Harvard launches Health Acceleration Challenge

The Forum for Health Care Innovation, a partnership between Harvard Business School and Harvard Medical School have launched The Health Acceleration Challenge, which will identify and fund healthcare innovations to improve the effectiveness of U.S. healthcare delivery.

Currently, new therapies take a decade or more to receive widespread adoption, according to the schools. The Challenge aims to speed the dissemination of new therapies and other innovations with the ability to improve U.S. healthcare.

Finalists will share $150,000 in prize money, attend the the HBS-HMS Forum on Health Care Innovation Conference in April 2015, and have an HBS case written about them.
Applications are open to anyone and due on September 29th. To apply, visit www.HealthAccelerationChallenge.com.