MedTech Boston Covering the nexus of healthcare, technology and innovation in Boston and beyond 2019-10-02T20:42:03Z https://medtechboston.medstro.com/feed/atom/ WordPress Samara Rosenfeld <![CDATA[Boston Scientific Launches Connected Patient Challenge, a Search for Digital Tools to Better Manage Chronic Conditions]]> https://medtechboston.medstro.com/?p=23207 2019-10-01T12:13:02Z 2019-09-30T15:24:12Z  

As healthcare shifts from the inpatient setting to outside the four walls of a health facility, innovations allow patients with chronic conditions

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David Saxner <![CDATA[Using Clinicaltrials.gov As A Metric: Analyzing Therapeutic Industry Growth]]> https://medtechboston.medstro.com/?p=23195 2019-09-24T18:03:03Z 2019-09-24T15:09:20Z  

The current metrics that we use to track the digital health, diagnostic, medical device and therapeutic industries are limited. The most impactful

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MedTech Boston Staff <![CDATA[The ‘Price is Your Right’ Challenge Launches to Drive Patient Use of Cost Transparency Tools]]> https://medtechboston.medstro.com/?p=23178 2019-09-11T13:12:57Z 2019-09-11T13:11:23Z  

 

Two Massachusetts public agencies, the Massachusetts eHealth Institute at MassTech (MeHI) and the Center for Health Information and Analysis (

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Samara Rosenfeld <![CDATA[Who Pays for Uncompensated Kidney Care in the U.S.?]]> https://medtechboston.medstro.com/?p=23166 2019-09-09T14:01:28Z 2019-09-09T13:47:56Z  

An estimated 6,500 undocumented immigrants in the U.S. are living with end-stage renal disease (ESRD), according to a study published in

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Samara Rosenfeld <![CDATA[Boston-based Figur8 Launches Sensor Platform to Measure Movement, Identify Injury Risk]]> https://medtechboston.medstro.com/?p=23148 2019-08-27T18:04:53Z 2019-08-27T17:53:41Z  

Figur8, a new sensor platform that captures micrometer precision muscle and joint movement to better diagnose soft tissue injuries,

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Jack Murtha <![CDATA[AI Finds Hidden Atrial Fibrillation in Subtle Beats of the Heart]]> https://medtechboston.medstro.com/?p=23118 2019-08-23T12:41:08Z 2019-08-22T14:46:37Z  

Atrial fibrillation, the fleeting arrhythmia of the heart, is hard to catch. Elusive and intermittent, it’s often overlooked during a seconds-long electrocardiogram

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Samara Rosenfeld <![CDATA[Eli Lilly Launches IBD Digital Health Challenge]]> https://medtechboston.medstro.com/?p=23113 2019-09-13T20:17:03Z 2019-08-21T13:15:18Z  

You don’t have to be a big-name researcher for your chance to win $50,000 in an innovation challenge. In fact, Eli Lilly

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Seth Augenstein <![CDATA[Harvard and Merck Team to Find Immuno-Oncology Targets]]> https://medtechboston.medstro.com/?p=23097 2019-08-14T15:44:42Z 2019-08-13T15:32:14Z  

Check-point inhibitors and other immunotherapies have revolutionized the treatment of some cancers. But some patients do not respond at all – and

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Catherine Slotnick <![CDATA[Getting More Women Speakers in Radiology & Informatics]]> https://medtechboston.medstro.com/?p=23091 2019-08-12T12:35:45Z 2019-08-12T12:33:34Z  

If you’ve ever been to a meeting or conference in healthcare, there may be something that you have noticed: the lack of

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Samara Rosenfeld <![CDATA[COTA Finds a New Home in Boston, Aims to Recruit Top Talent]]> https://medtechboston.medstro.com/?p=23076 2019-08-07T12:36:15Z 2019-08-06T21:00:20Z  

Life science companies continue to make the move to Boston, making “the Hub” a center of healthcare. COTA, a

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