$175,000 in Award Money Offered to Spur Healthcare Innovation

By brianbuntz
Published: October 3, 2011

Health 2.0, an international conference organizer, has teamed up with the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology to sponsor two competitions with the aim of improving healthcare outcomes.

Starting today, entries are being accepted for “The One in a Million Hearts Challenge” and “The popHealth Tools Development Challenge.” Submissions for the former contest are due by the end of the year. For the popHealth Tools contest, submissions are due by February 3 2012.
 
The program is "fundamentally transforming the way the federal government spurs innovation in the U.S. health care system,” said Indu Subaiya, co-founder of Health 2.0 in a release.
 
More information on the awards (as well as other developer awards) is available at the www.health2challenge.org website.
 
—Brian Buntz

 

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