and the pleasure of serving as a judge on the health panel at the South by Southwest Accelerator. It's a great gig, getting to hear pitches from three startup companies that had been winnowed down from a field of dozen ...
Advancing the Role of Rapid Learning in Mainstream Health Care
March 25, 2013 | Program Result
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.
Advancing the Field of Health Games
March 31, 2011 | Program Result
Progress and lessons learned from two programs that seek to advance the impact digital games can have on health.
Rethinking the Power and Potential of Personal Health Records
January 1, 2009 | Report
This report from Project HeathDesign captures key learnings from the work of the program's first nine grantee teams, as well as from its efforts to develop a common platform and explore the ethical, legal and social issues tied to next-generation personal health records (PHRs).
Filling Major Knowledge Gaps about Health Care
January 27, 2011 | Program Result
The Health Insurance Reform Project advanced the development of a rapid learning health system - involving millions of health records in searchable national databases - to fill knowledge gaps about health care and develop better health care policies.
Medicare's Future
January 1, 2009 | Journal Article
This paper proposes a national initiative for Medicare patients with cancer. New legislative authority will be needed for comparative effectiveness research, quality measurement and payment reforms in Medicare.