Big Time Innovators in Health Care

Fast Company magazine published their 50 most innovative companies in March of 2012, including 10 related to health care. I thought I would revisit the list now that we've turned the page into 2013, and try to imagine what innovations will be in this year's list.

Some of these companies are big dogs, such as IBM, Walgreens, and 3M, while others are much smaller pups. Innovations come is all shapes and sizes, too. Innovations include an online tool that helps patients find the right doctor at the right price, medical intelligence software for disease surveillance and identifying health risks, a "Smart knee" motorized prosthesis, and a stethoscope that can stream high-quality audio to a specialist anywhere in the world (even from the International Space Station).

Every business can learn something from these companies. Anyone can innovate. If you're not innovating, you're falling behind.

How will you innovate in 2013? Check out these companies for inspiration.

1) National Marrow Donor Program
2) Narayana Hrudayalaya Hospitals
3) Walgreens
4) Castlight Health
5) AssistiveWare
6) IBM
7) Össur
8) Heritage Provider Network
9) Esri
10) 3M

See the detailed write-up of each company's innovations

Happy New Year!