Translating Ideas into Action at the MGH Healthcare Transformation Lab »
From left to right, Dr. Eric Isselbacher, Julia Jackson, Dr. Maulik Majmudar. Photo by Gordon Webster, New England Images. “Change is inevitable - and it's happening at a rapid pace,” says Dr. Eric Isselbacher, founder and Director of the Healthcare Transformation Laboratory at theMGH Corrigan Minehan Heart Center. "We need to…
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Hack MS: Developing Stress Management Solutions »
Multiple Sclerosis (MS) is a disabling neurological condition that impacts as many as 2.5 million people around the world. According the MS Society, the disease occurs when the body’s immune system mistakenly attacks the protective coating around the nerve fibers of the central nervous system. People living with the disease can experience vision problems, fatigue,…
Inside Techstars Boston: The Power of the Network Effect »
In my last piece, I introduced many incubators and accelerators from the Boston area, some more established and national, others newly founded and local. One national accelerator with inarguable success is Techstars. Techstars was founded in Boulder in 2006 by David Cohen, Brad Feld, David Brown, and Jared Polis. Their now-legendary success story began in 2007 with…
Five Expert Tips for Bringing Medical Devices to Market »
Dr. del Nido begins the discussion. Left to Right: Pedro del Nido, Ibraheem Badejo, Maria Berkman, Ron Lancaster, and Kurt Dasse. Image courtesy of Anchor Line. “Anyone can be an innovator” was the guiding phrase of Pathways to Market: Focus on Medical Devices, a panel held at Boston Children’s Hospital on…
Early Ideation & Multidisciplinary Teams Mark InciteHealth’s New Incubator »
Primary care physicians at Harvard Medical School treat a patient. Photo provided. A new incubator at Harvard Medical School’s Center for Primary Care hopes to tackle healthcare challenges from a new perspective. Multidisciplinary groups will work together in teams to identify the largest problems healthcare faces and refine solutions to solve…
Pearls of Wisdom from the 2014 mHealth Summit »
Photo by Dr. Stuart Hochron. The buzz at this year’s mHealth Summit in Washington D.C. revolved around two deeply different types of technology: relatively low-tech solutions for care coordination, and the remarkable potential of EHR analytics. The value of combining high and low-tech solutions was also on display in the area of remote…
7 Innovative Startups at the New York Digital Health Accelerator’s Demo Day »
Sense Health presents at the Demo Day. Photo provided. New York City is one of the largest healthcare markets in the country. With $150 billion in the market, $50 billion of which spent through the medicaid program, New York is in the process of a massive transformation in its delivery system.…
