Disruptive Innovations in Health and Health Care: Solutions People Want

Announcing the winners:

Enter by: Jul 17, 2007 | Voting begins: Aug 14, 2007 | Winners Announced: Aug 29, 2007

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Update for Entrants: Pioneer Portfolio of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation has completed reviewing the entire set of entries received in the "Disruptive Innovations in Health and Health Care" competition. RWJF has announced that 11 entrants have been invited to compete for the $5 million in grant funding.

Changemakers, in partnership with the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, presents a collaborative competition for the best disruptive innovations that transform health and health care in the U.S. and globally. The competition is now closed.

Winners announced below

Winner	Country of origin
Project ECHO: Knowledge Networks for the Treatment of Complex Diseases in Remote, Rural, Underserved Communities University of New Mexico Health Sciences Center	United States
Family Coaching Clinics: A New Model of Preventive Mental Health Care UCLA Semel Institute Global Center for Children and Families	United States
Instant Birth Control Planned Parenthood of the Columbia/Willamette	United States

Finalist	Country of origin
Better AIDS treatment for patients living in resource poor regions PointCare	United States
Patient Opinion International Patient Opinion	United Kingdom
Saúde Criança Renascer- An integral perspective of health. Associação Saúde Criança Renascer	Brazil
Rotavirus Vaccination Via Oral Thin Film Delivery Johns Hopkins University	United States
Space age medical care for use on Earth Henry Ford Hospital	United States
Respira!: An Extremely Affordable Device for Better Asthma Care Stanford University Design School/ School of Medicine	United States
Scojo Microfranchises Deliver Affordable Reading Glasses to the Rural Poor Scojo Foundation	United States