Over the next few weeks, PSFK is running a trends research and innovation project in association with UNICEF. We are researching – with your help – the development of key trends that impact health and wellbeing and then using our findings to develop with partners concepts that UNICEF and likeminded organizations could consider deploying across the world.
Below are highlights from the developments in health technology and relevant resources that the PSFK audience has submitted thus far to PSFKu.com:
Developments
$3 Microscope Plugs into Cell Phones: Enables diagnosis in regions where medical labs are scarce [via Ruben Sun]
Mental Health Apps: Like A ‘Therapist In Your Pocket’: How cell phone apps are used successfully in the mental health sector to monitor patients throughout the day [via Alex White]
‘Ink’ technology prints medicine on pills [via @jucyinfo to #psfku]
An Inside Look at Intel’s Fitness Center of the Future [via Stacy Malden]
Resources
Symptom Journal: A web-based application for people with chronic health conditions; gives users a method for tracking and charting their symptoms to get a long-term picture of their health [via @lbcain to #psfku]
Executive Leadership’s Role in IT and Delivery of Care: Clinical Informatics Insights [via Stacy Malden]
Bookshare.org: A scalable solution to equal access for the most vulnerable students [via Jim Fruchterman]
The Innovators Prescription: Discussion of a broad range of issues in health care focused on disruptive innovation [via Jim Meredith]
Children’s Rare Disease Network: a global group helping children with rare diseases [via Catherine Calhoun]
Health Sciences Online: A virtual learning center with a comprehensive collection of top-quality courses and references in medicine, public health, and health sciences [via Victoria Profy]
How To Contribute
We invite PSFK readers, writers, PurpleListers and friends to collaborate with us:
- Research: If you see a new idea taking place in the subject areas below, let us know by completing the form at PSFKu.com or tweeting a URL with hashtag #psfku. We will feature the best ideas in our report with credit to the contributor.
- Concepts: If you would like to develop open-source concepts for UNICEF and likeminded organizations to consider, then please complete this form for more information.
Our Brief
We will be researching developments in the following areas:
* Innovation in health – practical, technology, treatments
* Innovation in education – learning methodology, knowledge sharing, technology
* Innovation in fitness – practical, technology, methods
* Innovation in remote working – telecommuting, business travel
* Innovation at the intersection of data use and the web – graphic reinterpretation, sharing, social media
* Innovation in children’s products and services
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