“A nascent project launched by the Health and Human Services Department aims to spur innovation and help solve an expensive health crisis plaguing millions of Americans: kidney disease.”
“Developers hope it will one day be used as a model, not only for introducing innovators to government, but also to many other high-cost disease areas across the health care sector.”
“HHS Open Innovation Manager Dr. Sandeep Patel discussed the project—dubbed the KidneyX Innovation Accelerator…”
“The project is product-driven with a goal of targeting entrepreneurs and innovators who don’t automatically think about applying to grant solicitations or working with the federal government to address health emergencies…” Read the full article here.
Source: Health and Human Services’ Patient-Centered Solution to a National Health Crisis – By Brandi Vincent, April 17, 2019. Nextgov.
