Through the U.S Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Distance learning & Telemedicine (DLT) Grant Program, grants have been awarded to Avera eCARE Emergency to help provide telemedicine equipment for those living in rural communities with populations of 20,000 or less. (more…)
Rapid Growth for Home Healthcare
The global home healthcare market size valued at over $281 billion is expected to grow over 60% by the year 2027. To meet the needs of the home healthcare market, ChristianaCare https://christianacare.org, a healthcare organization, is pioneering voice care through Home Care Coach™ as an extension of home care services. (more…)
Team to Accelerate Innovation
Best Buy Co., Inc. https://www.bestbuy.com and Accenture http://www.accenture.com are teaming to advance Best Buy’s strategic priorities by accelerating technology innovations and developing effective strategies, delivery, and operations. (more…)
AmerisourceBergen Forecasts Growth
Credit Suisse https://www.credit-suisse.com hosted AmerisourceBergen’s (ABC) https://www.amerisourcebergen,com CEO Steve Collis, CFO, Jim Cleary, Group President, Bob Mauch, and Senior VP, Investor Relations, Bennett Murphy at a virtual meeting. (more…)
Partnership to Improve CTs
The Bristol Myers Squibb Foundation (BMSF) https://bms.com and National Medical Fellowships https://nmfonline.org have announced a $100 million partnership aimed at improving diversity in Clinical Trials. The Partnership will work to extend the reach of Clinical Trials into underserved patient populations in U.S. urban and rural communities. (more…)
Hospital Creates InnoVentures
Tampa General Hospital (TGH) https://www.tgh.org has created TGH InnoVentures, a venture capital fund to support early-stage startups and direct investments. TGH’s InnoVentures, will join leading medical centers engaged in venture capital investing. (more…)
Helping Low Income Seniors
Researchers at the University of California’s Center for Information Technology Research in the Interest of Society (CITRIS) have launched Lighthouse for Older Adults (Lighthouse), a public private initiative to pilot access to telehealth and internet services to low income seniors. (more…)