Tuesday, May 15, 2012

Dr. Farzad Mostashari: 5 Things Government Can Do to Improve Health Technology


Coneboy, Chelsea. "Dr. Farzad Mostashari: 5 Things Government Can Do to Improve Health Technology."The Boston Globe, May 15, 2012.

From the article: "Mostashari was in Boston yesterday to speak at the Health 2.0 conference about his vision for what the government can do today to pave the way for new technologies in health care. He laid out his main points, five things government can do to foster innovation, just before he took the stage: 

1) The old-fashioned way, by investing in academic research and development. …
2) Create a space for identifying new ideas. …
3) Provide data. … Mostashari said his office is working to make more of that available to developers who can “crunch and slice and dice and make use of in apps and services that people might enjoy.”
4) “Smart regulation can unleash innovation, if we think about the little guy, if we don’t make the regulation so that it gives an
5) Promote competition. The Office of the National Coordinator has supported a product developer competition run by Health 2.0."  Read more