How Boston-based Startups Are Tackling Loneliness, Food Insecurity, and Addiction
March 10, 2020
Source: MassDigitalHealth.org Editors
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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Six Questions with MIT Hacking Medicine’s Freddy Nguyen
March 3, 2020
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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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How One Massachusetts Digital Health Startup is Confronting the Coronavirus
February 24, 2020
Source: MassDigitalHealth.org Editors
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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The Future of AI in Massachusetts Healthcare
February 14, 2020
Source: MassDigitalHealth.org Editors
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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Why TEDMED Chose Boston
February 11, 2020
Source: MassDigitalHealth.org Editors
TEDMED is bringing their signature annual event to Boston for the first time this March. The theme of this year’s event is ‘Make Way For Wonder,’ something TEDMED COO Shirley Bergin said fits well with the energy and activity in the Massachusetts digital health ecosystem. “There is so much happening in Boston in the world of health and medicine,” Bergin said in a recent interview.
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