CARE - Disruptive innovation in healthcare and well-being

Lift France 11 Session

July 7, 2011 - 16:00

From patient networks to personal genomics, from the quest for autonomy and well-being to do-it-yourself bio, new technologies and new business models are getting ready to transform the world of healthcare. Are the players ready?


Presentations


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Putting patients at the center of healthcare; disruption in medicine, research, business, and drug safety

Paul Wicks (PatientsLikeMe, USA)

The current disruption in healthcare corresponds to the fact that patients can access tools to gather information, aggregate data, act, and see results reflected in real-time. The ...
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Debating Biotechnology – Speculative Design as Public Engagement

Tobie Kerridge (Material Beliefs, UK)

This speech will describe the "Material Beliefs" project, a design research project with a focus on a speculative approach to biotechnology as a form of engagement with the ...
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Open Prosthetics, where it comes from, what it changes, what it means for all of us

Jonathan Kuniholm (Duke University / Open Prosthetics Project, USA)

Open Prosthetics is a movement and a community that looks (i) to find economically feasible ways of producing medical devices for underserved medical populations and (ii) to give ...
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