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A collection of related Mass Digital Health press releases from partners of the Massachusetts' Digital Health Initiative are posted below, with the most recent announcement at the top.
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Baker-Polito Administration and WPI Cut Ribbon on New Healthcare Technology R&D Facility in Worcester
January 14, 2020Source: Press Release
WORCESTER - Housing and Economic Development Secretary Mike Kennealy and Worcester Polytechnic Institute President Laurie Leshin joined leaders from across Central Massachusetts and the healthcare technology community to officially open the new PracticePoint facility at Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI).
Learn MoreMassachusetts Expands Digital Health R&D Sandbox Program, Adds Sites in Boston, Cambridge, & WMass
November 12, 2019Source: Massachusetts eHealth Institute at MassTech (MeHI)
The Massachusetts eHealth Institute at MassTech (MeHI) has selected three of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts’ leading healthcare R&D hubs to join the Digital Health Sandbox Network, which connects Massachusetts-based startups to cutting-edge R&D facilities and allows them the opportunity to apply for funding to test their innovations at one of the Network’s labs.
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 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 MoreNew Survey Research Report Looks at Home Caregivers & Potential of Digital Health Technologies
June 27, 2017Source: Massachusetts eHealth Institute at MassTech
BOSTON – Today the Massachusetts eHealth Institute at the Massachusetts Technology Collaborative (MeHI) hosted an event to launch a new research report undertaken by the MassINC Polling Group focused on the attitudes of caregivers in Massachusetts toward digital health technologies, identifying challenges faced by these caregivers and ways that they could benefit practically and emotionally from future technologies. The report, “Caregivers and Digital Health: A Survey of Trends and Attitudes of Massachusetts Family Caregivers,” found that over 60 percent of those surveyed said being a caregiver disrupts their lives “a great deal” or a “fair amount,” with many feeling isolated due to the constant 24/7/365 stress of that lifestyle, and also found that digital health technologies could assist with certain challenges.
Learn MoreBaker-Polito Administration Awards $250,000 for Massachusetts Digital Health Innovation Labs
June 13, 2017Source: 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.
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