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Innovations in health care policies and programs

 

Audio lectures brought to you by Social Innovation Conversations, co-hosted by Stanford Social Innovation Review's Managing Editor Eric Nee.

Technology & Design

Solar Power in a Suitcase

In this audio interview, Sheela Sethuraman talks with Laura Stachel and Hal Aronson, co-founders of WE CARE Solar, about their effort to combat this issue worldwide. WE CARE stands for Women’s Emergency Communication and Reliable Electricity.

Featuring Laura Stachel & Hal Aronson | Apr. 18, 2012 | 35 minutes
 

Health

Medical Device Innovation: Panel Discussion

Focusing on unmet needs, healthcare entrepreneurs provide their in-the-trenches perspectives on advancing medical technologies. Working to extend and enhance lives.

Featuring Global Health Speaker Series panel | Feb. 14, 2012 | 78 minutes
 
John Capek Executive Vice President, Medical Devices

Business

GSB 2011 Healthcare Summit: Future of the Healthcare Sector

John Capek talks about ways we can improve the potential success for technologies in order to improve the delivery of healthcare over the next decade.

Featuring John Capek | Jan. 9, 2012 | 21 minutes
 

Health

Capital for Early Stage Innovation

Representatives from various investment firms explain the medical innovation funding landscape, and advise early stage innovators with creative ways to navigate these complexities.

Featuring a Global Health Speaker Series panel | Oct. 14, 2011 | 71 minutes
 
Todd Park on the need for social innovation in health care.

Health

Changing Behavior and Changing Policies Panel (Part 3)

Park discusses how methods of efficiency developed in industries outside of health care need to be brought in to rework the health care industry.

Featuring Todd Park | 1 | Oct. 11, 2011 | 33 minutes
 
Psychologist and innovator Dr. BJ Fogg on innovation which respect to behavioral change.

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2011 Stanford Healthcare Summit

Psychologist and innovator Dr. BJ Fogg discusses his model which outlines techniques to stop or decrease behaviors that are unhealthy or start or increase more healthful habits.

Featuring B.J. Fogg | Aug. 11, 2011 | 27 minutes
 
Jane Chen on social entrepreneurship.

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Solving Infant Mortality with Social Entrepreneurship

Social entrepreneur Jane Chen discusses the challenges and rewards of the developing an innovative product, and shares insights on the attitudes that allow entrepreneurs to find success.

Featuring Jane Chen | Aug. 8, 2011 | 32 minutes
 
Former FDA Commissioner David Kessler on the need for socially responsible companies in the food industry.

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Food Industry and Global Health

Former FDA Commissioner David Kessler discusses how we define the cultural norm for food consumption and what role our government should play in regulating food companies.

Featuring David Kessler | Aug. 5, 2011 | 50 minutes
 
CDC Deputy Director for Policy and Communication Donald Shriber discusses taking on global health

Health

Global Health Speaker Series

CDC Deputy Director for Policy and Communication Donald Shriber speaks about how the agency coordinates and manages its efforts and resources to respond to emerging threats to global health.

Featuring Donald Shriber | Jul. 29, 2011 | 41 minutes
 

Health

The Role of the Voluntary Sector in the Era of Health Reform

Dr. David Shern, CEO of Mental Health America, and Father Larry Snyder, President of Catholic Charities USA, discuss the potential of nonprofits as catalysts for innovation in health care reform.

Featuring David Shern & Larry Snyder | Jul. 28, 2011 | 29 minutes