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Eli and Natalie have created a smartphone application that makes it easy for providers, at the point of care, to screen patients for their psychosocial needs, find local resources, and reliably send those resources to their patients or their families via text message or e-mail. The application is currently being piloted in Boston as well as at Yale, Stanford, Vanderbilt, and Jersey Shore University Medical Center. They have also helped pilot a new "innovation incubator" which serves as a funding platform for residents who have ideas related to innovation and system improvement.
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Farhad, who is currently a neonatology fellow, conceived an idea during residency of a catheter fitted with a light that's visible outside the body so that it's easier for medical professionals to guide it into place. Farhad has tested the transilluminating catheter in animals and patented it, and is now gearing up for human trials. Read more here...
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Will obtaining her MPH at the Harvard School of Public Health, new intern Jessica Schiffman worked closely with Sad Sayeed (Children's Hospital) and Jonathan Sector (Mass General) to develop the Neonatal Rescue Cot, a resuscitation device for use in resource-limited settings. The cot is a molded plastic device that has a well for the baby and slots for an ambu-bag and a suction device. It also has pictorial reminders to aid the health worker in providing the most appropriate levels of care. The device improves on the current practice in many third world settings where the birth attendant lays an infant on the floor while attending to the mother. Jessica's group is currently completing a pilot study in Kenya and plans to market the device soon.
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These two senior residents have started an innovation incubator to provide startup funds for small innovative ventures.
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