Below you can find digital health industry news, including recently published articles, announcements, opinion pieces from industry thought leaders, event recaps, and profiles of featured Massachusetts digital health companies.
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Massachusetts-based companies ianacare and DynamiCare won the top two spots in The Fast Track to Scale Accelerator organized by MassChallenge HealthTech and Anthem. The Accelerator paired digital health startups from around the world with industry-leading employer champions with the goal of transforming the healthcare system.
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As summer 2020 draws to a close, many organizations in the Mass Digital Health cluster have begun a fall hiring push. While many companies paused hiring early in the pandemic, from May to July 2020 we observed an addition of 424 new job postings on the Massachusetts Digital Health Jobs Board.
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Virtual Bidders' Conference on July 9, 2020. Bid responses due August 10, 2020.
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The Massachusetts eHealth Collaborative, a non-profit pioneer and national leader in health information technology for over 15 years, is winding down its operations in 2020. As part of the winding down process, MAeHC is distributing grants of up to $250,000 to certain Massachusetts-based Section 501(c)(3) charitable organizations to further its vision and mission.
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The Massachusetts eHealth Institute at MassTech (MeHI) has selected four new healthcare R&D hubs to join the Digital Health Sandbox Network and awarded grants to support two digital health companies in accessing the network.
Learn MoreSource: MassChallenge HealthTech
MassChallenge, the Boston-based accelerator, is hosting a virtual COVID-19 Innovation Summit on March 25th from 11AM – 1PM EST. Register now to participate in this timely and thoughtful conversation with innovators looking to combat the outbreak.
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While the COVID-19 outbreak is the leading health issue today, the world is also facing ongoing challenges like loneliness, food insecurity, and addiction that need to be addressed. Get to know three Massachusetts-based digital health startups that are tackling the massive societal problems that will still be here long after we contain COVID-19.
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MIT Hacking Medicine started small in 2011 but today its Grand Hack event in April attracts over 400 people from all over the world. What is it about this event and the Massachusetts digital health ecosystem that attracts so many people to Cambridge every year? We talked with MIT Hacking Medicine’s Freddy Nguyen to learn more about how this event started, how it has grown, and what we can expect at this year’s event in April.
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Boston-based digital health startup Buoy Health and Boston Children’s Hospital are working together with the CDC to help everyday people better understand what’s real and what’s fake about the coronavirus. Read more about how these kinds of collaborations on major challenges happen every day in Massachusetts.
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MassChallenge HealthTech recently convened entrepreneurs, developers, and AI enthusiasts from across Massachusetts to engage in a wide ranging discussion on AI and its growing role in health care. The event featured Boston University Professor Jayakanth Srinivasan and leaders from the Boston-based AI startups Vyasa Analytics and Posh. Read more about what they had to say about the future of AI.
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