The MedStartr Blog
Stories, event recaps, and insights from one of the world's largest healthcare innovation communities.
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In a brand new category appropriately named "Pet Projects" we have decided to end the restriction on pet health innovations. We have had many pet health project applications but this is the first that we could say is ready for […]
September 22, 2013
Trusted Patient Resources
I always enjoy a good tweetchat and tonight I stopped by #HCSM while trying to avoid some spreadsheet stuff that was boring me. As usual it was thought provoking which then lead to another interesting idea. In this case, there […]
August 26, 2013
How to Reach Millions: The Crowds Care Challenge Case Study
Here at MedStartr we have learned many things and love to share them as part of our MedStartr School with our clients and innovators everywhere. One of the greatest techniques we have developed is our Activation | Awareness | Engagement […]
August 25, 2013
We Have a Winner!
Originally published by Adam Wong / Management and Program Analyst, ONC on HealthIT.gov Drum roll please! The Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology and the National Cancer Institute congratulates Dr. Michelle Longmire and the Medable.com team for winning the Crowds Care for Cancer […]
August 9, 2013
Do I Really Need a Business Plan?
I was on a panel a few weeks ago at Health 2.0's Matchpoint East New York with my friends Unity Stoakes from Startup health and Brad Weinberg from Blueprint Health when Unity noted that the days of the business plan being […]
July 14, 2013
We need your help to reach 14 million Cancer Survivors
To make the best new apps for cancer care, we want to get feedback and insight from patients and doctors who want to give or get better cancer care. Makes sense right? Ask your customers what ideas and features they […]
June 14, 2013
How to Make Innovation Go Faster
May 21, 2013
Our First Alzheimer's Project
Last Summer my brother Jon asked me to talk to one of his great friends about his idea. His friend Mike Antonucci was one of the first of our generation we knew to start a business and really have it […]
May 4, 2013
Crowds Cure Terrorism?
(Healthfoo was supposed to be this weekend, I believe this is what my Ignite Talk would have covered.) I am perpetually amazed by the power of crowds. In light of how the Boston Marathon Bombing played out, powered by mobile […]
April 20, 2013
Video Interview of Alex Fair
Tim Cook of Multi-Level Healthcare Information Modelling (MLHIM.org) interviewed Alex Fair in April, 2013. Tim pioneered the MLHIM concept, which is an approach to creating portable concept definitions based on XML Schema in order to facilitate semantic interoperability across the […]
April 9, 2013
Preparing for Success
I am a scientist at heart. The scientific method and I have had a great relationship, so when a scientist like Louis Pasteur says: "FORTUNE FAVORS THE PREPARED MIND," I tend to listen. Prepare. Prepare. Prepare. Preparing yourself and your […]
March 23, 2013
The Big Finish: Top Ten Things You Should Do When Your Crowdfunding Campaign is Coming to a Close
A Big Finish to a campaign can add that last 70% of your funding, especially if you have already achieved significant traction. You now have critical mass and you are ready for a nice big finish that is the sweet […]
February 23, 2013