Ideas Made to Matter Health Care

A redesigned pharmacy, PillPack gains traction

High customer satisfaction, $50 million in funding position company for growth

Aug 7, 2015
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Ideas Made to Matter Health Care

MIT and Harvard students band together to improve 911 emergency system

First responders are a push button away with the RapidSOS app

Jul 22, 2015
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Ideas Made to Matter Health Care

MIT Sloan faculty members win grants for work on food supply chain, water contamination, mercury in rice

Abdul Latif Jameel World Water and Food Security Lab supports research projects

Jul 9, 2015
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With Lark Chat, app users get portable weight loss coach

Personalized fitness technology began as sleep monitor at MIT.

Jun 30, 2015
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Ideas Made to Matter Operations Management

Clinical operations for better care and happier patients

With focus on patient care and satisfaction, Dr. Todd Astor, EMBA ’15, ramps up efficiency in his lung transplant clinic

Mar 26, 2015
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Press Finance

New financing technique may hold key to unlocking funding

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A new financing technique may reduce the risk associated with investing in the treatment of new diseases and potentially unlock new levels of funding for developing so-called “orphan” drugs.

Feb 26, 2015
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Ideas Made to Matter Health Care

New approach to health care management still faces questions

Probability for success with accountable care model varies, panel members say

Feb 23, 2015
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First step to connected health? A smart thermometer.

With burgeoning company, alumnus wants real-time health information in the hands of consumers

Jan 16, 2015
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Press Health Care

MIT Sloan professor develops model to track and predict U.S. obesity trends

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In the study, MIT Sloan's Prof. Rahmandad and his colleagues looked at the energy imbalance gap (EIG) - an individual’s average daily excess energy intake minus the total daily energy expenditure.

Dec 15, 2014
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