Knight Foundation

7 healthcare big data projects get Knight Foundation funding to push for public health

An online portal connecting researchers with people willing to share their health data, a community health dashboard and a text-based counseling program for teens were the big winners of The Knight Foundation’s $2.2 million health data challenge. Launched last summer, the challenge called on companies, nonprofits and individuals to submit ideas on how to turn […]

Health IT

What’s the best way to crunch public health data to increase access and transparency?

The Knight Foundation is ready for your ideas about how to analyze public health data. What do you want to know about public health? What insights would affect public policy? If your idea is good enough, you may get a slice of the $2 million prize money in this challenge. The foundation is asking for […]

eBook

Using Informed Awareness to Transform Care Coordination and Improve the Clinical and Patient Experience

This eBook, in collaboration with Care Logistics, details how hospitals and health systems can facilitate more effective decision-making by operationalizing elevated awareness.

By Care Logistics

A Deep-dive Into Specialty Pharma

A specialty drug is a class of prescription medications used to treat complex, chronic or rare medical conditions. Although this classification was originally intended to define the treatment of rare, also termed “orphan” diseases, affecting fewer than 200,000 people in the US, more recently, specialty drugs have emerged as the cornerstone of treatment for chronic and complex diseases such as cancer, autoimmune conditions, diabetes, hepatitis C, and HIV/AIDS.

By PurpleLab

With the Rise of AI, What IP Disputes in Healthcare Are Likely to Emerge?

Munck Wilson Mandala Partner Greg Howison shared his perspective on some of the legal ramifications around AI, IP, connected devices and the data they generate, in response to emailed questions.