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Innovation Development Grant Awardees: Meet Paolo Bonato, Ph.D. »

4 Jul, 2014

Award-winning innovation is around every corner in Boston. In March, Partners Healthcare announced the 20 recipients of the Innovation Development Grand Competition. Paolo Bonato is one of those winners. This innovator holds many titles, including director of the Motion Analysis Laboratory at Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital in Boston, assistant professor in the Department of Physical Medicine…

Innovation HealthJam: Dr. Joe Kvedar talks promises of Remote Patient Monitoring! »

15 Jun, 2014

MedTech Features

MedTech Boston is excited about another first in healthcare--Innovation HealthJam, a fully online conference with world-class leaders in healthcare technology and an open invitation for anyone and everyone to participate! Just like healthcare, the conference will run 24 hours a day from June 17-19th! The internet is continuing to democratize all areas of our life.…

Google Glass Challenge a pitch-off success … congrats to the winners! »

25 Apr, 2014

MedTech Features

On Wednesday evening at Google’s offices in Cambridge, the finalists of Medtech Boston’s Google Glass Challenge had the chance to participate in a “pitch-off,” demonstrating their ideas for using Google Glass in the medical setting.

Boston Academic Hospitals: Unveiling Stealth Google Glass Projects on April 23?! »

17 Apr, 2014

MedTech Features

Here at MedTech Boston, we're super excited about the April 23 MedTech Boston Google Glass Challenge for so many reasons. The Boston medicine technology and innovation leaders are coming out in force. Expect to hear from and network with Boston Children's Hacking Pediatrics, Brigham and Women's iHub, MIT Hacking Medicine, Google Glass New England, Tufts…

The Point of Care: Beyond EHRs and Silver Bullets »

14 Apr, 2014

Opinion/Editorial

In my early days as a medical student, the promise of electronic health records (EHRs) was all the rage. In some circles, it was all some researchers, IT leaders, and clinicians could talk about. These enthusiastic conversations touted EHRs as a way to improve clinical decision support, centralize patient information, reduce administrative costs, and share…

Dr. Humayun Chaudhry, President of the Federation of State Medical Boards- Speaks to us at the Partners Healthcare Connected Health Symposium about telemedicine and social media »

24 Oct, 2013

MedTech Features

Dr. Humayun "Hank" J. Chaudhry is President and Chief Executive Officer of the Federation of State Medical Boards (FSMB) of the United States. The FSMB is the umbrella agency for all the state medical licensing boards. It operates the Federation Credentialing Verification Service (FCVS). The FSMB is probably best known among physicians as a co-manager…