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A Musical Score for Disease
A Musical Score for Disease
Gil Alterovitz, a research fellow at Harvard Medical School, translated populations of genes into musical notes. Each constellation (green) represents a key network of interrelated genes (blue). Each network is represented by a musical note. In healthy cells, the notes form music in harmony, ...
An ECG for the iPhone
An ECG for the iPhone
Inventor David Albert's video of an iPhone hack proved a hit.
Commercializing Stretchable Silicon Electronics
Commercializing Stretchable Silicon Electronics
Startup company MC10 is commercializing stretchable silicon for smart surgical tools and wearable sensors. One of its first products will be a surgical tool that can quickly map and treat electrical problems in the heart.
Profile: Collin Stultz
Doing double duty: MIT's Collin Stultz
A computational biologist and physician, Collin Stultz takes a unique approach to studying diseases that could lead to new treatments.
ENGINEERyourHEALTH: Sleep Smartly
ENGINEERyourHEALTH: Sleep Smartly
ENGINEERyourHEALTH is an awareness initiative dedicated to instilling the perception of health and wellness as a significance and a priority, primarily focused around "condition management" and evolving into a universal understanding that health is critical to the success and future of our ...
ENGINEERyourHEALTH: Regulate Weight
ENGINEERyourHEALTH: Regulate Weight
ENGINEERyourHEALTH is an MIT awareness initiative dedicated to instilling the perception of health and wellness as a significance and priority.
ENGINEERyourHEALTH
ENGINEERyourHEALTH: Suppress Stress
ENGINEERyourHEALTH is an MIT awareness initiative dedicated to instilling the perception of health and wellness as a significance and priority.
Growing the best implant tissue
Growing implant tissue on 3-D scaffolds
MIT researchers have now shown that implanted cells' therapeutic properties depend on their shape, which is determined by the type of scaffold on which they are grown.
Health Information Systems to Improve Quality of Care in ...
Health Information Systems to Improve Quality of Care in Resource-Poor ...
Topic: Correcting healthcare inequities in the developing world, through translational research and advocacy for HIV, TB, and maternal health. Instructor: Joia Mukherjee, Medical Director of Parters in Health
Health Information Systems to Improve Quality of Care in ...
Health Information Systems to Improve Quality of Care in Resource-Poor ...
Topic: Design and lead systems changes using "positive deviance." This approach identifies and promotes the positive outliers in a community, rather than directly focusing on fixing "what's wrong" in the community. Instructor: Jessica Haberer, Harvard Initiative for ...
Health Information Systems to Improve Quality of Care in ...
Health Information Systems to Improve Quality of Care in Resource-Poor ...
Topic: A perspective on monitoring and evaluation, focusing on healthcare use. Instructor: Chaitali Sinha, International Development Research Centre (IDRC)
Health Information Systems to Improve Quality of Care in ...
Health Information Systems to Improve Quality of Care in Resource-Poor ...
Topic: Goals, design and impact of health information systems in developing countries. Instructor: Hamish Fraser, Harvard Medical School and Partners in Health
Health Information Systems to Improve Quality of Care in ...
Health Information Systems to Improve Quality of Care in Resource-Poor ...
Topic: Overview of quality improvement: the nature and extent of medical errors, and how healthcare organizations should respond when adverse events occur. Instructor: Leo Anthony Celi, founder and executive director of Sana
Health Information Systems to Improve Quality of Care in ...
Health Information Systems to Improve Quality of Care in Resource-Poor ...
Topic: Health systems research: Case studies in East Africa. Instructor: Martin Were, Indiana University
Health Information Systems to Improve Quality of Care in ...
Health Information Systems to Improve Quality of Care in Resource-Poor ...
Topic: This lecture on process improvement theory and application introduces the PDSA (plan—do—study—act) model and describes its application in healthcare settings. Instructor: Brandon Bennett
Health Information Systems to Improve Quality of Care in ...
Health Information Systems to Improve Quality of Care in Resource-Poor ...
Topic: Principles of innovation and new practices adoption which can guide successful quality improvement projects. Instructor: Jonathan Jackson, founder and CEO of Dimagi
Health Information Systems to Improve Quality of Care in ...
Health Information Systems to Improve Quality of Care in Resource-Poor ...
Topic: The World Health Organization Safe Surgery and Safe Childbirth Programs. Instructors: Alvin Kwok, Priya Agrawal (Harvard School of Public Health, WHO)
Health Information Systems to Improve Quality of Care in ...
Health Information Systems to Improve Quality of Care in Resource-Poor ...
Topic: Evaluating process and outcome metrics in the context of quality; or, what is quality and why should we bother to measure it? Instructor: Lisa Hirschhorn, Harvard Medical School and clinical advisor for JSI Research and Training Institute
Health Information Systems to Improve Quality of Care in ...
Health Information Systems to Improve Quality of Care in Resource-Poor ...
Topic: Evaluating and improving patient safety in resource-poor settings. Instructor: Pedro Delgado, Executive Director of Institute for Healthcare Improvement
How Scientists Make Heart Cells
How Scientists Make Heart Cells
CDI scientists explain how they made David Ewing Duncan's beating heart cells in a petri dish and why it's a significant feat.