In addition to designing a good customer experience, ZoomCare is lobbying the Oregon legislature to improve the odds of success for its neighborhood clinic business model. Founded in 2006 by Dr. Dave Sanders, ZoomCare provides a flat $140 rate for clinical visits and $89 for telecare appointments. It serves the “walking well,” and strives to […]
It feels a little creepy to know that the government has everyone’s cell phone data – who you called when and how long you talked to that person, even where you were when you made the call. What if your doctor were tracking similar information? We all have daily patterns – work, school, the grocery, […]
Canada has a proud history of achievement in the areas of science and technology, and the field of biomanufacturing and life sciences is no exception.
The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation is hoping that many “small flips” can build to a big flip and change the culture of healthcare. Its latest project – Flip the Clinic – launches today and is meant to redesign the average doctor visit to make it satisfying instead of frustrating. Flip the Clinic is similar to […]
One of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation’s focuses is in deepening the understanding of the science behind human behavior. According to BJ Fogg, Director of the Stanford Persuasive Technology Lab, behavior change happens when “Someone is triggered to do something that they want to do and that they are able to do.” Vancouver-based Ayogo is […]
Elizabeth K. Nelson, Ph.D. also contributed to this article. A decade ago, LabKey Software’s founders recognized that scientists sought something beyond static, shrink-wrapped, closed-source software tools. They needed living, open tools that could be customized to their specialized needs, then quickly extended to match new experimental methods and data types. Beyond these basic requirements, they […]