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Recent Work

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StartUp Health Academy

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.

The Kiosk Will See You Now: Lessons from an ED Experiment

March 2012

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.

Telepharmacy by Pipeline Healthcare

March 2012

CHCF's Health Innovation Fund invests in Pipeline Healthcare, a telepharmacy company that offers safety-net and rural hospitals access to remote pharmacy consultations.

Going Big: How Major Providers Scale Up Their Best Ideas

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.

Direct Dermatology: Specialist Consult Without the Wait

December 2011

CHCF invests in Direct Dermatology, a telemedicine group that provides remote dermatology consultations, expanding access to expert, convenient, and affordable specialty care.

Primary Care, Everywhere: Connecting the Dots Across the Emerging Health Landscape

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.

UCSF Practice Innovation Network

September 2011

A group of primary and urgent care physicians believe that computer-assisted technologies can expedite treatment of simple acute illness.

Accelerating Health Care Technology Innovation Competition

September 2011

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.

Asthmapolis: Tools to Track, Manage, and Research Asthma

September 2011

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.

Innovating for More Affordable Health Care

August 2011

This supplement to the Stanford Social Innovation Review offers perspectives on the challenges and opportunities for innovators working to improve quality and cut costs.

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