"Devices are becoming smaller, more mobile, affordable and consumer-friendly. Armed with these devices, consumers no longer need feel like passengers in their health, they can now drive it. - Lisa Kennedy

“Health starts in the home, the community and importantly in cities and begins with breaking down silos. Improving health outcomes in Cincinnati required the collaboration of 5 employers, 3 insurers, 3 local agencies, 3 national agencies, 5 hospitals, thousands of doctors and nurses and most importantly the 2.2 million [...]

“It shouldn't be a secret but it isn't widely known that traditional financing for life science start-ups like venture funding has significantly decreased. If we don't find new ways to fund innovations, we could lose a generation of new treatments. -Lisa Kennedy

“One of the biggest things we'll see in 2050 is a Digital environmental bio superconvergence: everything will have a digital heart and we will become the '4th Screen'. We see the seeds of this technology tethered to start-ups today. -Lisa Kennedy

NPR: Morning Edition, 12 Mar 2013: "[Self-trackers] are incredible, disruptive pioneers in a space with long-standing consequences that will be able to help us find diseases and potentially save lives," -Dr. Lisa Kennedy, The Most Talked About Tech and Culture Trends at SXSW InteractiveThe Wall Street Journal, 12 Mar 2013: [...]

“In a world of over 7B people, there are only 5 types of healthcare systems -the question we need to ask is why? We must find new ways to structure health care - a search that will have an incalculable impact on health status over the next 30 years. [...]