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Source: Commonwealth of Massachusetts Executive Office of Housing and Economic Development
Boston – June 13, 2017 – The Baker-Polito Administration today awarded $250,000 to Digital Health Innovation Labs in the Massachusetts Digital Health Initiative, a second round of funding that will provide $170,000 to support the PULSE@MassChallenge digital health hub in Boston and $80,000 for Baystate Health’s TechSpring technology innovation center in Springfield.
Learn MoreSource: PULSE@MassChallenge
BOSTON, JUNE 13, 2017 – MassChallenge, the most startup-friendly accelerator on the planet, tonight awarded shares of $200,000 in zero-equity prizes to three digital health startups from the inaugural PULSE @MassChallenge cohort. More than 600 of the region's engaged digital health community gathered at the Wilbur Theater to celebrate the entrepreneurs, premier a behind-the-scenes documentary of the startups' journey, and hear from leading healthcare organizations and policymakers, including Governor Charlie Baker, who keynoted the event.
Learn MoreSource: Olin College
On Saturday, June 3, residents and staff from five local senior living communities joined forces with Olin College students and professionals in aging services for the LeadingAge MA Hackfest at North Hill in Needham, Massachusetts. The goal of Hackfest is to create a “technology-driven product or service aimed at improving the lives of older adults and their families.”
Learn MoreSource: Boston Business Journal
By: Jessica Bartlett
Partners HealthCare and GE Healthcare are launching a 10-year partnership to bring artificial intelligence into every area of the hospital’s operations.
Learn MoreSource: Boston Business Journal
By: Kelly J. O'Brien
Boston-based Polaris Partners on Thursday unveiled a new investment fund — the firm's eighth — with $435 million ready to deploy. Founded in 1996, the firm has raised more than $4.3 billion lifetime.
Source: BostonInno
By: Lucia Maffei
-Nate Maslak and Nate Fox founded HealthWiz after witnessing the efforts that their family members put into finding effective health care.
-The focus of HealthWiz is partnering with smaller firms that just became self-insured.
-HealthWiz is one of the companies that BostInno included in its list of 14 most promising startups from HBS.
Source: Boston Business Journal
By: Kelly O'Brien
The bands are made by Whoop, a Boston-based startup that on Monday became the first company officially licensed by the NFL Players Association to provide wearable devices to track players' health and recovery data.
Source: Boston Business Journal
By: Jessica Bartlett
ZappRx is planning to grow its specialty pharmaceutical management platform, thanks to a $25 million funding round announced today.
Source: Boston Business Journal
By: Jessica Bartlett
The Group Insurance Commission, the quasi-state agency the oversees health insurance for state and some government employees, will partner with Iora Health starting this summer to provide specialized health care to around 2,000 people in an attempt to save the state money.
Source: MassLive
By: Jim Kinney
Baystate Health's TechSpring hosted its first ever health innovation showcase at Baystate Medical Center. The event was held in cooperation with MassChallenge, a Boston organization that fosters startups, and PULSE@MassChallenge, a partnership between TechSpring and MassChallenge specializing in digital health care.