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The Digital Innovation Hub: Five Years of Incubating Innovation
A good idea is just an idea—until it finds champions to make it a real-life innovation. Institutions across Partners HealthCare are energized to embrace that spark. That was the vision behind the […]
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HUBWeek Recap: What Does the Future of HealthTech Look Like?
On October 10, 2018, healthcare leaders, entrepreneurs, and members of the Boston community gathered in downtown Boston for HUBWeek, a week-long ideas festival focused on celebrating innovation across all industries, such […]
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BWH Asthma App Sustains Patient-Provider Communication Between Visits
For patients with moderate to severe asthma, it’s not uncommon to see a pulmonologist or allergist for routine follow-up appointments at three- to six-month intervals. But a lot can happen […]
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Getting Back to Face Time: AI Tools that Help Reduce Physicians’ Computer Use
Just as computers have propelled major advances in modern medicine, their presence has also become a significant burden. That’s because the amount of time physicians now spend on the computer […]
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iHub Celebrates 5 Years of Innovation at the Brigham
On Sept. 12, more than 200 clinicians, scientists, staff and entrepreneurs commemorated the fifth anniversary of the Brigham Digital Innovation Hub (iHub) during a celebration of innovation and digital advancement […]
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Running and Championing Digital Health Accelerators
Some of you will know that HealthXL started life as an accelerator of early stage digital health companies. It was the hardest thing we have ever done and hats off […]
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Former Brigham and Women’s iHub employees talk innovation trends
Former iHub employees talk consolidation, patient engagement, and transparency in digital health innovation Founded in 2013, Brigham and Women’s iHub, an innovation organization inside of the hospital, has seen half […]
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Persistent Systems Acquires Herald Health™, Transforming Healthcare Data Overload Into Clear and Actionable Insights
Persistent Systems (BSE & NSE: PERSISTENT) today announced the acquisition of Herald Health™, a start-up created to transform the data overload swamping healthcare professionals into clear and actionable insights. Born out […]
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Iron Man Meets iHub: Resident Follows His Superhero’s Path to Innovation
When I walked into the iHub Open Innovation Studio on my first day, I was transported into a Silicon Valley-like workspace. The walls were bright blue and green. Large white […]
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Patients and Patience Drive Successful Innovation
Using a participatory design approach with patients and care providers “I want to build an app.” This is how many conversations start at iHub. As an Innovation Strategy Manager, my […]
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