Jody Ranck Libros

This insightful volume introduces the concept of “disruptive cooperation”—transformative partnerships between health and technology sectors aimed at addressing critical healthcare challenges like inequities, waste, and inappropriate care. It focuses on the urgent issues of an aging population facing long-term chronic illnesses and presents a new framework for personalized, integrative services utilizing mobile technologies. The text explores the social dimensions of health and illness, robust applications of health data, and the role of wireless and wearable technologies in intervention, prevention, and health promotion. Case studies from digital health innovators highlight opportunities for collaboration across service delivery, business, research, and policy sectors to foster healthier aging globally. Key topics include cooperation in aging services technologies, the quantified self and wearables, smart healthy cities through public-private partnerships, data analytics for population health, secure standards for health data, and peer-to-peer platforms for underserved physicians. This work aims to energize digital health and healthcare professionals in both non-profit and for-profit sectors, while also serving as an inspiring resource for policymakers and public health professionals interested in innovation policy.