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Harnessing the wisdom of crowds to solve medical mysteries with CrowdMed

Harnessing the wisdom of crowds to solve medical mysteries with CrowdMed

CrowdMed: revolutionizing healthcare by harnessing the wisdom of crowds' to help solve even the world's most difficult medical cases.

HeatlhSpot's Remarkable Opportunity

HeatlhSpot’s Remarkable Opportunity

How Ohio-based HealthSpot could transform Primary Care and what it means for development countries. Find out!
Crowd-Funded Asthma Inhaler Sets Out to Make Pediatric Asthma Therapy Fun

Crowd-Funded Asthma Inhaler Sets Out to Make Pediatric Asthma Therapy Fun

Learn how an MIT spinoff wants to change the way children approach their own asthma therapy.
INTERVIEW: Jason Maude - Thoughts on Changing Healthcare

INTERVIEW: Jason Maude – Thoughts on Changing Healthcare

CEO and Co-founder Jason Maude tells his story of how Isabel Healthcare was set up after his daughter, Isabel, was misdiagnosed. In trying to make sense of the reasons why Isabel was misdiagnosed Jason was determined to find a way to to prevent misdiagnosis from happening to others.

The Golden Age of Healthcare is Open Data

The Golden Age of Healthcare is Open Data

Healthcare is complex, intertwined, and touches every single individual on this planet. And as we all know… innovation is what this world needs.

INTERVIEW: Tim Ringrose of Doctors.net.uk

INTERVIEW: Tim Ringrose of Doctors.net.uk

Dr. Tim Ringrose is the CEO of Doctors.net.uk the leading independent network of medical professionals in Europe. MedCrunch met up with Dr. Ringrose at the Health 2.0 Conference in Berlin. MedCrunch: Dr. Ringrose could you please explain to our readers what Doctors.net.uk is. Tim Ringrose:  Doctors.net.uk is an online professional network, free for doctors to...
Health 2.0 Europe 2012 - Conference Review

Health 2.0 Europe 2012 – Conference Review

The 2012 Health 2.0 European Conference held this past week in Berlin was a great success. With over 300 attendees from over 30 countries and an impressive lineup of 75 speakers, Health 2.0 Europe proved to be a unique experience.  Our global correspondents were present at this conference to discover new and emerging innovations in...
INTERVIEW: Daniel Kraft of FutureMed - PART 3

INTERVIEW: Daniel Kraft of FutureMed – PART 3

This is the 3rd and final part of an interview with Dr. Daniel Kraft, Executive Director of FutureMed at the Singularity University; conducted on the 31st of October 2012 at the Pioneers Festival in Vienna, Austria.  The first part of our interview with Dr. Kraft is available here and the second part here.  Be sure to catch Dr. Kraft’s  talk...
INTERVIEW: Daniel Kraft & Angry Birds - PART 2

INTERVIEW: Daniel Kraft & Angry Birds – PART 2

Daniel Kraft delivered a talk at the Pioneers Festival in which he shares some of his views and insights into Hacking the Human Body and what he foresaw could be the Future of Medicine.  After his incredibly inspiring talk we were able to catch up with Daniel to conduct an interview. The first part of...
INTERVIEW: Daniel Kraft of FutureMed - PART 1

INTERVIEW: Daniel Kraft of FutureMed – PART 1

Recently MedCrunch attended the incredible Pioneers Festival, a startup & tech event hosted in our hometown of Vienna, Austria.  The Festival was conceived by the amazing crew behind STARTEurope which curated an unparalleled experience, extending the world of technology and internet startups to a much broader audience. At the Pioneers Festival we met up with Dr. Daniel Kraft , Executive Director...
Daniel Kraft on Hacking the Human Body

Daniel Kraft on Hacking the Human Body

This week Vienna, Austria was host to the Pioneers Festival, a unique tech-startup event highlighting the entrepreneurial spirit and innovations from tech-pioneers across the globe. One of them was Daniel Kraft and his speech is you can watch his speech here.
Health 2.0 Conference in Berlin on Nov 6 & 7 Join MedCrunch and Sign up!

Health 2.0 Conference in Berlin on Nov 6 & 7 Join MedCrunch and Sign up!

The Health 2.0 Europe Conference is the pioneer in Europe that explores how web, mobile and social technologies are transforming health care systems all over Europe. Come join MedCrunch and many other Key Health 2.0 stakeholders in Europe on November 6 & 7, 2012!