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What Can The National Weather Service Teach Us About Disseminating Health Care Price Information?
September 12, 2019Source: Health Affairs
By: John D. Freedman, Linda R. Green, and Ateev Mehrotra
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts, the State of New Hampshire, the Massachusetts eHealth Initiative, the Donaghue Foundation, Harvard Medical School’s Department of Health Care Policy, and Freedman Healthcare are partnering to launch a data dissemination challenge that could put health care on the path to following the National Weather Service model of data collection and dissemination.
Learn MoreMassChallenge HealthTech Launches Applications for 2020 Accelerator
September 10, 2019Source: MassChallenge HealthTech
MassChallenge, a global network of zero-equity startup accelerators, today opened applications for the 2020 cohort of MassChallenge HealthTech. MassChallenge HealthTech accelerates innovation in the healthcare industry by connecting later-stage, digital health startups with industry champions to address some of our greatest healthcare challenges. Startups that have raised up to $10M in equity-based funding and have generated up to $10M in revenue are invited to apply by October 8, 2019 at 12:00PM (noon) ET.
Learn MoreBaker-Polito Administration Releases New Report on Massachusetts Digital Health Initiative
September 9, 2019Source: Executive Office of Housing and Economic Development
BOSTON - Monday, September 9, 2019 -- Governor Charlie Baker today officially released the results of a new report from the Massachusetts Digital Health Council during his remarks at MassBIO’s inaugural Digital Health Impact 2019 event held in Boston. The report tracks the progress of the Massachusetts Digital Health Initiative, a public-private effort launched in January 2016 to boost the rapidly growing sector that sits at the intersection of healthcare and technology.
Learn MoreMassChallenge HealthTech Awards More Than $200K in Cash Prizes to Top Digital Health Startups
June 25, 2019Source: MassChallenge HealthTech
BOSTON - MassChallenge, a global network of zero-equity startup accelerators, today awarded more than $200K in cash prizes to six elite digital health startups from the 2019 HealthTech accelerator.
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.
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