Fast Company routinely publishes their
list of 'Most Innovative Companies'. You can find their earlier list
here. Here's their list of most innovative companies in healthcare for
2012.
1) National Marrow Donor Program
Their use of technology shortens the 'Bone marrow transplant' time by using an online hub that helps keep donors and recipients on track during the steps beforetransplantation. They have also added new matching algorithms to improve search accuracy. NMDP makes extensive use of social media to search for new donors.
1) National Marrow Donor Program
Their use of technology shortens the 'Bone marrow transplant' time by using an online hub that helps keep donors and recipients on track during the steps beforetransplantation. They have also added new matching algorithms to improve search accuracy. NMDP makes extensive use of social media to search for new donors.
India's
pride, this is one institution which has beautifully married public and
private healthcare, among it's many other innovations in healthcare
services delivery.
3) Walgreens
They
are a $70 billion company and the largest drug store chain in the U.S.
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Castlight Health provides transparency into cost and quality, so
individuals can make informed decisions about health care.
5) Assistivewear
A large product manufacturing company, they have about 55,000 products in the market, many of them in the healthcare and electronics. Their inclusion is because of developing a Virtual on-screen keyboard for Mac OS X users who cannot use a physical one.
A large product manufacturing company, they have about 55,000 products in the market, many of them in the healthcare and electronics. Their inclusion is because of developing a Virtual on-screen keyboard for Mac OS X users who cannot use a physical one.
6) IBM
This
is a fixture in any such list of 'most innovative companies'. This
time, they feature on the list for their hugely popular 'Watson supercomputer'.
Watson is expected to soon bring its massive artificial intelligence
algorithms to help improve healthcare and clinical medicine.
7) Össur
A
niche player in orthopedic devices, they are in the list for building
the "smart" knee, the first motorized, personalized prosthesis.
A
preventive healthcare services company, they are in the list for
funding a data-mining competition to reduce unnecessary hospital
visits.
9) Esri
A
mapping software (G.I.S) company, they have brought in the concept of
commercial use of 'Geo-medicine', where they use mapping software to
help in diagnosis, management and prevention of diseases (many of which
have an environmental trigger).
10) 3M
A large product manufacturing company, they have about 55,000 products in the market, many of them in the healthcare and electronics. Their inclusion is because of their cardiology grade Littmann® Electronic Stethoscope.
A large product manufacturing company, they have about 55,000 products in the market, many of them in the healthcare and electronics. Their inclusion is because of their cardiology grade Littmann® Electronic Stethoscope.
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