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Advancing the Safe Use of Healthcare Products
November 28, 2017 @ 3:30 pm - 7:00 pm
On November 28, 2017, Johnson & Johnson will unveil and hear from the winner of the Advancing the Safe Use of Healthcare Products QuickFire Challenge.
This challenge is one in a series of QuickFire Challenges designed to draw the best thinking from experts on healthcare solutions for patients and consumers. We believe a good idea can come from anywhere, and by working together, we can spark the next great idea that will change the trajectory of health.
More than 95 submissions from physicians, researchers and others in industry and academia were considered in this challenge, which called for innovative ideas to help advance the safe use of healthcare products. We asked for ideas that will:
- Empower patients and consumers to make more informed healthcare decisions by providing better information and education about the safety of healthcare products (pharmaceuticals, medical devices and consumer products).
- Improve training and development for surgeons by identifying new models that simulate the operating room environment.
- Empower patients and consumers to more safely administer and handle healthcare products.
In addition to hearing from the winner, two of Johnson & Johnson’s leaders, Joanne Waldstreicher, Chief Medical Officer and Melinda Richter, Head of JLABS, Johnson & Johnson Innovation, will be joined by Arthur Caplan, founding head of the Division of Bioethics at NYU Langone Medical Center, for a panel discussion around fostering innovation to enhance safety for those who use medical products every day.
Accelerating research, leading values-driven decision-making, creating a cutting-edge single medical safety standard, and encouraging innovation while striving to improve the lives of patients and consumers is what drives the Johnson & Johnson Office of the Chief Medical Officer and JLABS.