The Center for Integration of Medicine and Innovative Technology (CIMIT)

Abstract

The Center for Integration of Medicine and Innovative Technology (CIMIT) is a consortium of nonprofit Boston-area institutions based at Massachusetts General Hospital and includes Brigham and Women's Hospital, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Draper Laboratories, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston Medical Center, Boston University, Children's Hospital Boston, Harvard Medical School, Newton-Wellesley Hospital and VA Boston Healthcare System. The overall goal of CIMIT is to combine clinical and technological excellence and educational components to generate, develop, and reduce-to-practice innovative and high-impact concepts to improve military and civilian healthcare. CIMIT implements research programs in many clinical areas, with an emphasis on military medicine, supported by basic science and engineering development in biomaterials, endoscopic tools, energy delivery, medical imaging, and other novel technologies.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Oct 01, 2009
Accession Number
ADA561150

Entities

People

  • John A. Parrish

Organizations

  • Massachusetts General Hospital

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Augmented Reality
  • Biological Sciences
  • Brain Injuries
  • Contracts
  • Department Of Defense
  • Ear
  • Ear Diseases
  • Engineering
  • Health Services
  • Hospitals
  • Intellectual Property
  • Massachusetts
  • Medical Personnel
  • Patent Applications
  • United States

Fields of Study

  • Medicine

Readers

  • Gulf War Illness and Chronic Multisymptom Illness in Veterans.
  • Research Science/Academic Research