Health system intelligence profile
Mass General Brigham / Brigham and Women's Hospital
Last reviewed August 30, 2026
Intelligence summary
Established 2013
Documented successes: Established in 2013 at Brigham and Women's Hospital as the iHub and since folded into Mass General Brigham Emerging Technologies and Solutions; A Brigham clinician won $50,000 in a Healthy Aging Challenge at the Massachusetts Digital Health Competition
Mandate and remit
The Brigham Digital Innovation Hub, founded in 2013 at Brigham and Women's Hospital as the iHub, drives digital health innovation across Mass General Brigham and now operates as part of Mass General Brigham Emerging Technologies and Solutions. It performs three core functions: matching market solutions to organizational challenges, accelerating development and commercialization of solutions created internally by clinicians and employees, and building a collaborative digital health community. It serves clinicians, employees and patients across the system by advancing clinical and operational digital solutions and accelerating digital research activity. Outside companies engage explicitly through solution matchmaking, in which the hub connects market-based technologies to internal institutional needs. Inquiries are handled through a contact form on the hub's site.
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Documented successes
Established in 2013 at Brigham and Women's Hospital as the iHub and since folded into Mass General Brigham Emerging Technologies and Solutions; A Brigham clinician won $50,000 in a Healthy Aging Challenge at the Massachusetts Digital Health Competition
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