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HST.921: Enabling Technology
Innovation in
Healthcare and Life Sciences
Spring 2011
Mirena Bagur
Julie Yoo
Chandrika Samarth
The U.S. Healthcare IT market is
projected to grow to $10B by 2015
How will YOU participate in that growth?
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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
 Exciting career opportunities in the Healthcare IT marketplace
through connections with
- industry leaders
- course alumni
- local healthcare IT entrepreneurs
 Meet and collaborate with a cross-disciplinary group of Harvard
and MIT students
- medicine
- law
- business
- life sciences
- engineering
- public health
- policy
Faculty
 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
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 auditing
Project selection
Required readings
Required paper
School-specific credit
Work load
Attendance
Professional 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