Innovatie in de zorg

“De langdurende zorg in Nederland staat de komende decennia voor de uitdaging voldoende goede zorg te blijven leveren, terwijl het aantal zorgvragers toeneemt en het aantal zorgverleners niet stijgt. Als er niets verandert, is er binnenkort al te weinig personeel om te voldoen aan de stijgende zorgvraag. Vraag en aanbod van zorg moeten echter in evenwicht blijven! Om deze duurzame zorg voor elkaar te krijgen, zijn innovaties in de zorgverlening hard nodig. Het is mogelijk om, door slimmer te werken, winst te boeken in productiviteit, zónder concessies te doen aan de kwaliteit van de zorg of de aantrekkelijkheid van het werk.”
Article (Dutch)
Janine Budding, Medicalfacts.nl, 30 October 2008

Why investing in innovation improves health care

“Investing in innovation in health care doesn’t only transform healthcare delivery:  it strengthens our IT sector, stimulates our economy, and brings new talent and resources to an already world-class culture of innovation.
Canadians require some 440 million lab tests, 322 million doctor visits, and 382 million prescriptions each year, services delivered at thousands of different points of care. Add the complexities of an aging baby boom, and the rising prevalence of obesity and chronic disease—and you get a sense of the urgency for innovation in Canada’s healthcare sector.”
Article
Richard Alvarez, The CliniCard, 17 October 2008

Hospital rooms of the future smarter

“The hospital room of the future is more interactive, integrated and efficient.
An example of such a room, developed by Cerner Corp., a health-care information technology company, was showcased at the University of Utah’s School of Medicine on Monday.”
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Lynne Wilde II, Deseret News, 14 October 2008

Live Chat with Dr. Jason Hwang on Disruptive Innovation

“At a Live Chat today with Dr. Jason Hwang co-author of The Innovator’s Prescription: A Disruptive Solution for Health Care, (Sponsored by the World Healthcare innovation and Technology Congress) I asked him how he saw the recent and fast paced developments in mobile phone applications and technology having an impact on health care.”
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Fred Fortin, AJFortin.com, 23 September 2008

PHRs: Where are we now and where are we going? An interview with Patti Brennan

“This month, as part of our Conversations with Pioneers, a series of interviews with Pioneer grantees, we talked with Patricia Flatley Brennan, R.N., Ph.D., the Director of Project HealthDesign, one of Pioneer’s national programs. Patti and the nine Project HealthDesign grantee teams are getting ready for the National Forum on the Next Generation of Personal Health Records, an event that will showcase the work of the program and foster a dialogue about lessons learned from user-centered design and policy directions to support continued growth and innovation in the personal health record arena.”
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Abbey Cofsky, Pioneering Ideas, 12 September 2008

Wales opens new health informatics lab

“Informing Healthcare, the Welsh NHS IT agency, has opened a new state-of-the-art health informatics research laboratory at Swansea University, designed to help find innovative new ways of treating patients.
The laboratory was officially opened by the Welsh health minister, Edwina Hart, at the Swansea University School of Medicine, last week and Informing Healthcare say it is the first of its kind in the UK and Europe to simulate a range of healthcare settings experienced by patients in Wales.”
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e-Health Insider, 2 July 2008

InnovationRx: Getting Patients to Take Their Own Medicine, Literally

“It’s one of the paradoxes of modern medicine in the United States. At the doctor’s office and the drugstore, we say we want prescription drugs. In fact, we spend more than $200 billion on them every year. Between 1994 and 2005, a period in which the U.S. population increased by only 9 percent, the number of prescriptions patients had filled increased by a whopping 70 percent.”
Article
Wade Roush, xconomy Boston, 24 June 2008

NHS leaders see IT as promising NHS opportunity

“Over 90% of NHS leaders see IT as a promising opportunity for the NHS over the next ten years, a poll for the NHS Confederation has found.”
Article
e-Health Insider Primary Care, 24 June 2008

European Commission Unleashes €600m for Development of New Digital Solutions for Elderly People

“By 2020, 25% of the EU’s population will be over 65. To respond to this growing demographic challenge, the Council of Ministers approved today a Commission plan to make Europe a hub for developing digital technologies designed to help older people to continue living independently at home. The proposal, presented by the Commission on 14 June 2007, will provide some additional €150 million funding to a new European Joint Research Programme, resulting in a total investment of over €600 million. Through this new programme companies will be able to develop highly innovative digital products and services to improve the lives of older people at home, in the workplace and in society in general.”
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eHealthNews.eu, 24 June 2008

Wales lab to research health IT innovation

“A new state-of-the-art research laboratory in Wales will help find innovative new ways to use information technologies to improve the treatment of patients.
Informing Healthcare’s research laboratory at Swansea University’s School of Medicine is believed to be the first of its kind in the UK and Europe.”
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Kathleen Armstrong, HES Magazine, 20 June 2008

Brazil’s biotech firms: From imitators to innovators in health-related products

“In the third study of its kind, the McLaughlin-Rotman Centre for Global Health (MRC), says South America’s largest and most populous country has the scientific and market capacity to emerge as a major global player. It is held back, however, by a number of important challenges including regulatory barriers, limited access to private equity and a general lack of coordination and collaboration among stakeholders. MRC’s previous studies focused on India and China.”
Article
Terry Collins, Innovations Report, 9 June 2008

The Front End of Innovation Conference

“This past week, I was at the Front End of Innovation Conference in Boston. Overall, it was a great time to reflect on my own mindset about how to bring innovation to hospitals & healthcare.
Here are a few things & quotes I’m still mulling over.”
Article
Tony Chen, Hospital Impact, 23 May 2008

Learning More About the Medical Home and Finding Innovation Where It Lives

“If you are interested in innovation, I think this is a good podcast worth listening to - and the actual audio is more useful than the printed version.
I listened to it the day before I attended the latest Patient Centered Primary Care Collaborative, in Washington, DC.
At the meeting, I was fortunate to run into one of my role models, Susan Edgman-Levitan, PA, and we talked about the idea that the Medical Home is about improving the care of patients where they spend most of their time - where they live, work, and play. We can help patient-centered care flourish by including ideas from everyone involved in the care, including nurses, doctors, allied health practitioners, eye care, oral health care, behavioral health care, just to name a few.”
Article
Ted Eytan, 16 April 2008

Site Lists Care Delivery Innovations

“The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality has launched a Web site that explains more than 100 innovations in the delivery of health care services.”
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Health Data Management, 15 April 2008

AHRQ site.