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News From Mass Digital Health at the Massachusetts eHealth Institute
November 2023
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November is Caregiver Awareness Month |  | |
November is National Family Caregivers Month, a time to pause and recognize unpaid family caregivers in the Commonwealth and acknowledge the impact these caregivers have on the Massachusetts economy and beyond. Today, there are more than 1.1 million family caregivers in Massachusetts – an increase from 844,000 in 2017.
MassTech/MeHI introduced the Mass Caregiving Initiative to support these caregivers in their communities and workplaces by partnering with the public and private sectors to drive innovation in the Commonwealth. We are also a founding member of The Massachusetts Caregiver Coalition, a public-private partnership of employers, advocates, and government partners committed to recognizing, supporting, and building creative solutions that allow family caregivers to continue to thrive in the workplace while also caring for family at home. MeHI is happy to support companies, like Kinto and Power of Patients, that are addressing the needs of caregivers so they can effectively care for their loved ones while also taking care of themselves.
We encourage everyone to show support and honor our nation's caregivers during National Family Caregivers Month and year-round.
Read Massachusetts Governor Maura Healey's proclamation for the month here.
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Are you an innovator with a digital health solution that supports women+? MeHI's Women’s Health Challenge is focused on finding digital health solutions that address women+ health, as well as inequities, in the areas of mental health, maternal health, reproductive health, menopause, cancer, and cardiovascular health. Challenge finalists will compete for prizes worth $150,000.
To learn more about the Challenge, you can visit the program page, read the launch press release, or view a recording of our recent information session here.
Applications are due December 1, 2023
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Mass Digital Health LinkedIn Page | |
Looking for more ways to connect with the digital health community? Join us on the revitalized Mass Digital Health LinkedIn page. Members can post updates, events, and other digital health-related content. We hope this page will serve as a valuable resource for our stakeholders by providing a forum to stay connected with others in the digital health ecosystem and share information about the digital transformation of healthcare. Please join us on the page and start sharing today! | |
Healthcare Cybersecurity Updates | |
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HHS and the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) released a healthcare cybersecurity toolkit that includes key resources for mitigating risk in the healthcare and public health sector. Read more from Health IT Security.
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MassTech has been selected as a spoke member of the Investor Catalyst Hub network, a national public-private partnership between ARPA-H & VentureWell dedicated to accelerating groundbreaking advances in science and medicine. Learn more here.
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Boston VC firm Seae Ventures and its portfolio companies are bringing digital health innovations to underserved patients at East Boston Neighborhood Health Center. Read more from BostInno.
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Massachusetts digital health companies are actively seeking staff with experience in healthcare to bring operations and clinical expertise to their organizations. As the only free resource solely dedicated to open digital health roles in Massachusetts, the MassDigitalHealth jobs board is the best way to find opportunities in this growing sector. Below are just a few examples of the over 1,400 open roles currently on the board: | |
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Become a Health Project Manager at MeHI! | |
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MeHI seeks an organized and motivated individual to join our team as a Mass HIway Health Project Manager. The Health Project Manager provides health information integration-focused project management, education, coordination, and training services to healthcare organizations as part of the Provider Consulting Services to Promote Health Information Exchange (HIE) Adoption and Utilization contract between the Massachusetts Executive Office of Health and Human Services (EOHHS) and Mass Tech.
Apply now to become an integral part of our dedicated team helping healthcare organizations improve their processes to facilitate better management of the quality and cost of care.
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Global Surgery Slingshot 2024 | The life-saving challenges of global surgery call for solutions both inside and outside of the OR. That’s why the first Global Surgery Slingshot, offered by the Kerry Murphy Healey Center for Healthcare Innovation and Entrepreneurship at Babson College, is seeking innovators with solutions that can make a positive impact on global surgery. The Slingshot will convene innovators with solutions to global surgery challenges and provide educational sessions on strategies to make innovative solutions attractive to various investing partners. Applications are due November 20th. | |
Techstars Boston Accelerator | The Techstars Boston accelerator program leverages the vast expertise of the Boston ecosystem to accelerate the growth of startups making an impact on the future of health, climate, work, and society. Applications for their March 2024 program are due November 29th. | |
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Tomorrow! MassMEDIC Regulatory Roundup | |
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Join MassMEDIC and KPMG for the Regulatory Roundup, an event designed to give RA, QA, and C-level executives updates on the global and domestic regulatory issues facing the healthtech industry. In-person and virtual tickets are available.
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Wednesday, November 15
8:00 a.m. - 4:15 p.m.
KPMG
2 Financial Center
Boston, MA 02111
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Health Care Affordability, Quality, and Equity
in a Post-Pandemic World
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Join the Massachusetts Association of Health Plans (MAHP) for their Annual Healthcare Conference. This year's theme is Health Care Affordability, Quality, and Equity in a Post-Pandemic World. The conference will feature emcee Dr. Mallika Marshall, MD, Medical Reporter at WBZ 4 CBS News Boston, and keynote speaker Dr. Marty Makary, MD, MPH, New York Times Bestselling Author, Medical Commentator, Public Policy Expert, and Health Care Futurist. | |
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Monday, November 17
7:30 a.m. - 2:00 p.m.
Seaport Hotel
1 Seaport Lane
Boston, MA 02199
United States
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A Note About Our Newsletter | |
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MeHI, the Mass. eHealth Institute at MassTech, has powered the Massachusetts Digital Health Initiative since its launch in 2016 and has overseen work around EHRs, Health IT, and other technology investments at healthcare institutions statewide since the early 2010s. We’ve managed two separate newsletters over the past seven years, but as technology ecosystems have evolved and more common themes have merged between our separate health technology-focused audiences, we’ve made the decision to merge our MeHI and Mass Digital Health newsletters into a single monthly edition.
We’re excited to introduce this new format, which we hope will offer our subscribers a broad perspective on the digital transformation that’s driving healthcare innovation across the state, and provide new learning and collaboration opportunities across our network.
We thank you for your continued support. If you have questions or comments about this switch, feel free to email us at ehealth@masstech.org.
- The MeHI Team
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