http://www.nextbillion.net/blogs/2007/05/04/changemakers-putting-health-innovations-into-practice Comments for "Changemakers - Putting Health Innovations into Practice" en http://www.nextbillion.net/blogs/2007/05/04/changemakers-putting-health-innovations-into-practice <p style="padding: 5px; float: right;"><a href="http://www.changemakers.net/en-us/competition/disruptive"><img src="http://www.nextbillion.net/files/images/Changemakers Health.img_assist_custom.jpg" alt="" title="" class="image img_assist_custom" width="200" height="200" /></a></p>Web 2.0, meet BOP. (Wow, now that is a jargon-laden sentence.) Hopefully my jargon serves to highlight some of the latest efforts to bring the broad web community together in search of the next, best base of the pyramid idea. <a href="/blogs/2007/05/03/big-blue-going-to-the-bop">Yesterday</a>, I introduced IBM&#39;s upcoming <a href="http://services.alphaworks.ibm.com/thinkplace">ThinkPlace Challenge - Africa</a>, which will solicit innovative ideas (and comments about them) for three weeks starting on Monday. Today, it&#39;s healthcare and Changemakers&#39; turn.<br /> <br /> <a href="http://www.changemakers.net/en-us/node">Changemakers</a> is an Ashoka initiative that focuses on social innovation. In the spirit of market incentives, Changemakers holds idea competitions - with monetary prizes - to solicit the best ideas and models in emerging areas of social innovation. They&#39;re trying to build a new market for compelling topics in the field; the latest is entitled <em><a href="http://www.changemakers.net/en-us/competition/disruptive">Disruptive Innovations in Health and Healthcare: Solutions People Want</a></em>.<br /> <br /> It&#39;s no small task - but that&#39;s where we come in. The competition is open. Just browse over to the solution mosaic to check out the current submissions. You can comment, discuss, and submit your own idea. The top three ideas - judging criteria available <a href="http://www.changemakers.net/en-us/node/20/competition/guidelines">here</a> - will receive $5,000 cash prizes. <br /> <br /> This Changemakers competition is a bit different - they&#39;ve partnered with the <a href="http://www.rwjf.org/">Robert Wood Johnson Foundation</a> to help put the ideas into action. From the competition <a href="http://www.changemakers.net/en-us/node/20/competition/framework">Welcome Letter</a>, here are the details:<br /><br />(This post continues past the break; click &quot;Read More&quot; to continue)<br /><br class="clear" /><p><a href="http://www.nextbillion.net/blogs/2007/05/04/changemakers-putting-health-innovations-into-practice">read more</a></p> http://www.nextbillion.net/blogs/2007/05/04/changemakers-putting-health-innovations-into-practice#comment Health Fri, 04 May 2007 10:05:27 -0400 Rob Katz 4029 at http://www.nextbillion.net