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04 May Searching for Measures of Your Innovation Initiatives? Look Here for Some Clues.

Posted at 17:56h in Government, Innovation by Gregory Downing 0 Comments

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Often organizations seeking to create a culture of innovation to enhance their performance will look for ways to assess that the methods that they are using are making a difference. Clearly, organizations that enact new products and services can easily determine impact through key performance...

24 Apr Health Datapalooza 2017 – The Data Revolution Rolls On

Posted at 15:09h in Government, Innovation by Gregory Downing 0 Comments

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The 8th annual Health Datapalooza returns on April 26 – 28 and offers a re-imagined vision of health and health care through the lens of data. In years past, Health Datapalooza has set its sights on health-care startups, apps, big data, electronic health records –...

17 Feb The Innovation Horizons Project – An Organizational View on Fostering a Culture of Innovation and Entrepreneurship

Posted at 04:28h in Government, Large Organization by Gregory Downing 1 Comment

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As the Executive Director for Innovation at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), I have learned a great deal about large institutions, whether governmental, profit-driven businesses, or non-profit entities, that thrive on well-honed, routine management processes. I have also seen how bureaucracies...

14 Sep Tracking transplant organs like mail, and other HHS innovations

Posted at 15:03h in Government, Innovation by Gregory Downing 0 Comments

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There’s no rule that says innovations have to come from within their own industries. In fact, one agency is finding that the opposite is true. One program that came out of the Department of Health and Human Services’ Idea Lab originated with a former employee...

23 Aug Seeking Public Input on the HHS Open Government Plan for 2016–2018

Posted at 15:06h in Government, Innovation by Gregory Downing 0 Comments

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One of the roles that the IDEA Lab and the Office of the Chief Technology Officer perform to serve the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) community, our stakeholders, and the public, is that of a ‘virtual village square’ to promote engagement of...

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04 May Searching for Measures of Your Innovation Initiatives? Look Here for Some Clues.

24 Apr Health Datapalooza 2017 – The Data Revolution Rolls On

17 Feb The Innovation Horizons Project – An Organizational View on Fostering a Culture of Innovation and Entrepreneurship

14 Sep Tracking transplant organs like mail, and other HHS innovations

23 Aug Seeking Public Input on the HHS Open Government Plan for 2016–2018

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