All Healthcare - Page 7

Article Learnings from Our Hospital’s First Hackathon
March 14, 2014
Innovation exec Lesley Solomon explains how Brigham & Women's Hospital in Boston set up its first hackathon and what the event achieved for the organization...
Article Humana Exec on the Ups and Downs of Innovation Programs
March 3, 2014 | By Scott Kirsner
As staffing levels have risen and fallen, and reporting relationships have changed, $40 billion health insurer Humana has kept a commitment to innovation alive.
Article Can Your Company Invent the Future?
January 10, 2014
In the book "The New Killer Apps: How Large Companies Can Out-Innovate Start-Ups," Chunka Mui examines how Walgreens worked to claim a new position in healthcare.
Article Learning to Love Innovation Day at UnitedHealth Group
October 30, 2013 | By Scott Kirsner
Ryan Armbruster of UnitedHealth Group shares an outline of how the company structures its annual Innovation Day event and discusses his initial skepticism about it.
Article Athenahealth on Creating a Disrupter Ecosystem
October 11, 2013 | By Scott Kirsner
With an initiative dubbed "More Disruption Please," CEO Jonathan Bush decided to give other companies access to his customer base...
Article J&J on Building Its Global Network of Innovation Centers
October 7, 2013 | By Scott Kirsner
The healthcare giant, headquartered in New Jersey, is opening innovation centers in Silicon Valley, Shanghai, London, and Boston...
Article Naomi Fried: My 3 Highest-Impact Programs
September 15, 2013
Three years into the job, Naomi Fried reflects on the three initiatives that have moved the needle. Fried also discusses her annual innovation progress report.
Article Doing Innovation as ‘Just One Guy’
September 4, 2013 | By Scott Kirsner
The State of Maryland's Chief Innovation Officer talks about catching criminals, reducing hospital admissions, and hackathons to help the environment.
Article What Philips Wants from Open Innovation
June 18, 2013 | By Scott Kirsner
Philips North America chairman Greg Sebasky, left, calls it "one of the first attempts by a large company to do open innovation."