Today we continue our series on 10 Rules for driving health innovation faster with another post in the lead up to our CyberMonday MedStartr Momemtum event. We know many of you have great ideas and great passion to help improve healthcare but we are here to tell you… Rule # 8: Passion is Not Enough Healthcare attracts so many entrepreneurs fueled by a plethora of passion and sometimes little else. Don’t get us wrong, we all want to find a cure and save lives, but as any marrie

The 2015 American Heart Association Crowd Challenge broke all records for the 16 companies that made the finals on MedStartr. In just 31 days the finalists closed 14 deals valued at over 1.7 million dollars with some of the biggest names in Healthcare. Just like last year’s winners, almost all the companies were pre-revenue when the challenge started but they aren’t anymore! Congratulations to first place winner Intelliquit who squeaked by Moving Analytics but mere hundredths

We just want to say a big thank you to Dr. Larry Chu and the whole MedicineX team at Stanford. Here is the talk I gave on stage in a very Patient-emPowered room. Funding the Healthcare Revolution: Geek to Freak to Hero from FairCareMD.com, MedStartr.com It was great as always to see so many friends, partners, and clients doing well at the events of early October, most of whom were mentioned in the above. #crowdfunding #crowdfundinghealthcare #MedicineX #health20 #patients #

I always enjoy a good tweetchat and tonight I stopped by #HCSM while trying to avoid some spreadsheet stuff that was boring me.  As usual it was thought provoking which then lead to another interesting idea.  In this case, there was a call from several folks on the chat for a list of “Trusted Patient Resources”.  Online repositories of information or purveyors of advice that patients can rely on. So as the crowdsourcing site for healthcare, we took it upon oursleves to help m

To make the best new apps for cancer care, we want to get feedback and insight from patients and doctors who want to give or get better cancer care. Makes sense right? Ask your customers what ideas and features they like best and you will get a better product. But how do we connect innovators to the crowd that care most about their creations? We have found that a crowdfunding project is a very effective way to get opinions, feedback, adoption, and awareness for a new idea

I am perpetually amazed by the power of crowds. In light of how the Boston Marathon Bombing played out, powered by mobile and private videography, reddit crowd-based analysis, and a man checking his backyard – all well coordinated by federal, state, and local experts, one can’t help but be inspired. Can Crowds Really Cure Terrorism? I know it is infinite hubris to even think this, especially living in New York and having watched a plane crash into WTC Tower # 2 from a rooftop

Tim Cook of Multi-Level Healthcare Information Modelling (MLHIM.org) interviewed Alex Fair in April, 2013.  Tim pioneered the MLHIM concept, which is an approach to creating portable concept definitions based on XML Schema in order to facilitate semantic interoperability across the healthcare domain.  He also is a pretty good interviewer.  Great questions.  He also had great audience support and questions from Scott Scowcroft (@sm4hc on twitter) who also stars in this video a

(A guest post by Denise Silber & Michael Seres, editing by Komal Garewal & Courtney Berkholtz) Social Media is contributing to the improvement of care in ways that were previously unexplored, by bringing together the numerous and geographically diverse stakeholders involved in healthcare. Social Media is bringing patients with similar issues together for mutual support. Social Media is giving patients a voice to help change healthcare policy. Social Media is giving patients n

Welcome to CrowdFunder Friday! Yup, so begins the weekend when most of us startup Guys and Gals get to doing what is really important – changing the world with our startup FULL TIME for two days without any pesky school or day job stuff bugging us. This week (the first CFF post ever) I wanted to highlight the Fun / Funny Crowdfunding video you could watch 100 times and still be amused.  The $1 Shave club is a classic and one of the best ever.  Be as cool as these guys and you

Updated 8/25/2013 LinkedIn allows people to create their ideal professional networks. It is a platform for developing yourself as a thought leader and positioning your product or company and content as important in contemporary discussions. A key feature of LinkedIn are its groups — did you know you can share your content in all the groups you’re a member of with just one click?  Just under the video in your project page are a number of links, one of which is linked in.  Just