Digital Innovation Reshaping Healthcare: What’s Next? »

31 Dec, 2019

Healthcare is going digital and there is no turning back. Technology will only become more advanced, so we can either adapt and stay at the forefront of that change, or we can be stubborn in our current ways and get left behind. On Dec. 9, 2019, Boston hosted its third annual Digital Health Innovation…

Massachusetts Life Sciences Center to Sponsor Award for the Boston Scientific Connected Patient Challenge »

19 Dec, 2019

MTB Contest News

With less than a month left to submit digital health solution innovations to Boston Scientific’s fifth annual Connected Patient Challenge, Massachusetts Life Sciences Center has announced it will sponsor an additional award. The MLSC Spotlight Award will be given to a Massachusetts-based organization that is one of the six finalists as determined by the…

Boston Scientific’s Connected Patient Challenge Attracts Inventive Digital Health Solutions From Innovators Worldwide »

5 Nov, 2019

MTB Contest News

A month after Boston Scientific launched its fifth annual Connected Patient Challenge, the company has seen a record-breaking number of submissions compared to previous years, and there’s still time for healthcare innovators to submit their ideas. The challenge, which calls on innovators to submit digital health solutions that improve care at home and help…

Boston Scientific Launches Connected Patient Challenge, a Search for Digital Tools to Better Manage Chronic Conditions »

30 Sep, 2019

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As healthcare shifts from the inpatient setting to outside the four walls of a health facility, innovations allow patients with chronic conditions to manage their health from the comfort of their own homes. Technologies such as mobile health apps and wearables give patients more control over both their treatment plans and their health data.…

Using Clinicaltrials.gov As A Metric: Analyzing Therapeutic Industry Growth »

24 Sep, 2019

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The current metrics that we use to track the digital health, diagnostic, medical device and therapeutic industries are limited. The most impactful metrics on an industry-wide scale that we currently use are financial metrics, the number of new approvals and products and the success rate of bringing new products to market. I propose that…

Nursing 2018: Broadening Opportunities as New Players Stake-Out Territory in Healthcare »

7 Sep, 2018

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Nursing 2018: Broadening Opportunities as New Players Stake-Out Territory in Healthcare. Nurses and other healthcare professionals can apply their expertise in new roles and with new technologies; but now they have the option to do so within corporate entrants who are discovering their value points in healthcare.

The Top 5 Pregnancy Tech Startups »

1 May, 2018

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Healthcare providers are constantly seeking new ways to use digital health solutions to empower patients to monitor their own health. Disadvantaged populations, often struggle with access to healthcare. Disadvantaged new mothers experience these struggles two-fold—for themselves and for their children. However, digital health solutions through internet and smartphone capabilities are becoming a viable solution to…

How One Company’s Digital Prescription App Will Change Mental Illness Therapy »

23 Apr, 2018

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Right now, mental illness is a widespread problem in the U.S. Pear Therapeutics, a Boston-based digital prescription company, plans to solve it—with smartphone apps.

ACC’s Roadmap to Innovation Health Policy Seeks to Revolutionize Healthcare »

24 Jan, 2018

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How can practitioners hope to integrate, fund, and evaluate the constantly-evolving healthcare landscape into clinical practices? The ACC has an answer. Following the association’s first annual Healthcare Innovation Statement in 2016, members created the 2017 Roadmap for Innovation in November. The statement identifies three primary fields of focus: Digital Health, Big Data, and Precision Health.