Resources and Information for the Boston Area »
If you’re building a startup in the Boston area, or just want to learn more about the medtech industry, this list of resources is perfect for you.
Doing Well by Doing Good: UrSure’s Giffin Daughtridge’s Game-Changing PrEP Adherence Test »
As a 22-year old college graduate and Fulbright Scholar in in Bogotá, Colombia, Griffin Daughtridgeused his undergraduate degrees in Biology and Spanish from the University of North Carolina to help develop a hepatitis B (HBV) vaccination program.
A New VR Experience Could Help Isolated Elders Reconnect »
With the help of one Boston-based startup, elders suffering from dementia or isolation could attend a concert or even sit atop Mount Everest without ever leaving their homes. Rendever, founded by students at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology’s Sloan Business School, aims to fight isolation and cognitive issues encountered in old age by allowing users to view or describe entertaining virtual-reality experiences.
Online Physician Community Site Medstro Surpasses 100,000 Registered Users »
Medstro, the online community site for physicians, medical students and healthcare innovators announced today that it had surpassed 100,000 registered users in less than three years since launching the site.
6 Reasons Why Digital Health Startups Will Fail (Obamacare Repeal Won’t Be One of Them) »
In 2015 alone, digital health saw $4.5 Billion in venture funding—and yet so many of those well-intentioned startups have been unsuccessful. That is because healthcare has challenges that no other industry faces. Here are 6 mistakes digital health entrepreneurs frequently make that prevent them from turning their lofty mission into a scalable business.
PULSE@MassChallenge’s 2017 Startup Cohort Innovating Telehealth, Biosensors, Virtual Reality, and More »
Global Startup Hackathon – MIT »
PULSE@ CHECK DIGITAL HEALTHCARE MEETUP IN PARTNERSHIP WITH BOSTON CHILDREN’S HOSPITAL AND CERNER »
Looking Beyond Prescriptive Lenses »
Somerville-based EyeNetra’s tech could one day bridge gap in eye care need, revolutionize how we look at our screens
