The ‘Price is Your Right’ Challenge Launches to Drive Patient Use of Cost Transparency Tools »
Two Massachusetts public agencies, the Massachusetts eHealth Institute at MassTech (MeHI) and the Center for Health Information and Analysis (CHIA), along with the Donaghue Foundation, the Harvard Medical School Department of Health Care Policy, and Freedman HealthCare (FHC) have come together to host the inaugural “Price Is Your Right Transparency Design Challenge.” This…
Chasing Greens – Fresh Food and the Urban Divide »
17 Jan, 2017
UncategorizedThe USDA reports that 1-in-7 Americans don't know where their next meal will come from. Lower-income neighborhoods in urban areas are especially affected. In this three-part series, MedTech Boston investigates various factors that shape the food insecurity issue in Boston and how those factors are connected to health outcomes.
Liquid Biopsies Could Make Cancer a Manageable Disease »
Could a simple blood test revolutionize cancer detection and treatment? Photo via Shawn Hempel/ Shutterstock. The future of cancer treatment is here. A new technology in cancer detection and monitoring called the liquid biopsy (or circulating tumor cell (CTC) count) can detect tumor DNA circulating in the blood before symptoms even…
Women in MedTech Group Launches at MassMEDIC Forum »
The first-ever Women in MedTech event launched last week in Waltham, MA as 125 women gathered for a MassMEDIC-sponsored forum titled "Disruptive Technologies in Medicine." Its founders frame their goal: “To unite New England medical device executive women by providing an inspirational and educational leadership forum.” The message: “You will hear us now.” Randel Richner,…
NeuroLaunch to Expand to Boston »
In their first batch, Atlanta-based neuroscience accelerator NeuroLaunch mentored six companies, which have now raised more than $4 million collectively. "We hit our milestones," says Jordan Amadio, the co-founder of NeuroLaunch and a fourth year neurosurgery resident at Emory University School of Medicine. "We attracted the right kind of energy, mentors and investors." Now, Amadio…
10 Moments You Missed at MassBio’s Annual Meeting »
Barnstable High School students accept the 2014 Joshua Boger Innovative School of the Year Award at MassBio's annual meeting. All photos provided by MassBio photographers. The Massachusetts Biotechnology Council’s Annual Meeting, titled “The Business of Science,” took place on March 26 and 27, 2015 at the Royal Sonesta Hotel in Cambridge.…
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Would you bank on the digital health industry in MA? Photo via everythingpossible/ Shutterstock. Digital health is the key to success in Massachusetts, at least according to the Massachusetts Competitive Partnership (MACP). The MACP, a nonprofit public policy group composed of 16 CEOs from some of the largest Massachusetts based companies, engages…
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