Here is the official announcement for the finals of the Healthcare Innovation World Cup.   Congratulations again to the finalists and semifinalists, and huge thanks to all of the judges and participants.   We especially would like to recognize and thank Boehringer Ingelheim for funding the competition, and the German Center for Research and Innovation for hosting.   Click here to view photos of the final event, and visit our channel on Vimeo to see full videos of participa...

Mark your calendars! On Friday, May 17 at noon EST, HITLAB will guest host the weekly #HITsm TweetChat! HITLAB’s Donna Hanrahan and Annie Alley will facilitate a discussion on global healthcare innovation, focusing on questions around the diversity and diffusion of innovation in medicine and public health. To support a meaningful conversation, below are some relevant resources. #HITsm stands for “Healthcare Information Technology Social Media, and the weekly TweetChat focuses on cur...

A non-invasive blood glucose measurement device and multianalyte sensing tool will compete for $50,000 against two yet-to-be-announced teams in the finals of the Healthcare Innovation World Cup next month.   The two finalists were named at the international diabetes challenge’s regional semifinal event in New Delhi, India on Friday, April 26. Competing against four other teams from throughout Africa, Asia and the Middle East, innovators earned their places by demonstrating impact on solvi...

Announcing the Healthcare Innovation World Cup semifinalists!     We are happy to invite the following teams to compete in live regional demonstration days in New Delhi, India on April 26 and New York, USA on May 9.     From the Africa, Asia and Middle East region:   BetaMe   Diabeto   IITKgp   MediSafe Project   SmartSense   TeamHD     (Two of these teams tied, so we’ve invited both to the semifinals.)   &n...

The submissions are in, proposals reviewed, and verdict rendered: nearly 100 promising diabetes innovations will move on to the second round of the Healthcare Innovation World Cup.   The exciting group of qualifiers represents diverse areas of the globe, including Australia, Canada, China, Egypt, Ghana, India, Israel, Japan, Malaysia, New Zealand, Nigeria, Spain, United Kingdom, United States, and others.   From these competitors, judges will select 5 semifinalists from the A...

As organizers of the Healthcare Innovation World Cup, we have the enviable task of reading ingenious approaches to tackling diabetes prevention, diagnosis and management around the world. Because the competition is global, it’s fascinating to see how the innovations may apply to issues many individuals with diabetes face, but are borne of circumstances as unique as home countries themselves.   While one innovation may address issues with abundance of food options, another contends with l...

We normally do not post job listings on our blog, but would like to fill this position as quickly as possible. For the right candidate, it is an excellent opportunity to gain valuable experience and network with innovators in the healthcare IT and public health space.   Open Position: Program Assistant   Position Statement: HITLAB is currently seeking a full-time Program Assistant to provide research and administrative support to a wide variety of grants that range from prog...

Post by Paloma Luisi, HITLAB research associate   The HITLAB team is headed to the Big Easy next week for the 2013 HIMSS Annual Conference and Exhibition. The diversity and multitude of exhibitors this year are unparalleled and our team looks forward to learning about the most exciting innovators in healthcare.   Interoperability will be a massively important theme throughout the conference. We anticipate several companies will announce collaborations with the potential to&nb...

This week we launched the Healthcare Innovation World Cup, an international competition to identify novel solutions for diabetes prevention, diagnosis and management. Know an innovator or entrepreneur with a concept that could tackle diabetes? Encourage them to enter by March 31 here: www.healthcareinnovationworldcup.com     Healthcare Innovation World Cup: Call for Breakthrough Ideas to Tackle Diabetes   Competition funded by Boehringer Ingelheim offers entrepreneurs and in...

Today’s post comes from Paloma Luisi, HIT Lab research associate, who took her first field visit to Accra, Ghana last month. Along with Professor Stan Kachnowski, Luisi is heading up the HIT Lab’s evaluation of MOTECH mobile health (mHealth) initiative.   At the first rest stop on the way to the district health offices outside of Accra, I knew we were in for a treat. Local politics were blaring over the radio, fufu, tilapia, and the ubiquitous jellof rice were being ordered and we were ge...

