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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…
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We bring you this week's medtech news, from Boston and beyond: 1. The VA Center for Innovation Launches a New Initiative On May 15, the VA will be launch a VA Innovation Creation Series, which will hopefully accelerate the development of prosthetics and assistive technologies for Veterans. The series will be launched at the Palo Alto VA Medical Center…
Boston Doctor Raises Over $400,000 for Nepali Earthquake Relief »
Dr. Bijay Acharya first heard about the 7.8 magnitude earthquake in Nepal on Saturday, April 25. It was 3 am. Frantically, he called his brother, his parents, his friends. No one picked up. "I couldn't get ahold of them for five hours," he says. "They were the longest five hours of my life." Immediately Acharya,…
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1 May, 2015
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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…
Meet the MIT Grand Hack Winners »
The Cancer Companion Team from the Telehealth Track celebrates a successful weekend of hacking with the MIT Hacking Medicine organizers and Merck sponsors. Photo via MIT Hacking Med. Organized by MIT Hacking Medicine on April 24 to 26, 2015, the Grand Hack brought together 80 teams and 450 participants from 19…
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24 Apr, 2015
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A New Kind of Academic Research: the Pittsburgh Health Data Alliance »
A few weeks ago, researchers at Carnegie Mellon University and the University of Pittsburgh announced that they will be teaming up with the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center (UPMC) to tackle big data in healthcare. Through this partnership, called the "Pittsburgh Health Data Alliance," researchers like Carnegie Mellon's Eric Xing, PhD, will work to develop new technologies,…
Department of Veterans Affairs to Open New Digital Service Office in Boston »
26 Mar, 2015
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18 Mar, 2015
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