Hacking Health

Documents the roles and career priorities of key members of a typical eHealth team in order to improve understanding of each member's role in the team
Features 4 case studies that exemplify successful and failed projects, explaining where each project went right or wrong
Examines the complex relationship between technology, entrepreneurship, and academics that are interwoven in any eHealth venture

Documents the roles and career priorities of key members of a typical HealthTech team in order to improve understanding of each team member's role Discusses common pitfalls of HealthTech startups, including a detailed section on the regulatory processes surrounding healthcare Examines the complex relationship between technology, entrepreneurship, and academia that are interwoven in any HealthTech venture

Autorentext
David is physical therapist with a PhD in Neuroscience. He worked as a clinician in Australia, before moving to the United States to study computational neuroscience at Harvard Medical School, MIT and NYU. He has served as a faculty member at Weill-Cornell Medicine and Burke Medical Research Institute. He is currently the Director of Rehabilitation Innovation for the Mt Sinai Health System, and an Assistant Professor of Rehabilitation Medicine at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mt Sinai. He works to develop innovative technology solutions for individuals in need of better healthcare accessibility. He consults with the Red Bull's High Performance division, using evidence-based technologies to study and improve athletic performance. In his spare time, he volunteers for Not Impossible Labs, a group that creates disruptive technological solutions for high-impact humanitarian problems. In addition to a number of academic publications, many of David's projects have been featured on ABC, Sport's Illustrated, the Wall Street Journal, the BBC, Time Magazine, Wired Magazine and the LA Times to name just a few. He lives in Brooklyn with his wife and dog.

Inhalt
Introduction.- Members of an eHealth Team.- The Entrepreneur: Role on an eHealth Team.- The Engineer: Role on an eHealth Team.- The Clinician: Role on an eHealth Team.- The Academic: Role on an eHealth Team.- Case Study 1: Building an eHealth Product with a Large Corporation: Panasonic.- Case Study 2: Working on eHealth Projects for Athletes: Red Bull High Performance.- Case Study 3: Working on eHealth Projects with a Small Business: MindMe.- Case Study 4: Working on eHealth Projects for Social Good: Not Impossible.- Conclusion.