HST.921: Enabling Technology Innovation in Healthcare and Life

Sciences Spring 2011

Mirena BagurJulie YooChandrika Samarth

The U.S. Healthcare IT market is projected to grow to $10B by 2015

How will YOU participate in that growth?

Mobile health and the medical home eHealth entrepreneurship Future of disease management Behavioral Modification & Wellness coaching Social networking and virtual communities

HST.921

Only class at Harvard or MIT solely focused on Healthcare IT

Innovation learning through hands-on problem solving of both business & technology challenges

Analyze healthcare IT marketplace in light of new government policies & healthcare reform bill

Work with healthcare industry experts as project mentors to gain real-world perspective

HST.921 – a step into the real world

Rich networking opportunities with industry thought leaders thru panel discussions/lectures

Meet and collaborate with a cross-disciplinary group of Harvard and MIT students - medicine - law - business - life sciences - engineering - public health - policy

Exciting career opportunities in the Healthcare IT marketplace through connections with - industry leaders - course alumni - local healthcare IT entrepreneurs

Dr. Steven Locke; Behavioral Health expert, NIH research grant funded recipient

Dr. Danny Sands; Physician, Sr. Medical Informatics Director at CISCO

Dr. F. X. Campion; Director Provider Programs at Outcome Inc.

Mirena Bagur; VP Sales & Mktg, iGetBetter Inc.

Win Burke; Serial Entrepreneur & CEO of Incentive Targeting

Faculty

Past Speakers

Dr. John Glaser; CEO Siemens Health Services & formerly CIO at Partners Healthcare

Dr. John Halamka; CIO Caregroup Dr. Karen Bell; Dept. of Health & Human

Services Jamie Heywood; Co-founder Patients Like Me David Ahern; Director Robert Wood Johnson

Health e-Technologies Initiative Eugene Hill; SV Life Sciences (VC Firm) Regina Herzlinger; HBS David Judge, MA; Mass Gen Hospital Stephen Hau; Founder, PatientKeeper

Testimonials….

Past Projects

Atrius Health: Evaluate opportunities for improving care & self-management of diabetic patients through the use of cell-phone technology.

Dossia: Value Strategy (for Personal Health Records) Symantec: Creating a safe, secure, system for

patients and providers to share medical imaging remotely

Aetna: Engaging Consumers in Disease Management Programs through their Digital Lifestyles

Intel: Medication Management 2.0

Course Video

Course Video

Affiliation with CIMIT

A consortium of Boston teaching hospitals & engineering schools for fostering interdisciplinary collaboration in medicine, science & engineering, to improve patient care Seeks solutions to unsolved clinical problems 

Builds a strong and vibrant CIMIT community

Contribute to improved patient care through innovative leadership practices

Achieve financial sustainability by diversifying funding sources, and employing financial and operational best practices

Support CIMIT investigators by creating and sustaining and efficient operational and management system

FAQ

Course auditingProject selectionRequired readingsRequired paperSchool-specific creditWork loadAttendanceProfessional standards

Registration and Credits

MIT Students Go to WebSIS (student.mit.edu) and follow links

to pre-registration. Add HST.921 and HST.923 to your pre-registration

Harvard Students https://crossreg.harvard.edu/OASIS/CrossReg/

Questions and Discussion