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Smart Clothes: Developing the Next Generation of Wearable Technologies to Keep Us Healthy

Look around in any group setting and you will see them everywhere—smart watches and activity trackers on wrists and waistbands. As the wearable device industry grows rapidly, research in the broader field of wearable technologies is…
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What Humor & Creativity can Teach us about Innovation

Barry Kudrowitz, PhD, director of product design shares how collaboration with diverse fields can help us think outside the box. Barry Kudrowitz grew up in south Florida. He went to Disney World often and dreamed of becoming an Imagineer…
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Transformative Care for Preventing Chronic Pain and Addiction

Chronic pain is a top reason to seek care, the number one cause of addiction and disability, and the primary driver of health care utilization, costing more than cancer, heart disease, and diabetes. As a result, the nationwide chronic pain…
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Mini Medical School

Remaining curious about our world keeps our minds active and healthy. Last week, 312 curious community members attended the first of six weekly sessions of our Mini Medical School.
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The Influence of Teamwork and Interprofessional Networks on Health Care Provider Burnout

Provider burnout is an epidemic that has been linked to numerous devastating outcomes. Many national health care organizations have stated that teamwork is critical to improving the problem. However, it is unclear if the extent of teamwork…
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Advancing Critical Care Training for Special Pathogens Using Simulation

The University of Minnesota has a regional biocontainment unit to care for patients with high consequence infectious diseases (HCIDs) including Ebola virus, Lassa fever and other hemorrhagic illnesses. This unit provides specialized care…
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Clinical Connections: Design Thinking

Innovation can occur when things come together that aren’t expected to come together. Here, at the University of Minnesota, we are uniquely positioned to cross disciplines and expertise, from design to health care. Forming connections…
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Combating the Opioid Crisis: Duluth Campus and College of Pharmacy Team-Up for Interprofessional Naloxone Training Workshop

Despite recent efforts, the opioid crisis continues to grow in our nation. A report from the National Safety Council revealed that the odds of dying from an accidental opioid overdose surpass the odds of dying from a motor vehicle…
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Agile Thinking

Anything that was written in a ski lodge draws a certain amount of skepticism. Despite this, the “Agile Manifesto,” created in 2001 and intended as a set of principles for creating a better software design process, has permeated business…
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The Long View

Carolyn Fairbanks and George Wilcox have worked for nearly 20 years on developing a non-opioid treatment for chronic pain management and have received a $4.5 million grant from the Department of Defense to continue their researchAs a…