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October 7, 2011 | Pioneering Ideas Blog Post
In August, Pioneer's Al Shar shared his takeaways from the 2011 mHealth Evidence Workshop that we sponsored along with NIH, NSF and the McKesson Foundation. In that post, Al mentioned that the participants were eagerly putting together a statement o ...
May 16, 2012 | Program Result
Ashoka, via its Changemakers initiative, hosted two international online idea competitions and developed Changeshops, an open-source platform allowing innovators to introduce their projects, seek funding and exchange ideas.
April 16, 2012 | Pioneering Ideas Blog Post
Innovations for Health: Solutions that Cross Borders!
May 16, 2012 | Program Result
Designing for Better Health, an online, worldwide competition sponsored by Ashoka, rewarded innovative ideas that encouraged people to make better decisions about their health and the health of others.
January 13, 2009 | Story
Search is on for ideas that nudge people to make better decisions regarding their health and the health of others
June 3, 2009 | Story
A unique online competition co-sponsored by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) and Ashoka’s Changemakers.
April 17, 2008 | Story
"Disruptive innovations are technologies, processes or business models that bring to market products or services that are more affordable and simpler to use than what is currently available."
December 21, 2011 | Pioneering Ideas Blog Post
In my recent blog post summarizing December’s mHealth Summit, I began by saying that the mHealth organizers must have been pleased with the conference, given its growth in attendance and engagement. We were equally pleased with RWJF and Pioneer’s pr ...
April 24, 2013 | Pioneering Ideas Blog Post
When Health Foo 2013 was canceled due to the Boston Marathon bombings, some attendees banded together to meet anyway, and learned that constraint breeds creativity.
March 4, 2013 | Pioneering Ideas Blog Post
Pioneer grantee Open mHealth, as well as the Heritage Provider Network and University of California, Los Angeles, have partnered to create the Heritage Open mHealth Challenge.