Two Health IT Trends Paving the Way for Our Future »
Retail clinics offer lower costs and higher accessibility for consumers. Photo via Perficient. At the IHT2 Health IT Summit, which met in Cambridge from May 19 to 20, 2015, participants and speakers discussed the future of healthcare technology, considering everything from retail clinics to effective patient engagement methods. We walked away…
Upcoming Events in Medical Innovation (May 24, 2015) »
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#NowTrending: This Week’s MedTech News »
We bring you this week's medtech news, from Boston and beyond: 1. Newton-Based Jana Care Launches Diabetes Management App Jana Care announced this week the launch of a mobile diabetes management solution that allows for coaching, monitoring and shareable data. The app will be used by all 20 centers in the Dr. Mohan's Diabetes Specialties…
5 Things You Missed During Massachusetts Medtech Week »
The Boston Convention and Exhibition Center during BIOMEDevice's annual event. Photo via @LeeToma. Each week, the Massachusetts Medtech sector gets bigger and better. Thousands of healthcare professionals mingled and meshed, catalyzed and synergized at the BIOMEDevice conference in Boston May 6-7, 2015, during the 1st Annual Massachusetts Medtech Week. The extravaganza…
New England Venture Capital Goes for Healthcare Gold at the 2015 NEVY Awards »
Photo via @BetaBoston. The New England Venture Capital Awards took place on Wednesday night, May 13, 2015, at the House of Blues in Boston. The event’s theme, “Solid Gold,” featured gold-clad dancers, pounding club music, an open bar and an opportunity to see venture capitalists in their "natural habitats." Online pharmacy startup…
Joy of Medicine Challenge Winners Announced »
Medstro, the Social Network for Physicians, and Geneia, a company of experienced healthcare change agents creating analytic and technology solutions to improve healthcare, today announced the three finalists in the Geneia Joy of Medicine Challenge. The Challenge - an online competition created to encourage U.S.-licensed physicians and medical students to submit their ideas for relieving…
MedTech Boston & Mad*Pow Honor 40 Under 40 Healthcare Innovators »
MedTech Boston's 40 Under 40 members received awards at the May 13th networking and awards ceremony event, hosted by Mad*Pow. All photos by Jim Ryan. On May 13, 2015, at the office of the design innovation agency Mad*Pow in Boston, over 100 healthcare innovators and leaders gathered to celebrate the individuals chosen as this year’s…
Upcoming Events in Medical Innovation (May 17, 2015) »
17 May, 2015
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1. A Partners Program Lowers Hospital Admissions & Mortality Rates Partners HealthCare Connected Health announced this week that their remote monitoring program for heart failure patients resulted in lower hospitalization and mortality rates (you can see the full results in their study, published in the Journal of Medical Internet Research last month). "These findings suggest that our Connected…
