Increasing Access to Continuous Glucose Monitoring (CGM) in Primary Care

Institution: MGH Community Health Centers (Revere and Chelsea)

Challenge: Continuous glucose monitoring (CGM) is standard of care for patients with type 2 diabetes using insulin, but many primary care providers do not routinely prescribe CGM

Solution: To equip primary care practices for success with CGM, this team is creating operational infrastructure to streamline primary care CGM ordering and utilization and developing focused CGM education and training for providers and staff. This team will incorporate digital health support from Mass General Brigham and encourage targeted patient outreach to accelerate CGM prescriptions and support digital health literacy.

Utilizing a Departure Lounge to Improve Discharge Times for Patients Awaiting Transportation

Institution: Newton–Wellesley Hospital

Challenge: Each day, a number of patients are medically cleared for discharge, but continue to occupy an inpatient bed while waiting for a ride. This delays bed turnover, constraining capacity and increasing the difficulty of placing ED and Surgical admissions.

Solution: This team aims to increase utilization of the NWH Departure Lounge, a comfortable and inviting space where discharged patients can safely wait for their rides. The Departure Lounge will support earlier discharges, improve patient flow, and enhance patient/family experience by providing a more convenient pick up location.

Artificial Intelligence Powered Survivorship Care Plans for Patients with Head and Neck Cancer

Institution: Mass Eye and Ear

Challenge: Survivors of head and neck cancer face persistent and multifaceted challenges, such as impaired swallowing, speech difficulties, and psychosocial distress, that are often overlooked or insufficiently addressed in routine care, leading to diminished quality of life and increased burden on patients and caregivers.

Solution: To address these gaps, we propose developing AI-powered, individualized Survivorship Care Plans (SCPs) that engage patients and proactively educate them about their disease, treatment, and anticipated side effects. Leveraging natural language processing and machine learning, these automated SCPs will identify and prioritize patient-specific concerns and be accessible to patients, caregivers, primary care providers, and oncology teams to support tailored, longitudinal survivorship care.

Bridging the gAPP: Pelvic Floor Healthhub Resource for Patients

Institution: Wentworth Douglass Hospital

Challenge: There is a lack of a centralized resource library which causes an inconsistency in the availability and quality of patient education resources related to pelvic health across the various Mass General Brigham (MGB) sites. Additionally, patients across MGB sites often lack awareness of the pelvic health physical therapy services available to them.

Solution: We propose a creation of a centralized, patient resource library that contains high-quality educational materials—such as videos, images, and animations—to enhance the delivery of pelvic health information by providers and rehabilitation staff. This initiative allows patients to learn more about their pelvic health conditions, available treatments, pelvic health physical therapy, and other related services.

Development of Novel Oximetry Device to Improve Measurement of Oxygen Saturation in Patients of Color

Institution: Brigham and Women’s Hospital

Challenge: All black and brown patients suffer less precise measurements of the oxygen level in their blood and tissues based on the color of their skin.

Solution: We aim to create a novel pulse oximetry and tissue oximetry device which aims to provide accurate oxygen saturation measurement irrespective of a patient’s skin color.

Comfort Cart Care Initiative: Enhancing Safety and
Well-Being for Our Aging

Institution: Cooley Dickinson Hospital

Challenge: The project aims to address the high risk of delirium in geriatric boarders due to lack of targeted comfort measures and insufficient nurse education on early identification.

Solution: By implementing a comfort care cart with sensory and soothing tools, along with comprehensive delirium education for nurses, the project seeks to reduce delirium incidence and improve patient outcomes through timely, humanized interventions.

dAIsy: Transforming NICU care through AI-Enhanced Navigation

Institution: Brigham and Women’s Hospital

Challenge: NICU discharge is complex and fragmented, often resulting in care delays, parental confusion, and preventable readmissions.

Solution: dAIsy is an AI-enabled care coordination platform that streamlines complex discharges by automating tasks, guiding families, and ensuring timely, connected care at home.