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At MVF, we live and breathe healthcare. And every now and then we feel the need to write about it as well! This is a collection of articles, blogs and news posts from our team, our advisors and our partners. Feel free to interact with us here or drop us a line on our social media accounts if something catches your fancy.
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Alex Fair
Feb 6, 20142 min read
Physicians DO Want Patients to Self Manage!
Matthew Curtis, patient and smoker says “When you smoke for several years, as I did, quitting is a fuzzy thing. You don’t just wake up...
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Alex Fair
Jan 8, 20142 min read
Submission Deadline Extended for AHA Challenge
Thank you for the overwhelming positive response to the first ever New York City American Heart Association Open Innovation Challenge! An...
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Alex Fair
Jan 5, 20143 min read
Final Judges Announced for the AHA Challenge!
One of the most incredible aspects of any MedStartr campaign or challenge are the amazing people who step up and get involved in your...
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Alex Fair
Jan 2, 20141 min read
Making the Rock Health Year in Review
[slideshare id=29616276&doc=rockhealthrockreport2013yearinreview-140101180712-phpapp02] We are proud and happy to make it into the year...
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Alex Fair
Nov 26, 20133 min read
Icarus, Daedalus, or Somewhere in Between
Icarus and Daedalus by Charles Paul Landon, 1799 I have long noted the difference between technically adept Fathers and Sons. We seem to...
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Alex Fair
Oct 15, 20131 min read
Geek2Freak2Hero – Funding the Healthcare Revolution at MedicineX 2013
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...
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Alex Fair
Sep 27, 20132 min read
Open Season for Funding Healthcare Startups
This is why we started MedStartr just after the JOBS act passed in the first place. The JOBS act puts in place several rules that make...
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Alex Fair
Sep 22, 20131 min read
Oooh, that feels sooo gooood! Get way in the back yeah yeah yeah, pant pant pant…
In a brand new category appropriately named “Pet Projects” we have decided to end the restriction on pet health innovations. We have had...
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Alex Fair
Aug 25, 20131 min read
Trusted Patient Resources
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...
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Alex Fair
Aug 25, 20133 min read
How to Reach Millions: The Crowds Care Challenge Case Study
Here at MedStartr we have learned many things and love to share them as part of our MedStartr School with our clients and innovators...
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Alex Fair
Aug 9, 20133 min read
We Have a Winner!
Originally published by Adam Wong / Management and Program Analyst, ONC on HealthIT.gov Drum roll please! The Office of the National...
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Alex Fair
Jul 14, 20132 min read
Do I Really Need a Business Plan?
Matchpoint East New York with my friends Unity Stoakes from Startup health and Brad Weinberg from Blueprint Health when Unity noted that...
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Alex Fair
Jun 14, 20138 min read
We need your help to reach 14 million Cancer Survivors
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...
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Alex Fair
May 21, 20135 min read
How to Make Innovation Go Faster
What is your cost per Innovation? There are many ways to drive innovation faster and better. I talked about this at HIMSS this year and...
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Alex Fair
May 4, 20132 min read
Our First Alzheimer’s Project
Fast forward 20 years and he was at it again, but this time in the digital space. I called him up and we talked about his Pandora-like...
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Alex Fair
Apr 20, 20134 min read
Crowds Cure Terrorism?
I am perpetually amazed by the power of crowds. In light of how the Boston Marathon Bombing played out, powered by mobile and private...
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Alex Fair
Apr 9, 20131 min read
Video Interview of Alex Fair
Tim Cook of Multi-Level Healthcare Information Modelling (MLHIM.org) interviewed Alex Fair in April, 2013. Tim pioneered the MLHIM...
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Alex Fair
Mar 23, 20132 min read
Preparing for Success
I am a scientist at heart. The scientific method and I have had a great relationship, so when a scientist like Louis Pasteur says:...
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Alex Fair
Feb 23, 20132 min read
The Big Finish: Top Ten Things You Should Do When Your Crowdfunding Campaign is Coming to a Close
A Big Finish to a campaign can add that last 70% of your funding, especially if you have already achieved significant traction. You now...
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Alex Fair
Feb 18, 20131 min read
Make That Killer Video
Did you know that YouTube is the second largest search engine in the world? Or that projects with videos are more than twice as likely to...
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