Boston Hope Badge Reader

Boston Hope Badge Reader

Mass General Lab of Computer Science (LCS) The “Boston Hope” Medical Center opened at Boston Convention and Exhibition Center in April 2020. The thousand-bed hospital served post-acute COVID-19 patients and homeless patients with COVID-19 who did not require...
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Get Waivered

Mass General Department of Emergency Medicine Emergency Departments have become an important point of care for patients with opioid use disorder. Emergency physicians are required to obtain a DEA X waiver in order to prescribe buprenorphine, an effective treatment for...
How the pandemic worsened employee musculoskeletal pain

How the pandemic worsened employee musculoskeletal pain

How the pandemic worsened employee musculoskeletal pain I like the idea of integrating technology into wellness and musculoskeletal health – that’s the wave of the future. Fern Health was developed in collaboration with Massachusetts General Hospital and the MGH...
Rally for COVID-19

Rally for COVID-19

Mass General Lab of Computer Science (LCS) Given the initial lack of knowledge about the Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19), numerous clinical studies and trials were launched in efforts to help characterize the disease and study therapeutic interventions. However,...
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Kitty Hawk Program

Mass General Physician Organization (MGPO) Kitty Hawk Program Program Priorities Create the health care practice environment of the future: Implement virtual scribes Implement virtual clinical assistants Implement delegated clinical processes. These include pre visit...
Video Intercom Communication System

Video Intercom Communication System

Center for TeleHealth The Video Intercom Communication System (VICS) installed in Mass General’s inpatient units is designed to enhance the clinician-to-patient connection via bedside tablets attached to IV poles. As a result, VICS decreases the use of PPE and reduces...