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MIT Sloan course to tackle ‘Big Data’
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Feb 01Companies are now so overwhelmed by information overload that the MIT Sloan School of Management said it is gearing up to teach a two-day course that aims to help executives cope with massive data dumps and extract meaningful insights from real-time di... »
MIT Media Lab teams compete to create ways patients can control their health
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Jan 30Putting care in patients’ hands Over the past two weeks at the MIT Media Lab, six teams of students, doctors, engineers, product designers, computer programmers and entrepreneurs have been prototyping inventions designed to help patients take control o... »
Broad Institute gets $32.5M grant for cell study
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Jan 27The Broad Institute of Harvard and MIT has received a $32.5 million grant to support a new collaborative effort focused on deciphering how human cells are wired. »
Broad Institute gets $32.5M grant for cell study
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Jan 27CAMBRIDGE -- The Broad Institute of Harvard and MIT has received a $32.5 million grant to support a new collaborative... »
Broad Institute, with $32.5 million gift, launching center to study human cells
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Jan 27Broad Institute to open cell study center A $32.5 million gift will allow the Cambridge biomedical research institute to open a center where researchers will investigate the molecular contents of different human cell types. »
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MIT Sloan School offers ‘Big Data’ program
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Feb 01MIT’s Sloan School of Management is unveiling a new executive education program, titled “Big Data: Making Complex Things Simpler,” to help managers understand the uses and applications for real-time digital data. Based on research from MIT’s Media Lab ... »
Comparability doesn't matter
Running A Hospital
Jan 30I was talking about public reporting the other day with an MD colleague. He pointed out that hospitals often have different definitions for a variety of measures, like ventilator associated pneumonia (VAP). Therefore, he pointed out, public reporting... »
Hacking our way to a new mobile app
Children's Hospital Boston: Vector
Jan 27At 10 a.m. he’s directing two actors on set, at 10:34 a.m. he’s filling up a catheter and at 11:01 a.m. he’s gushing about the importance of pediatric avatars. Brian Rosman, a Robotic Surgery Research Fellow in the Department of Urology, has been work... »
Spear (Part 2) at MIT Webiner
Running A Hospital
Jan 27Creative Experimentation: Developing a Skill Critical for Managing Complex Operating Systems (Part 2) MIT SDM Systems Thinking Webinar Series Steven J. SpearSenior Lecturer, MIT Sloan School of Management; Senior Lecturer, MIT Engineering Systems Divis... »
Jonathan Byrnes on inventory optimization
Running A Hospital
Jan 26MIT's Jonathan Byrnes presented a terrific webinar last week. His topic -- inventory management -- has a lot to do with all kinds of businesses, including hospitals. I want to summarize some key points for you. (For those who want learn more, Jonath... »
