Category: In The News
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Exploring Digital Health Innovation at BWH
Apple famously coined a phrase that has come to define our relationship with technology: “There’s an app for that.” The sentiment behind the 2009 slogan continues to resonate today in health care, as seen in the cutting-edge apps and gadgets showcased at a recent symposium hosted by the Brigham Digital Innovation Hub (iHub).
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‘40 Under 40’ Lists Honor Brigham Staff
Recently, 13 rising stars in science, medicine and innovation at the Brigham were named on two separate “40 under 40” lists for their work to improve health care. The lists were compiled by Medtech Boston, an online publication highlighting medical innovation, and the National Minority Quality Forum (NMQF), a research and educational organization that strives…
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Researchers Develop Smartphone Device for Male Fertility Screening: BWH Bulletin
Walk down the family planning aisle in any drugstore and one observation becomes immediately clear: Most at-home fertility tests on the shelf are catered to women.Hadi Shafiee, PhD, of the Division of Engineering in Medicine and Renal Division of Medicine, set out to change that.
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The Boston Globe: “Sperm count via smartphone? Yes, it’s a thing.”
The research team funded its efforts through a $10,000 Innovation Hub grant from Brigham and Women’s hospital. Petrozza anticipates that as designed, the tests could help customers identify a possible problem and prompt them make an appointment sooner. He also could foresee a day when the device could be synched to the cloud, allowing doctors…
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BWH Clinical and Research News: Look Who’s Talking
“The BTM has a great “water-cooler” effect: inviting spaces with comfortable seating and whiteboards are convenient for ad hoc team meetings and brainstorming, and people frequently stop by our office on the way to the conference center or research lab. Our most direct link to patients is our iHub Speaker Series which we have every…
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Building Software That Works for Doctors
The last time a survey showed that doctors love medicine because of their EMR (Electronic Medical Record) was … never. And that is probably a good thing. But what is troubling— and for too many doctors — frustrating, is that EMRs are getting in the way of what makes medicine a rewarding career: Patient Care.
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Infinite Discovery
The new building also strengthens BWH’s existing translational research tools. For example, it now houses the Brigham Innovation Hub (iHub), a resource center that helps BWH innovators turn their ideas and inventions into medical services and products that benefit patients. Established in 2013, iHub offers brainstorming sessions and healthcare business workshops, and links researchers with…
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Innovation Hub’s Lesley Solomon: From Hackathon to Health Care
Lesley Solomon is executive director of the Innovation Hub at Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston and director of strategy and innovation in the Brigham Research Institute, positions that put her at the forefront of discovery at one of the world’s leading medical institutions.
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BWH Clinical & Research News: Next Generation: Hacking Health Care
Read about one Hackathon attendee’s experience: The Next Generation is a BWH Clinical & Research News (CRN) column penned by residents, fellows, graduate students and postdocs. This month’s column is […]
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MedCity News: Twine Health closes $6.7M Series A round to expand patient coaching for chronic conditions
Healthcare start-ups can be smart and agile, but even cutting-edge innovations can fail without clinical context. The iHub’s 2014 Pilot Shark Tank brought Twine Health into Brigham and Women’s Hospital last year, enabling […]