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It's The Idaho/Wharton/Phoenix/Colorado/Mayo Innovation Mashup

From IdahoStatesman.com: Officials launched THE CORE, an enterprise zone for health care, education and technology enterprises. St. Luke's Meridian Medical Center is on board along with dozens of other public and private enterprises. The trend continues of health care providers playing leading roles in their community's economic development.

From Knowledge@Wharton, sometimes innovation takes a village. It's a thought-provoking article on the benefits of opening up innovation processes to thought leaders and partners outside your organization's walls. What if you created an extranet and posted your innovation priorities for all to see? Let's say you wanted to improve a discharge planning process. How many more good ideas would you get if you asked thousands of people instead of just a few?

From Medical News Today, a Health Leaders-Interstudy report trends in the Phoenix market of EMR "de-installation" or contract cancellation due to training, functionality and/or affordability issues. Possibly an ominous sign for a broader, national rollout.

From the Craig (CO) Daily Press, the VA brings tele-health innovation to veterans in rural Colorado. High-intensity cameras, otoscopes, "smart" stethoscopes and other technologies integrate care with physicians 150 miles away, improving convenience and saving time and travel on often-snowy roads.

The Mayo Clinic Center for Innovation will host Transform, a collaborative symposium on innovations in health care experience and delivery, Sept. 13-15. The symposium requires registration and is open to the public. It will feature nationally recognized speakers on topics focused on innovation methodology and innovations in health care delivery models, including Web-based tools.


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