Partners & Advisors

From fringe idea, to federal regulation, back into innovation

Research chops, partnerships, and trust earned over the last decade are infused into everything we do at the OpenNotes Lab.

We work closely with health technology innovators and developers, health systems, patient advocacy organizations, professional associations, and regulatory agencies.

Want to join our efforts? Send us a message and tell us about your dream collaboration.

Lab Partners

The Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center (BIDMC) Technology Ventures Office (TVO) promotes the public use of technologies for society’s use and benefit and to foster alliances with industry through collaboration and licensing agreements, while generating unrestricted income to support research at our institution. BIDMC TVO works with biomedical companies, venture capitalists, and entrepreneurs to find the best way to commercialize new technologies and to promote corporate collaborations that can increase our level of industrial support for research.

Abridge was founded in 2018 with the mission of powering a deeper understanding in healthcare. The AI-powered platform was purpose-built for medical conversations, and improving clinical documentation efficiencies while enabling clinicians to focus on what matters most—their patients. Abridge’s enterprise-grade technology transforms patient-clinician conversations into structured clinical notes in real-time, with deep EHR integrations. Powered by Linked Evidence and a purpose-built, auditable AI, Abridge maps AI-generated summaries to patient-clinician interactions—which helps clinicians quickly trust and verify AI outputs. As pioneers in generative AI for healthcare, Abridge is setting industry standards for the responsible deployment of AI across health systems.

The Digital Medicine Society (DiMe) is a global non-profit and the professional home for digital medicine. DiMe, in partnership with the digital health ecosystem, drives broad adoption of digital approaches to advance the safe, effective, and equitable use of digital approaches to redefine healthcare and improve lives.

HKS is a global firm of architects, designers, planners and advisors who create places noted for their beauty and performance. Their 1,600 people in 29 offices are united by the belief that an environmental, social and governance approach to design achieves design excellence. In 2023, HKS became a carbon neutral firm. Just like OpenNotes, HKS values honesty, diversity and inclusion and celebrates creative thinking.

The Patrick J. McGovern Foundation (PJMF) is a philanthropic organization dedicated to advancing artificial intelligence and data science solutions to create a thriving, equitable, and sustainable future for all. PJMF works in partnership with public, private and social institutions to drive progress on our most pressing challenges, including digital health, climate change, broad digital access, and data maturity in the social sector.

Large Language Model Translation Learning Collaborative (LLM TLC)

The OpenNotes Lab Large Language Model Translation Learning Collaborative (LLM TLC) aims to improve healthcare accessibility and fairness by using AI-powered language translation tools (LLMs). The LLM TLC focuses on both verbal and written communication, including but not limited to patient messages, discharge summaries, and real-time clinical and administrative communications. We seek to address key questions in today’s evolving landscape by identifying the best methods to measure translation accuracy, co-developing and sharing best practices for implementation, evaluating mixed-language translations, and assessing cultural differences. Learn more.

The Light Collective is a non-profit dedicated to advancing the rights, interests, and voices of patient communities in health technology. Through collaboration with patient advocacy organizations, healthcare professionals, and industry leaders, The Light Collective aims to drive meaningful change in healthcare through patient-led innovation and inclusion.

OpenNotes Lab Advisory Board

With domain expertise ranging from patient advocacy to health information technology, entrepreneurship to health policy and equity, OpenNotes Lab advisors help inform and shape our strategic initiatives.