Category: Blog Post
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Three Things Innovators Can Do with $25,000
Targeted use of funds to quickly test an early idea has great value to advancing your idea, and can help you hit a key milestone that will verify that your idea might have commercial potential and warrants further investment, resources and support. Read this blog to find out three ways to use $25,000 to buy…
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Three Reasons Hospital Innovation Teams Should Attend JPMorgan.
Field notes from a Brigham Innovation Manager at JPM18 The business cards are sorted, the follow-up e-mails have been sent, and my Twitter thumb muscles are iced and recovered – that’s right, #JPM18 is over. There are a thousand articles recapping health care trends, “startups to watch” and #overheard moments this week as we all head back to…
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What Does It Mean to Be a “Hub”?
As “the Hub,” Boston is widely recognized for bringing together some of the best and most innovative institutions and minds. At Brigham Health, iHub serves a similar connector role for the digital health community, by linking internal innovators with each other, and introducing them to external companies and neighboring organizations. More recently, we’ve extended that network to introduce promising…
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The Research Tool of the New Digital Age
When it comes to conducting population-based research studies there are many limitations when doing research in the hospital or lab setting. It is almost impossible to get accurate and real-time data. For example, many studies rely upon people recalling what they did, what they ate, and how they felt weeks before their face to face…
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BRI: Innovation Begins with Discovery
The Brigham Research Institute (BRI) and Brigham community are currently gearing up for the sixth annual Discover Brigham event being held on Thursday, November 9th. Formerly known as Research Day, Discover Brigham aims to highlight research and innovation happening at the Brigham focusing on science, technology and medicine. This half-day event allows members of both…
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Get to know: The “PULSE” of Boston’s Digital Health Community
By definition a pulse is the regular throbbing of arteries, cause by successive contractions of the heart. More simply put, a pulse is life. A pulse is movement. Is the body alive and working? Is it able to move, grow and thrive?If you haven’t heard about PULSE@MassChallenge, then you are missing the “PULSE” of digital…
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Fitness Trackers: On Track or Not?
iHub offers an elective rotation for residents, who exemplify the next generation of innovation in our teaching hospital. They are on the front lines of patient care, are digitally savvy, and come to us with diverse backgrounds and interests. Their perspective is invaluable to our work, and our Resident Perspective blog series is a place…
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Men’s Health Month: The Future of Digital Fertility
More than 45 million couples worldwide experience challenges when trying to get pregnant. The eye-opening conversation with a doctor that brings to light the reality that you may not be able to grow your family in the way you always envisioned, can be heartbreaking. When the issue arises, the spotlight seems to automatically focus in…
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Digital Health and Pharma: The Beginnings of a Great Relationship?
On April 25th, the Brigham Innovation Hub Speaker Series will bring together a panel of pharma experts to discuss the current relationship between pharma and digital health, and how it will evolve in the future. The panel will include Rachel Sha from Sanofi, Luba Greenwood from Roche, Aman Bhandari from Merck, and Matt Schumacher from…
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Digital Innovation: Solving Hassles
Our digital technologies have been the answer to many of our daily hassles and challenges. It is a path we as society have entered and don’t plan on leaving. Could this be the path that the healthcare industry is moving too? April iHub Speaker Series: David Feygin, Chief Digital Health Officer and VP of Information Technology, Boston…