Robotic Nursing Assistant System Poised To Curtail Workplace Injuries »

15 Mar, 2017

Founded in 2007, a Burlington company’s vision to revolutionize healthcare with Robots is becoming reality. Hstar Technologies has raised $9.5 million in funding to develop robots including the Robotic Nursing Assistant system (RoNA), which aims to assist nursing staff with patient lifting and care.

Virtual Reality Service For Elders Wins Grand Prize at Sloan Healthcare and BioInnovation Conference »

14 Mar, 2017

Companies Events

Earlier this month at the student-run Sloan Healthcare and BioInnovation Conference pitch competition, eight teams vied for a $25,000 grand prize by pitching their tech alternatives to costly health solutions. Rendever, team led by two MIT Sloan School of Management students, took first place for its mission to aid dementia patients with virtual reality.

MIT Sloan Healthcare and BioInnovations Conference 2017 »

24 Feb, 2017

The theme of this year's Sloan Healthcare and BioInnovations Conference is "Emerging Trends in Healthcare: Personalized and Digital Health" MIT Sloan Healthcare and BioInnovations Conference (SHBC) brings together industry, academic and policy leaders to discuss the most pressing issues and exciting innovations in the healthcare sector. From cutting edge targeted biotechnologies to telehealth and healthcare…

Calling all Innovators! Spaulding Rehab Hospital’s “Open for Business” »

13 Dec, 2016

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“If you’re a healthcare innovator with an idea for solving a problem that affects the rehab community, let’s talk. Spaulding’s open for business,” says Boston’s Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital’s Dr. David Binder. He leads their innovation team and wants everyone to know about their newly energized, hospital-wide commitment to internal and external innovation.

Global Startup Hackathon – MIT »

3 Nov, 2016

Global Startup Hackathon - MIT Guests & Investors: This event is open to anyone who is planning to start, work, mentor or fund a startup. If you are seeking to launch a startup across large market, you will enjoy this chance to mingle and network with potential co-founder, partner, corporate clients or investors along top industry domain…

Medical Devices 101 »

2 Nov, 2016

We’ll start the presentation at 6:30 PM and run about an hour, then we’ll try to provide all the A’s to your Q’s In the best MIT tradition, there will be refreshments! Speaker: Aidan Petrie, founder and chief innovation officer of Ximedica Please RSVP to mentor@cambridgemedspace.com

SPAULDING REHABILITATION HOSPITAL HACKATHON »

14 Oct, 2016

The first ever Spaulding Hackathon was held prior to the American Academy of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation (AAPM&R) Annual Meeting in September 2015. The 2-day event focused on the development of creative and innovative solutions specifically for rehabilitation medicine challenges. The Spaulding Hackathon brings together clinicians, engineers, designers, programmers, and entrepreneurs to tackle clinical and…

Notes from Hubweek: A New App To Benefit the Autism Community »

12 Oct, 2016

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At Hubweek’s event Synaptic Gap: 21st Century Brain Science Meets Mental Health Policy, Pulitzer-Prize winning journalist and bestselling author Ron Suskind delivered a compelling speech about autism and his own experience parenting a son with autism. He introduced the audience to Sidekicks, a new smartphone app he helped to develop which is enabling children with autism spectrum disorder to communicate with their parents and caregivers like never before.

DHIS Co-Chair Geary Shares View from the Top of the Summit »

10 Oct, 2016

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Breaking Health Podcast host Steve Krupa connected with Bill Geary, general partner of Flare Capital Partners and co-chair of the upcoming Digital Healthcare Innovation Summit, to discuss highlights of the November 2 event being held at the Mandarin Oriental in Boston.