HHS is now accepting applicants for its HHSentrepreneurs program, which connects private sector entrepreneurs with federal employees to tackle a variety of healthcare innovation projects, according to an HHS news release.
This year's projects will seek to achieve: the application of design thinking to grants, cloud-based GIS maps displaying aggregate data on medical malpractice, health information exchange accelerators, modernizing the national plan and provider enumeration system, predictive analytics for merging innovation and business operations, and publication planning and clearance process improvements.
Six to eight applicants are selected to participate the projects. The program received 100 applicants last year, its first year of operation.
Applications will be accepted until Aug. 16, 2013. For more information or to apply, click here.
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