West Wireless Health Institute Distances Itself from Qualcomm, Seeks to Recast its Role
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Instead of working to “accelerate wireless health innovations” (as an end in itself), the institute has a more pronounced mission to lower the cost of healthcare.Casey says the difference does not reflect a change in the institute’s core strategy as a catalyst for innovation—but rather a shift in emphasis.By shedding some commercial initiatives and overt industry ties, the institute has sought to recast itself as what Casey calls an independent and “honest broker” for events like the all-day conference on “Health Care Innovation” that the institute is hosting in Washington D.C. on April 28.In organizing the conference as a free and open event, the institute has refined its identity and adopted a new role for itself among government policy makers, regulators, strategic leaders, business development executives, and technology specialists who have an interest in health care and wireless innovation.As part of its struggle—or “evolution,” as Casey prefers to put it—the institute has moved to distance itself from San Diego-based Qualcomm (NASDAQ: QCOM).
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