Social Entrepreneurship
Creating Jobs, Harmonizing Nonprofits, and Diagnosing Disease
The agenda for the off-the-radar Social Innovation Summit read like an all-star team of social innovators.
Tag: Health Care
Government
The Social Innovation Fund: Field Observations
We must use our scarce resources to serve disenfranchised people’s needs and demand that evidence of results play a greater role in funding decisions.
Health
A Healthier City
San Francisco’s five-year-old universal health care program sees positive results.
Health
Global Diseases, Local Needs
The diseases that get funded tend to be the ones for which funders can take credit.
Podcast
Nonprofits
Changing Behavior and Changing Policies Panel (Part 3)
Park discusses how methods of efficiency developed in industries outside of health care need to be brought in to rework the health care industry.
Health
Mexico’s Businesses Cooperation: a Global Model for Health Care Innovation
Workplace wellness councils are emerging as one of the most powerful leaders in reducing health care costs and improving health.
Health
An Open Source Approach to Medical Research
An interview with Stephen Friend about using using open source to encourage collaboration and share health information.
Podcast
Global Issues
The Future of the Healthcare Sector
Migliori emphasizes the need for change in the healthcare system in order for it to become more sustainable.
Podcast
Social Entrepreneurship
Healthcare and Biotechnology
In this panel discussion, company executives discuss how they became entrepreneurs in science and medicine, and what their work entails.
Health
Breaking the Health Care Cost Trend with Innovative Service Delivery
Health care needs large-scale innovation that introduces higher-quality, lower-cost providers through a system that's mobile, digital, and efficient.