Online Physician Community Site Medstro Surpasses 100,000 Registered Users »

21 Feb, 2017

Medstro, the online community site for physicians, medical students and healthcare innovators announced today that it had surpassed 100,000 registered users in less than three years since launching the site.

Translating Ideas into Action at the MGH Healthcare Transformation Lab »

9 Apr, 2015

Companies People

From left to right, Dr. Eric Isselbacher, Julia Jackson, Dr. Maulik Majmudar. Photo by Gordon Webster, New England Images. “Change is inevitable - and it's happening at a rapid pace,” says Dr. Eric Isselbacher, founder and Director of the Healthcare Transformation Laboratory at theMGH Corrigan Minehan Heart Center. "We need to…

5 Can’t Miss Insights from HealthIMPACT East »

3 Mar, 2015

Events Uncategorized

Shahid N. Shah, Charles Jaffe, Jacob Reider, MD, and David Whitlinger discuss system interoperability. Photo by Edward Egan. The Information Management Network (IMN) hosted it's 3rd annual HealthIMPACT East conference at the Union League Club in downtown NYC on Feb 27, 2015. The event featured a town-hall style forum that produced lively…

Electronic Health Records, Part 2: Opportunities »

18 Feb, 2015

Opinion/Editorial

What are the opportunities presented by electronic medical records? Photo via Carlos Amarillo/ Shutterstock As discussed in the previous article in this series, the broad adoption of electronic health records (EHRs) has presented healthcare professionals with numerous challenges. It’s not surprising that many of us are left wondering: Will all of…

Precision Medicine: Sounds Good, Right? »

9 Feb, 2015

Opinion/Editorial

Will Obama's new precision medicine initiative really make a difference? Photo via Shutterstock. In his January 20, 2015 State of the Union Address, Barack Obama announced that he was “launching a new Precision Medicine Initiative….” In a more detailed conference on the 30th, he described precision medicine as “delivering the right…