Innovations for the Underserved Program
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March 2012
CHCF supports StartUp Health Academy, a three-year education program for entrepreneurs seeking to build businesses that improve the quality and lower the cost of health care.
Can computer kiosks speed up emergency room care? An experiment in several California hospitals shows it is not as simple as just plugging them in.
CHCF's Health Innovation Fund invests in Pipeline Healthcare, a telepharmacy company that offers safety-net and rural hospitals access to remote pharmacy consultations.
January 2012
Like a tree falling in the forest, health care innovations don't make a sound — until they are successfully replicated in the world. Four big providers are experimenting with how this works.
December 2011
CHCF invests in Direct Dermatology, a telemedicine group that provides remote dermatology consultations, expanding access to expert, convenient, and affordable specialty care.
November 2011
New models of care delivery are evolving in response to economic pressures, physician shortages, access barriers, and patient preferences. Six innovations seek to extend primary care, everywhere.
September 2011
A group of primary and urgent care physicians believe that computer-assisted technologies can expedite treatment of simple acute illness.
The William J. von Liebig Center has awarded five technology ventures up to $100,000 each to take their ideas for addressing care shortcomings from prototype to production.
CHCF invests in Asthmapolis, a technology-based innovation that combines sensors with asthma inhalers to provide tailored information through mobile phones to people living with asthma.
August 2011