Wireless Health Care - IEEE Spectrum

Wireless Health Care - IEEE Spectrum: A trial program by the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs offered an early look at what systemic change could mean. In 2003, the VA began using simple messaging devices and occasional videoconferences to let chronically ill veterans stay in touch with nurses and other health care professionals. Under this program, one of the largest of its kind in the world, 71 000 veterans are now receiving daily monitoring for such conditions as diabetes, heart disease, and �post-traumatic stress disorder.

Report: Telehealth market $6B by 2020 | mobihealthnews

Report: Telehealth market $6B by 2020 | mobihealthnews
"Home-monitoring is becoming increasingly relevant in the treatment of chronic diseases. For example, home monitoring of blood-pressure allows sufferers of hypertension to manage their condition better and monitor their progress. Home-use medical devices in Teleheatlh services, such as blood glucose meters, pulse oximeters, weight scales and peak flow meters are being deployed to monitor four main diseases – congestive heart failure (CHF), chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), diabetes and hypertension."

Seizing Economic Opportunities in the Low-Carbon Power Sector | WRI Insights

Seizing Economic Opportunities in the Low-Carbon Power Sector | WRI Insights: Creating “innovation ecosystems”

Policymakers have a crucial role to play in supporting innovators and creating a dynamic innovation ecosystem where they can thrive.

Our paper explores why innovation is a central strategy to long-term competitiveness in this highly price-sensitive sector. How can policymakers help their innovators thrive in order to build a domestic industry that competes successfully? They can do so by investing in their “innovation ecosystem”. The innovation ecosystem is made up of those who participate in the process of innovation very broadly, and the rules that govern how those people and companies interact.

The innovation ecosystem approach captures the complexity, uncertainty, and diversity of innovation and identifies the critical services innovators need to thrive. In the low-carbon power sector these include:

• Creating and sharing knowledge
• Building competence
• Creating collaborative networks
• Developing infrastructure
• Providing finance
• Establishing governance and the regulatory environment
• Creating markets for low-carbon power

To accelerate innovation, to increase the odds of innovation processes ending in success, it is critical to ensure all of the services or functions are being delivered effectively and efficiently.