Got Ideas?

Last week we highlighted some ideas generated in brainstorming sessions at the Mayo Clinic’s Center for Innovation conference.  With idea in hand...or on sticky note, as it may be,  what’s the next step?  Enter...Society of Physician Entrepreneurs. 

This professional group offers “a networking and education platform for healthcare providers who want to commercialize their innovations” according to Jeffrey N. Hausfeld, a co-founding member of the Society of Physician Entrepreneurs.  The group, a physician led non-profit member organization (www.sopenet.org), has a LinkedIn group site.  It was founded in 2011 and expects to exceed 5000 members in 20 chapters by year end. 

SoPe’s assistance and guidance (education, networking, funding) primarily benefits entrepreneurs focused in the following areas:

1. Devices, Drugs and Diagnostics -- utilized in patient care or marketed direct to consumer
2. Medical Services -- addressing cost, efficiency, quality, availability 
3. Health care IT and Telemedicine Products and Services

 

71 Out-of-the-Box Health Care Ideas

Transform, a conference focused on innovation in health care delivery and experience was sponsored by Mayo Clinic’s Center for Innovation this past week.  

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Throughout the conference, attendees were encouraged to share their ideas on    "How to make health care better"...  
Here's a sampling of ideas:

• Let me text my doctor    
• Stop overworking health care providers with nonpatient-centered tasks   
• Make insurance companies nonprofit   
• Have a global online marketplace (like Amazon) 
• Create a common health language 

Source:  MedCity News

Mayo Clinic’s Center for Innovation is like a giant incubator.  The center nurtures new ideas, enabling them to grow and evolve until ready for patients.  Learn more about a few of their projects:  Dermatology Practice Redesign and eConsults