CC-Conrad Clyburn-MedForeSight's Blog Posts Tagged 'Technology' (24)

Maryland, Virginia rank high as 'New Economy' states

Colleagues,

Washington Business Journal reports...Maryland is among the top five states in its progress advancing toward the “New Economy” — one based on innovation, creativity and technology — according to a study.

Massachusetts, Washington, Maryland, Delaware and New Jersey top The 2008 State New Economy Index, released Tuesday by the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation and the Information Technology and Innovation Foundation. Virginia was No. 7 on the list this year. D.C.… Continue

Added by CC-Conrad Clyburn-MedForeSight on November 20, 2008 at 7:00pm — No Comments

New Recommended Books at MedTechIQ

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New books recommended at MedTechIQ! http://medtechiq.ning.com/

- "Globality: Competing with Everyone from Everywhere for Everything", by Hal Sirkin, Jim Hemerling, and Arindam Bhattacharya.

Sirkin, Hemerling and Bhattacharya argue that "Globality" is the next stage of globalization in which emerging-market companies, having rapidly absorbed the lessons of "Incumbent" businesses in North America, Europe… Continue

Added by CC-Conrad Clyburn-MedForeSight on November 9, 2008 at 9:30am — No Comments

Build a Better Health Care System & Win $10 Million

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Interesting article posted in the Wall Street Journal Blog, http://blogs.wsj.com/health/2008/10/15/build-a-better-health-care-system-win-10-million/#comment-323079. It appears that the X PRIZE Foundation, the nation’s pre-eminent philanthropic organization focused on innovation through competition & the WellPoint Foundation, are initiating a $10 million bounty to generate new mechanisms to address the health care system… Continue

Added by CC-Conrad Clyburn-MedForeSight on October 16, 2008 at 6:00pm — No Comments

Featured Members - Network News

A message to all members of MedTechIQ

Colleagues,

- From time to time, I am going to take the liberty to send out notes you may find useful.

- Rich Friedrich, Director, Open Innovation Office, HP Labs has just joined us. Rich is responsible for nurturing academic research relationships for Hewlett Packard. I visited with Rich in Palo Alto last week, great individual. Please welcome him aboard.

- Tim Gerritty at Cal State, San Bernadino, is funding… Continue

Added by CC-Conrad Clyburn-MedForeSight on September 3, 2008 at 4:00pm — No Comments