Naomi Fried, Boston Children’s Hospital chief innovation officer, today said she is stepping down from her position to join Biogen Idec as vice president of medical information, innovation and external partnerships. Fried told colleagues of the move to the Cambridge-based pharma company in an internal email today, saying it was a “hard decision” to leave […]
When people hear about ROI, they often think of financial returns and “return on investment.” But, in my world, ROI is actually “return on innovation.” While the return on innovation can be financial, it can also take many other forms. Here are my top five. New treatments or tests One return on innovation can be […]
Scheduling software is helpful for wellness business owners in numerous ways. They get everything they need to create appointments, reschedule clients and track cancellations in one platform.
Boston Children’s Hospital has selected three top finalists for its first “Innovation Tank,” which will doll out $30,000 to the winner. The winner will be named on Oct. 31 at the hospital’s Global Pediatric Summit and Awards, Taking on Tomorrow. The finalists include: CareAline Products, founded by Kezia and Mike Fitzgerald. The couple created CareAline […]
Dr. Michael Docktor is the director of clinical mobile solutions at Boston Children’s Hospital. A gastroenterologist, he has served in the post one year. In one of his first big decisions in the role, he opted for TigerText as a communication tool. It’s a response to the convenience and immediacy of mobile communication, but harnessing […]
The tradition of predicting flu and tracking disease outbreaks has tended to fall exclusively on the shoulders of the Centers for Disease Control. Healthcare entrepreneurs have sought to supplement that info by using big data generated from social media channels such as Twitter to make assessments earlier. A new study by a couple of researchers […]
In the same way that funding for early-stage innovations is changing, so is how those innovations are translated from the bench to the bedside. “Our office, which was formerly a traditional tech transfer office, has very much become a business office,” said Gary Sclar from the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute’s Office of Research and Technology Ventures. […]
There are a number of criteria for selecting the best autism therapy centers. Parents choosing a facility or professionals seeking to improve their offerings should consider certain standards to ensure the right fit.
This post was originally published on Vector, Boston Children’s Hospital’s science & innovation blog. Considering that Boston is home to some of the country’s best medical, scientific and technological minds, it is little surprise that the city has a vibrant startup ecosystem. That ecosystem lowers barriers to creating groundbreaking innovations, connecting innovators to funding, mentorship […]
The Boston Globe caused quite a stir with its two-part story on Justina Pelletier, a 14 year-old girl taken from her parents and kept at Children’s Hospital in Boston for months after doctors there suspected her parents of “medical child abuse” and got the state child protection office to take emergency custody. The stories ( […]
Boston Children’s Hospital stirred up some buzz this week when it said its researchers had made a breakthrough that could change the face of diabetes treatment. On its Vector blog, the hospital called attention to a study published earlier this year in the journal Diabetes that identified a certain pathway in the body as the […]