Sunday, October 28, 2012

Innovator with Interest in Health

Simplicity and Order for All by Seth Stevenson.  WSJ Magazine.  October 26, 2012.

This article focuses on Jack Dorsey, the Winner of the WSJ Innovator of the Year 2012:  Technology.  While the emphasis of this article is not medicine, it does mention the possibl next frontier for Jack Dorsey, founder of Twitter and Square, an application that lets anyone use a cell phone to accept credit card payments.  The article cites Dorsey's ability to "create streamlined beauty out of giant ungainly systems that at first glance appear to be irredeemably chaotic."  Dorsey mentions that he is interested in applying his ability to health.  "We need new tools" he says in order deal with the overwhelming complexity that faces individuals with health insurance, the health industry, and diagnoses.  Obviously, Dorsey views medicine and health as ripe fields for innovation.

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