Digital Health Sandbox Program (Rolling Grant Opportunity) is sponsored by Massachusetts eHealth Institute (MeHI) at the MassTech Collaborative. This opportunity supports mission-aligned projects and measurable outcomes.

The Digital Health Sandbox Program | MeHI The Digital Health Sandbox Program Sandbox Challenge Program Mass Digital Health Connects Team Massachusetts is excited to connect you with the latest and most relevant resources available for businesses. We’re here to support you every step of the way as your company grows. Through the Business Front Door, we can make your business journey in Massachusetts a successful one.

Massachusetts is home to a variety of cutting-edge research and development facilities or "sandboxes." These organizations provide a wide range of services supporting the lifecycle of validation and testing for digital health companies. Startups can learn more about the services sandboxes can provide and explore which sandboxes can support your work on the sandbox capabilities page .

Launched in 2019, the Digital Health Sandbox Program is administered by the Massachusetts eHealth Institute (MeHI) at the MassTech Collaborative and designed to both support digital health companies in their product development and expand the user base for sandbox environments. Many small digital health companies would benefit from the services offered by sandboxes, but the cost of entry is often prohibitive.

There are a variety of opportunities for digital health companies to access funding to work with a sandbox. Sandbox Challenge Program The Sandbox Challenge Program identifies and supports digital health companies with solutions that address key health care challenges in Massachusetts. Once a year, MeHI will put out a call for applications to source, support and validate solutions in defined areas.

Selected entrepreneurs will participate in Mass Digital Health Connects , a virtual workshop program, and will be matched with one of the sandboxes within our network. At the end of each program, participating entrepreneurs will pitch for the chance to win funding for concrete research and development projects with their sandbox partner.

Challenge 4: Primary Care Innovation The Primary Care Innovation Challenge focused on digital health innovations that address urgent issues in primary care, specifically in the areas of administrative burden, workforce burnout and patient access. Learn more about the Primary Care Innovation Challenge here .

Challenge 3: Advancing Health Equity in Massachusetts (AHEM) This Challenge was divided into four tracks, all aimed at meeting the AHEM Initiative's goals of eliminating racial, economic and regional disparities in health outcomes. Addressing Social Determinants of Health (SDOH) for Cardiometabolic Diseases; Maternal and Infant Health; Medicaid Pilot Track (MPT). Learn more about the AHEM Challenge and the four winners here .

Challenge 2: Innovations to Support Women+ Health This Challenge sought startups that are developing solutions that address Women+ Health and inequities including in the areas of behavioral and cognitive health, physical activity, disease control, medication management, nutrition and community connections. Learn more about the Women’s Health Challenge and the three winners here .

Challenge 1: Innovations to Support Healthy Aging This Challenge sought startups that are developing solutions that improve the lives of older adults and help them remain active, productive, independent and socially connected. Learn more about the focus of the Healthy Aging Challenge and the four winners here .

Medicaid Challenge: Revolutionizing Home-Based Care MeHI aims to support the state Medicaid program in its efforts to provide high quality care for individuals aged 65 and older. This Challenge was focused on finding and testing remote patient monitoring (RPM) solutions that have the potential to improve the health care of community-dwelling older adults with behavioral and psychological symptoms of dementia (BPSD).

MeHI selected the UMass Chan Medical School and UMass Lowell Sandboxes to support a pilot of an RPM solution with members of Wellsense, a Medicaid Senior Care Options (SCO) plan. Congratulations to Tembo Health on being selected as the winning company to participate in the pilot. Learn more about the program and the winner here .

Rolling Grant Opportunity Digital health companies with a presence in Massachusetts may be eligible for the Sandbox Rolling Grant opportunity. The program provides grants of up to $60,000 to subsidize the fees to work with a sandbox. The first step in applying for a grant is to contact a sandbox to determine if they can support your company.

Massachusetts organizations that provide an environment to test and validate digital health products or services can apply to join the Massachusetts Digital Health Sandbox Network. Get MeHI and Mass Digital Health news from Massachusetts Technology Collaborative in your inbox. This question is for testing whether or not you are a human visitor and to prevent automated spam submissions.

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