Challenge: Reducing Motor Vehicle Deaths

neil · Jan 5, 2009 · 17:46

By Neil Seeman

Do you have an idea for making our roads safer?

Imagine if we could end motor vehicle fatalities like the one that killed Niloufar Khanverdizadeh and Atena Arabsalmany on Halloween night. Young, beautiful minds, just 21 – crushed by blunt force trauma after their car lurched into the oncoming traffic lane at 10:30 p.m. in Richmond Hill, Ontario.

Jane's Voice: Healthcare and the Salons of France

JaneLaMdeP · Jul 6, 2009 · 06:22

By Jane La Mantia de Pencier

Sitting in my garden watching a squirrel flow over and under fences with no acknowledgement of a barrier, other than the navigational one, I’m thinking of that critter’s open source attitude. He seems to be of the mind that all’s available to him and it’s available for his use and sustenance. Looking at Simon Schama’s Citizens: A Chronicle of the French Revolution, I’m thinking about how the salons of Paris in the late 1700s compare to the birth of the internet and even to the Innovation Cell of which I’m a part.

What I Need: A Healthcare General Contractor

JaneLaMdeP · Feb 3, 2010 · 12:37

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By Jane La Mantia de Pencier

It was just one of those things. My 11 year old was watching a show that might have been called How to Blow things UP! It’s a big favourite in this house. He and his brother get immense pleasure out of watching the destruction. I find when they are engaged in this pastime it’s a great opportunity to give them a kiss on the cheek.

Is the Personal Health Record just for the healthy and wealthy?

neil · Jan 7, 2009 · 10:07

By Neil Seeman

Is the PHR like the "executive physical"? Some have suggested that personal health records (PHRs) - a system whereby patients enjoy custodial rights to their secure health data anytime, anywhere - is a privilege that appeals just to the wealthy, healthy or "worried well."

Caring for the Future

alton · Jan 26, 2010 · 07:56

Health care has led to major improvements in health with major system consequences. More people benefiting from more care presents a challenge to sustainability. Potential low-cost answers to this challenge are reported here.

Redefining Patienthood

carlos · Nov 23, 2009 · 10:43

This is a 1-2 minute survey that explores the 'patient' and 'ePatient' definitions in the current health care system. Our goal is to croud-source the definition for these terms.

This is an anonymous survey and the answers/data visualization will be available to all respondents at the end of the survey. We do not foresee any risks from completing this survey.

Healthcare Conversations - From the New York Times Health Blog

carlos · Dec 3, 2009 · 12:54

What Patients Need, Want, and Expect (Via Twitter)

carlos · Nov 21, 2009 · 02:46

Innovation Cell Gratitude Survey

neil · Nov 16, 2009 · 07:10

The Innovation Cell in just 8 slides!

carlos · Nov 10, 2009 · 07:59

Groupthink vs. Groupthank

JaneLaMdeP · Sep 18, 2009 · 06:30

By Jane La Mantia de Pencier

Biting the hand that feeds you is considered an unwise act, unless you work with the Health Strategy Innovation Cell. I think us “Cellies” like it, at least we like a little nibbling, and so I want to roll over a few thoughts on the topic of Healthcamp Toronto. If I disappear like Deng Xiaoping you’ll know why.

Mashable Open Web Awards

carlos · Nov 1, 2009 · 00:48

Mashable is encouraging a bit of self-promotion and we are going to play along. This year their Open Web Awards has a category for Best Non Profit Use of Social Media and we think we may fit their bill. What do you think?

The Heidi Assumption

JaneLaMdeP · Aug 28, 2009 · 10:09

By Jane La Mantia de Pencier

The turtles don’t seem to mind that I’m sharing the rock with them here at the top of the French River in Ontario, Canada. Clearly I’m still enough so as not to disturb them, dumbstruck as I am, here in the reptile warming sun.

I guess I know how they feel covered over with a carapace. I’ve recognized in my thinking some assumptions, and what are assumptions if not a desensitizing exoskeleton? I’ve just read Richard B. Wright’s October.

"e-Harmony for Patients"

carlos · Oct 3, 2009 · 09:16

Power of "Buzz"

JaneLaMdeP · Aug 30, 2009 · 08:55

By Jane La Mantia de Pencier

The Health Strategy Innovation Cell founded The Global Accelerator Award. It's an award for creating buzz and chatter on the web. Why is there an award for chatter? Didn’t we get in trouble for this at school? What’s the value of buzz? I wondered. I didn't get it.

Then, a giant lever began to squeak in my loner inclined brain. I could tell there was a great and powerful idea attempting to bust the rust on my gears. A great force was pulling against my pompous singular stasis. I squeezed my eyes shut as if my sinuses might suddenly clear, and puffer fish me up into a new awareness. The pressure changed in my head. Pop. Pop. Stop! I resisted.

HealthCamp Toronto In Action

alton · Sep 17, 2009 · 11:39

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Click through to see videos and the dynamism of the latest healthcamp -- Healthcamp Toronto -- making this offline and online movement the largest bottom-up, patient-led conference in the world. Healthcamp Toronto was hosted by IBM Canada, in partnership with the Health Strategy Innovation Cell and Longwoods Publishing.

Global Accelerator Award

alton · Sep 19, 2009 · 07:10

Announcing the Global Accelerator Award. Winners are organizations or people who have helped put into action an idea that holds the promise of dramatically improving patient care anywhere in the world. The Accelerator Award is based on an Innovation Cell methodology that analyzes which organizations or people in healthcare have put an idea into action that has generated significant positive “buzz” or “chatter” on the World Wide Web.

Mind, Money, Momentum

JaneLaMdeP · Aug 5, 2009 · 07:44

By Jane La Mantia de Pencier

The year is 1782. Night after night, and years after that, William and Caroline Herschel worked at their telescopes. Many of their discoveries were a surprise to them. Some came from a studied and methodical mapping of the skies, but the revelations themselves were not willed. They came from a lifetime of dedication and the building of expertise. They came from uncertainty and curiosity.

Bring your ideas to HealthCamp

carlos · Sep 10, 2009 · 18:06

HealthCamp Toronto

carlos · Sep 8, 2009 · 08:22

Join us at HealthCamp Toronto on Sept. 16, 2009!

HealthCamp Toronto will use the “unconference” format to create a safe place for contrarians, free thinkers, change agents and idea entrepreneurs. It is the first healthcamp in Canada, modeled after the globally renowned healthcamp movement begun in San Francisco, Boston, and Philadelphia.

What is Our Voice?

The Innovation Cell’s Team will talk about your ideas, will issue innovation challenges, and will invite others to talk about the ideas they think can make change happen.