Boston Children's Hospital and Klick Health have revealed HealthVoyager GI, a tool that utilizes virtual reality to help gastrointestinal pediatric patients understand their medical condition and the physician's findings. It's currently being tested as part of a clinical study at Boston Children's.
Boston Children's Hospital has joined TriNetX's global health research network, which is geared toward healthcare organizations, contract research organizations and biopharma companies. Through membership, Boston Children's can collaborate with other institutions, improve clinical trial design and refine recruitment techniques.
Munck Wilson Mandala Partner Greg Howison shared his perspective on some of the legal ramifications around AI, IP, connected devices and the data they generate, in response to emailed questions.
Rob and Karen Hale have given $50 million to both Boston Children's Hospital and Brigham and Women's Hospital. Rob serves as CEO of Granite Telecommunications, but the couple has ties to both hospitals.
Circulation, a Boston-based startup focused on the non-emergency medical transportation space, said it has raised $10.5 million from investors such as Boston Children's Hospital, Humana and Intermountain Healthcare Innovation Fund.
Analysts have predicted that 3D printing will be a major disruptive force in the healthcare industry before the end of the decade.
Many hospitals still refuse to acknowledge the importance of patient reviews and ratings on social media, but even for those that do, there are challenges. We highlight one effort that may help to change that.
At the Abarca Forward conference earlier this year, George Van Antwerp, managing director at Deloitte, discussed how social determinants of health and a personalized member experience can improve medication adherence and health outcomes.
The most common hospital-related reasons had to do with how patients are assessed, postoperative complications or hospital-acquired conditions.
The system's estimates of national and regional flu activity had error rates 2- to 3-fold lower than earlier predictive models. It also correctly estimated the timing and magnitude of the national flu peak week.
The hospital hopes to gain insight into a common but oft-neglected condition: fevers.
Now that there is a system of EHRs in place, smartphones are widespread and consumer demand for access to their health records is growing, it may be easier to achieve the data liquidity that eluded previous PHR purveyors.
We will highlight Build My Health's revenue practice management tools, which could help physician practices add up to $250,000 to their practices.
Researchers at the hospital's Manton Center for Orphan Disease Research will train Watson in nephrology by reading medical literature and scanning data on mutations for a kidney disease known as steroid-resistant nephrotic syndrome.
This study, called C Tracker, will give researchers insight into patients' daily activity, monitor symptoms and assess the efficacy of treatments.
Tune into MedHeads to catch a discussion about the 21st Century Cures Act, why Cleveland Clinic Innovations lost its executive director and other important news from the week.
In the spirit of innovation, we wanted to try something new, namely record a video interview with new Boston Children's Hospital Chief Innovation Officer John Brownstein via a Google Hangout chat.
Researchers from Boston Children's Hospital and pharmaceutical giant Merck are mining Twitter to produce a "digital phenotype" as a baseline for identifying people suffering from sleep disorders.