Crowd Sourcing in Healthcare Industry

Recently, an informatics and healthcare research foundation called The  Regenstruef Institute affiliated with the Indiana University School of Medicine did a project together. They crowdsourcing from patients across the country to contribute their ideas to make healthcare a better quality. 
                           From this crowdsourcing activity, a huge number of patients focused on how to prevent disease rather than treatment of disease. They provide many valuable ideas and ways to improve obesity and cardiovascular disease. Some people focused on communication, education, and relationships in healthcare. 

In a recent survey, a customer said that the thing that bugs them most is going to a doctor with unclear information about a condition and treatment. A computer application developed based on this case. This App can translate what will happens during a doctor visiting into a print summary for patient to take home. It gives patient a clear idea about the details of their doctor appointment. 

This activity not only to identify problems that patients case about, but also give public a chance to engage in healthcare industry and science. Dr. Mike Weiner, director of the Institute's Center for Health Services Research says, "We're just one more example of the notion of crowdsourcing to identify some important agendas that may play a useful role in science. " Also, they plan to use more crowdsourcing in healthcare industry in the future.