Commercializing Disruption: 25 Years of Healthcare Innovation

Businessman and philanthropist W. Clement Stone once said we are all products of our environment. When it comes to physical and mental health, this mantra is truer than most people would imagine. The role the environment plays in health has never been clearer to researchers and clinicians. New findi...

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Published in:American laboratory (Fairfield) 2018-10, Vol.50 (8), p.62
Main Author: Hrusovsky, Kevin
Format: Magazinearticle
Language:English
Subjects:
Compliance
Disruption
Environment
Innovations
Mental health
Researchers
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Summary:Businessman and philanthropist W. Clement Stone once said we are all products of our environment. When it comes to physical and mental health, this mantra is truer than most people would imagine. The role the environment plays in health has never been clearer to researchers and clinicians. New findings reveal as much as 80% of diseases can be attributed to environmental factors to which people subject their bodies. If we can advance our understanding of how our lifestyle choices and habits contribute to short- and long-term health, we can change our trajectories and better protect ourselves from acquiring some of today's most lethal diseases. For the first time, people could take a tablet once per day and the medicine would release throughout the day. This was a highly technical process with a simple but life-changing opportunity to significantly increase patient compliance, without having to continuously interrupt daily routines. Being part of this revolution also pushed us in the direction of diagnostics.
ISSN:0044-7749