The Massachusetts Digital Health Initiative, or Mass Digital Health, is a comprehensive public-private partnership working to establish Massachusetts as a leading ecosystem for digital health innovation, driving economic impact and improving healthcare costs and quality.

The Initiative

Digital health was identified as a key component of the Commonwealth’s economic development plan (PDF) in 2015 and in January 2016 the Massachusetts Digital Health Initiative was convened to bring together public, private, academic, and healthcare partners to build a stronger and more connected statewide digital health ecosystem.

The Commonwealth designated the MassTech Collaborative economic development agency and its healthcare division, MeHI (Mass. eHealth Institute), as the public lead on the Mass Digital Health Initiative, a role it has held since the launch in 2016. The agency works with industry and healthcare leaders on activities designed to promote and support the sector. These efforts include:

Statewide Digital Health Report
Mass Digital Health Council report - July 2019 - Download PDF

 

 

The early work of the Initiative was steered by a statewide Digital Healthcare Council, which advised on the growth of the industry in the state and chartered a plan to create the leading global ecosystem for digital health.

The report, which was published in July 2019 (PDF), identified eight near-term priority initiative recommendations, along with a recap of the Council's activities, and plans for future initiatives.

Several of these initiatives have been achieved or are ongoing, including:

Click the image to the right to download the full report or click here (PDF).

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To learn more about the Digital Health Initiative, including ways to help grow your digital health business or career in Massachusetts, contact the program team at massdigitalhealth@masstech.org.