Articles by Jennifer Cook
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November 13, 2020
Primary Care Innovation: A Conversation with Dr. Onil Bhattacharyya
What is primary care? What are consumers looking for in primary care? How do you know if your primary care innovation works? Innovations in Healthcare had the good fortune to sit down recently with Dr. Onil Bhattacharyya, a family physician who studies innovative health service delivery models in both high- and low-income settings, who answered all these questions and more. He is committed to using health services research to make a more effective, responsive, and integrated health care system.
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November 13, 2020
Operation ASHA: Sunil and Prakesh
Two new videos offer an important glimpse into how IPIHD/SEAD Innovator Operation ASHA treats tuberculosis (TB) in hard-to-reach populations across India and what the organization’s work means to people coping with the disease. The first video, “The Last Mile: Operation Asha’s Delivery Model” follows community health provider Sunil Sabetah as he works with patients in small, rural villages outside of Gwailor, a city in the Indian state of Madhya Pradesh.
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November 13, 2020
IPIHD Welcomes 12 New Innovators to Network!
IPIHD is proud to announce our 2015 IPIHD cohort, adding 12 new exciting innovators to our global network! From Vietnam to Kenya to Brazil, these organizations are all delivering novel healthcare services and products that increase access to affordable, quality care in the settings where they currently operate and have the potential to impact models of care worldwide.
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November 13, 2020
Brookings and IPIHD Look at Diabetes Innovations Around the World
On the surface, health systems in South Texas and the Tamil Nadu state in southern India may not seem to have much in common. The two systems have seemingly opposite problems: Rural India has an acute shortage of physicians, little government funding for health care and very few people covered under insurance. In contrast, McAllen, Texas came under scrutiny in 2009 when medical writer Atul Gawande illustrated how the region’s top-notch doctors and hospitals led the U.S. in health care spending but that it’s largely insured population wasn’t any healthier than other regions.
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November 13, 2020
Innovations in Healthcare Annual Report
We are delighted to release the Innovations in Healthcare 2014-2015 Annual Report.