Last month, HIT Lab researchers Stan Kachnowski and Paloma Luisi traveled to Accra, Ghana to kick off a comprehensive evaluation of Grameen Foundation’s Mobile Technology for Community Health (MOTECH), the groundbreaking mHealth initiative designed to increase the quantity and quality of pre- and post-natal care in Ghana.   With support from Grameen Foundation, the Lab’s research team is partnering with the University of Ghana’s School of Public Health to complete the study over the next...

Healthcare consumers' rapidly growing use of social media platforms has transformed the way hospitals and their communities interact.   According to a new hypothesis-generating HIT Lab study published online in the American Journal of Medical Quality, abundant data from social media activity may serve as tool for public health researchers to evaluate traditional measures of hospital quality.   Patients turn to select hospitals’ profiles on Facebook, Twitter or various other p...

One of the most significant threats to the health of Americans age 65 and older is falling.The leading cause of morbidity and mortality among older adults, falls are also the most common cause of nonfatal injuries and hospital admissions for trauma among this population.    It’s no surprise, then, that fall prevention is an area of great interest for researchers committed to improving the health of older adults. The HIT Lab, for one, has been at the forefront of researching the...

Here's our latest press release with details on upcoming Lab presentations at APHA and GSA. If you'll be at those conferences, please stop by and say hello!Pharmacists’ Role in PCMH and Recruiting Elderly for Fall Studies Focus of HIT Lab Presentations at American Public Health Association and Gerontological Society of America Meetings New York, NY – The need to use two-way e-prescribing tools to integrate community pharmacists in the patient-centered medical home (PCMH), and strategies to recr...

  We've had some exciting developments at the Lab this summer, including bringing on board a new research manager and research associate. Please join us in welcoming Sarika Rane Parasuraman and Paloma Luisi to our team!Here is a little background on the exceptional experience, skills and focus that Sarika and Paloma offer to our public health/HIT research, education and publication initiatives.Sarika Rane Parasuraman, PhD, Research ManagerSarika joined the HIT Lab in August 2012 as researc...

The HIT Lab is pleased to announce we are launching a new, year-long research partnership with the Michael & Susan Dell Foundation. The Lab will develop and execute a comprehensive monitoring and evaluation program for the foundation's school health initiatives across India.An important component of the Michael & Susan Dell Foundation’s work in funding school-based health and nutrition interventions involves the objective evaluation of student data to gauge the success of these efforts. ...

On Monday, the HIT Lab attended the 2012 PervaSense Conference at the University of California San Diego, an international workshop on situation recognition and medical data analysis in pervasive health environments. The Lab presented a study conducted to test accelerometers worn by older adults. The project contributed data for the development of fall-detection devices, an important field of research given that falls are the leading cause of disability and injury-related death among older adult...

Often, the public health research we conduct involves analyzing new healthcare information communications technology (ICT) programs, care delivery strategies and outcomes for patients located across the country or across the globe. While it’s important to evaluate and uncover new strategies for improving healthcare in some of the world’s most desperately underserved areas, we think it’s equally critical to address the challenges facing our neighbors – those we meet in the subway or in the local ...

Finals of the annual IIT mHealth Business Plan CompetitionProposals to help patients and physicians communicate and store data, to address chronic blood supply shortages, and to provide individual air-quality testing received highest honors at the 2012 IIT mHealth Business Plan Competition finals last week.The event capped a four-month competition that gave teams of students from throughout the Indian Institutes of Technology (IIT) network a platform to showcase innovative, financially sound sol...

The Department of Management Studies at Indian Institutes of Technology (IIT) Delhi cordially invites you to watch the finalists’ presentations in the 2012 mHealth Business Plan Completion.The finalists are:1)    Team ABO proposes to solve the “Blood Crisis” by providing a portable device to convert A, B and AB to O-like blood group.2)    Team ACERS has joined forces to bring us a novel portable continuously worn blood pressure monitor and health management system. ...