Keeping the TEDMED Talk Going

TEDMED may have concluded Oct.29, but the robust dialogue on how to improve health and health care continues. Several  “TEMEDers” who attended as part of our group of 50 guests have already posted about their experiences, including The Health Care Blog’s Matthew Holt, the Society for Participatory Medicine’s e-Patient Dave, Pew Internet, American Life Project’s, Susannah Fox, the University of North Carolina’s Barbara Rimer, andChangingAging.org’s Bill Thomas. In addition, we will be posting video interviews that we captured at TEDMED with Pioneer grantees, over the next several weeks.

The first video installment features renowned R&D innovator Scott Johnson, president and founder of the Myelin Repair Foundation (MRF), discussing the Breakthrough to Cures project we’re supporting. Utilizing a unique approach to crowdsourcing– online game play – the project seeks out the best ideas possible for accelerating the pace at which cures and treatments are developed. One game has already taken place, generating more than 1,600 ideas from approximately 350 players.

 

Watch Scott explain the concept behind Breakthrough to Cures, then visit the game’s Web site and register to play the second – and final – scenario on Nov. 9.

And be sure to see what other TEDMED attendees had to say about improving health and health care by visiting our flickr and YouTube accounts.