Hacking Health Waterloo cafe

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Data integrity is paramount to the success of health outcome measurement programs. A motivating experience to be one of the speakers at Hacking Health Waterloo cafe 6.

Again such an eclectic mix of intelligent, passionate professionals trying to solve healthcare challenges. Here are the promised links to the resources and references.

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Cultural change as a driver for outcomes

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Cultural change is one driver for ensuring sustainability for quality health improvement. In this continuing series of posts, we explore the excellent work by Healthcare Improvement Scotland.

Their excellent resource titled The Spread and Sustainability of Quality Improvement in Healthcare explores 10 key factors underpinning spread and sustainability. We highly commend their work and hope it receives wider international recognition.
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7 tips to improve your Congress Posters

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Creating impactful posters for medical congresses is an art and science

These 7 best practice tips can help improve the impact of your posters. As just one example, over 600 abstracts have been accepted for the World Union of Wound Healing Societies (WUWHS) in Florence this September.

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Medtech Commercialization Playbook

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The Canadian medtech market appears to be punching below its weight but new patent fillings and start-ups suggest a positive outlook.

A distinguished panel discussed what it takes to go from start-up to the first $50M in the Canadian Medical Device industry at the Commercialization Playbook event.

“Opportunity for Canada in this space is huge in growing role of medical technologies”; says Dr. Brian Courtney

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Medtech – How to insights

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Here we recap on our top how-to insights for Medtech corporations

These are a round-up of the most popular healthcare posts and downloads from the last few months.

We are working on other best practice how-to guides on Advisory Boards and Congress Symposia.

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With conscience

In reaction to many questions about the why of Opencity Inc. we also posted a philosophical reflection on our balance between providing healthcare services and social responsibility. The post was titled ..with conscience.

Opencity Inc. think giving a spotlight to charities is important and one way we can be socially responsible.

We recognize that many healthcare companies actively support specific charitable causes related to your commercial therapy area. Tell us which charity is important to you and that you recommend we should feature.

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Hacking Health

I will be presenting core messages from the Health Outcome Models white paper at the Hacking Health Waterloo café in March.

 

Med Tech health outcome models

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McKinsey&Company report $44 billion in beyond-the-product solutions in the US alone. Here we explore how multi-national Med Tech corporations can develop health outcome models. Much of the success lies in creating sustainable cultural change owned by the healthcare system.

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Modelling the value of healthcare outcomes

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Continuing my LinkedIn Pulse posts on Value in Healthcare and Business Model Innovation here is my latest thinking drawing these together in discussing healthcare outcomes.

In case you missed the recent McKinsey&Company article Improving healthcare while curbing cost: Med-Tech companies offer a solution. Whilst potentially directed at the executive leadership with the healthcare system it clearly points to the timely opportunity for Med Tech businesses to engage in a new type of executive conversation with their customers about what truly matters to them – measurable healthcare outcomes. The piece is timely, relevant and authoritative. McKinsey suggests the opportunity for beyond-the-product solutions in the US alone could be as great as $44 billion (USD).

Follow the link here to the October 2015 McKinsey& Company article.

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