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How We Can Help

Highly effective non-profits are really good at applying leverage to all sectors: They further broke it down into six rules: So here’s how we can apply those rules to our objective: Pulling off the buildup and the flywheel moving is going to be a lot of work.  However, the nice thing about that strategy is that the benefits […]

There are the Equivalent of 6 Holocausts Every Year

6 million Jews were killed in the holocaust. Over 36 million people die from uncommunicable diseases every year. That means there is the equivalent of 6 holocausts worth of deaths every year. Aside from the 36 million deaths, there over a billion people suffering from various diseases in the equivalent of psychological concentration camps. Sources […]

Public Money Public Code Initiative

Why is software created using taxpayers’ money not released as Free Software? We want legislation requiring that publicly financed software developed for the public sector be made publicly available under a Free and Open Source Software license. If it is public money, it should be public code as well. Code paid by the people should be available […]

Why We Created Crowdsourcing Cures

Project Mission A half-billion are suffering from autoimmune diseases like Crone’s disease, psoriasis, multiple sclerosis, rheumatoid arthritis, and Fibromyalgia. Another half a billion people are suffering from depression and other mental illnesses. Indeed 12 people will have committed suicide by the end of this article. Hopefully, not as a result of this presentation, but I […]

Companies Accelerating Clinical Trials

Connecting the World’s Health Data Datavant provides solutions to help institutions protect, match, and share health data Komodo – https://www.komodohealth.com/ Then again, the analytics space is becoming a major focus for healthcare investors. Just last week, Clarify Health brought in a $115 million Series C for its clinical data analysis platform, while Mount Sinai spinout Sema4 raised $121 […]

National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI)

NAMI, the National Alliance on Mental Illness, is the nation’s largest grassroots mental health organization dedicated to building better lives for the millions of Americans affected by mental illness. Vision NAMI envisions a world where all people affected by mental illness live healthy, fulfilling lives supported by a community that cares. Mission NAMI provides advocacy, education, […]