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The Roles of Health Systems in Sparking Disruption in a Highly Complex Industry
June 6, 2019Source: Inside Digital Health
By: Jared Kaltwasser
"If there’s one industry that’s ripe for disruption, it’s healthcare.
That’s what many technology and healthcare experts say. And yet there’s a problem. As Tulip Lim, a director for S&P Global Ratings, said in a brief last November, “the industry’s complexity will govern the rate of change.”
Learn MoreLearn about Top Digital Health Collaborations across the Commonwealth
June 5, 2019Source: MassDigitalHealth.org editors
Did you know that Massachusetts is home to over 350 digital health companies? While Boston is typically referred to as the biotech hub of the world, the digital health ecosystem is also booming in the Commonwealth. Since 2016, the Massachusetts Digital Health Initiative has been focused on supporting digital health companies, fostering the digital health ecosystem, and bringing jobs to the Commonwealth.
Learn MoreBaker-Polito Administration Launches Digital Health 'Sandbox' Program for Innovative Startups
April 24, 2019Source: Office of Governor Charlie Baker and Lt. Governor Karyn Polito - Mass.gov
WORCESTER — Governor Baker today announced a new grant program as part of the Administration’s Digital Health Initiative that will provide $500,000 in funding to open doors for healthcare technology startups to access research and development “sandboxes.” Governor Baker made the announcement during a visit with Digital Health Council members at WPI’s PracticePoint, one of the facilities supported by the program, where healthcare startups will be able to test existing technologies and develop new products and services.
Learn MoreBaker-Polito Administration Funds Aging Innovation Hub in Cambridge
November 1, 2018Source: Massachusetts eHealth Institute
BOSTON – During an event today at the Cambridge Innovation Center (CIC) in Kendall Square, the Baker-Polito Administration awarded a $100,000 grant providing seed funding for AGENCY, a new coworking innovation hub for collective impact where entrepreneurs, enterprises, elders, and experts can work side-by-side to explore and apply ideas for aging populations around the globe.
Learn MoreMeHI & European Alliance Sign Partnership to Drive Strategic Collaboration Around Digital Health
April 12, 2018Source: MeHI
The Massachusetts eHealth Institute at the Massachusetts Technology Collaborative (MeHI) and the European Connected Health Alliance (ECHAlliance) today announced a new strategic partnership aimed at growing the digital health ecosystems in Massachusetts and Europe. The new agreement between MeHI and ECHAlliance will help advance collaboration, the exchange of ideas, and combine resources to drive the pursuit of real world digital solutions to address the world’s healthcare challenges.
Learn MoreMeHI Selected as New Vendor for Mass HIway Outreach & Account Management
March 27, 2018Source: MeHI
The Commonwealth’s Executive Office of Health and Human Services' (EOHHS) Mass HIway program recently announced a new contract with MeHI to develop and deliver services to promote the adoption and utilization of health information exchange (HIE) by healthcare organizations statewide.
Learn MorePULSE@ MassChallenge Announces 2018 Cohort of Top Digital Health Startups
December 14, 2017Source: PULSE@ MassChallenge
MassChallenge, the most startup-friendly accelerator on the planet, today announced the 32 digital health startups joining the 2018 PULSE@ MassChallenge cohort. Selected from more than 500 applicants from around the world, this year’s cohort represents the most-innovative technologies advancing healthcare and improving patient wellbeing.
Learn MoreBoston's Akili Says Video Game Helped Children with ADHD in Landmark Study
December 4, 2017Source: Boston Business Journal
Boston-based Akili Interactive Labs has gotten one step closer to winning the first FDA approval for a “digital therapeutic,” saying Monday that a video game it developed to treat ADHD had performed well in a pivotal trial.
Akili, a spinout of PureTech Health, announced positive results from the study, in which 348 children and adolescents diagnosed with ADHD played either the company’s tablet-based game or a similar “placebo” game over the course of four weeks.
By: Max Stendahl
Learn MorePodcast: “People Want to Get Older and Stay and Continue to Live in the Community That’s Home for Them."
November 28, 2017Source: Continuum
By: Mike Dunkley, Ken Gordon
The Resonance Test 17 Podcast with Secretary Alice Bonner and Laurance Stuntz on innovations around aging and digital health.
Learn MoreCMS Data Shows PatientPing's ACO Users Are Saving More
November 16, 2017Source: mobihealthnews
By: Laura Lovett
National data sets from the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services reveal that Accountable Care Organizations (ACOs) that use PatientPing, a care coordination platform, have seen higher savings than other ACOs, the company reported.
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