Join Our 40 Under 40 Healthcare Innovators at a MedTech Boston Party! »
We just announced our first-ever list of 40 Under 40 Healthcare Innovators - and it was a hit! But now that you've read about these physicians, entrepreneurs, policy makers and innovation gurus, we want you to meet them, too. Register now for our 40 Under 40 Awards Ceremony, hosted by Mad*Pow on May 13 from 6-8…
3D Printing in Healthcare: Promises and Challenges »
Prosthetic arms from e-Nabling the Future. Photo by Krina Patel. The INSIDE 3D PRINTING conference, held at the Jacob Javits Center in NYC from April 15 – 17, 2015, offered insights into the positive inroads 3D printing has made in various areas of health care, including tissue generation, mechanical prosthetics, implants and…
A Peek Inside the Harvard Forum on Health Care Innovation »
Prof. John Quelch discusses the Bloodbuy case study. Photo by Dr. Kirti Patel. The Harvard Forum on Health Care Innovation, a joint collaboration between Harvard Business School and Harvard Medical School, was recently held in Cambridge, Mass, on April 15-16, 2015. This private, invitation-only event assembled an elite group that included…
Upcoming Events in Medical Innovation (April 26, 2015) »
26 Apr, 2015
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Teaching Value and Choosing Wisely: Innovation at the American College of Physician’s Centennial Event »
As the American College of Physicians (ACP) celebrates its 100th anniversary, physicians and healthcare providers from across the country will meet at the Boston Convention Center for the ACP Excellence in Medical Education conference. Part of this event, which will meet from April 28- May 2, 2015, involves a session titled "Award-Winning Innovations in High-Value Care."…
HIMSS 2015 Highlights »
Photo via @MedCityNews The predominant themes at last week’s annual HIMSS and HX360 conferences, which met in Chicago from April 12-16, 2015, involved care coordination, patient engagement and mobile health solutions. While it's difficult to select from among the many educational and innovative presentations and exhibits, five presenters (a regulator, a thought leader,…
Upcoming Events in Medical Innovation (April 19, 2015) »
19 Apr, 2015
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M2D2 Finalists Celebrate $100,000 in Awards »
PixelEXX winner Renee Carder, PhD and M2D2 director Steven Tello celebrate PixelEXX's first place win. All photos by Jenni Whalen. Business and healthcare professionals gathered at Mintz Levin on Thursday, April 17 to celebrate the winners of the Massachusetts Medical Device Development (M2D2) Center's New Venture Competition. 15 companies hoped to…
Controversial Pavlok Device Hits Google Wearables Challenge Next Week »
The Pavlok team. Photo provided. Maneesh Sethi, founder of Pavlok, once hired a woman to slap him when he got distracted at work. Years later, Sethi and his co-founder, Jim Lynch, launched Pavlok, a wearable device based on those slaps. The device uses electric shock, which is supported as a powerful behavior change…
What’s Hot in Boston Biotech »
A sold out crowd for Xconomy's biotech conference in Boston. Photo via @BF_healthcare. Popular business and technology news site Xconomy held its eighth annual life sciences forum on April 8, 2015 at the Broad Institute in Cambridge, Mass. This year’s theme was “What’s Hot in Boston Biotech” and drew a who’s who…
