The Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania https://www.pennmedicine.org, Case Western Reserve University https://case.edu, Cleveland Clinic https://my.clevelandclinic.org, along with the Cedars-Sinai Medical Center https://www.cedars.sinai.org, were recently awarded a $3.2 million grant from NIH to enhance research for improving heart transplant outcomes. …Continue reading
Credit Suisse Discusses Amwell
Today, telehealth is here to stay and Amwell (AMWL) is one of the major beneficiaries. The company is a leading telehealth provider enabling digital care delivery for stakeholders across the entire healthcare ecosystem. The COVID-19 pandemic has brought on a surge of demand for telehealth services, which has enabled Amwell to benefit from the corresponding pull-forward of telehealth adoption. …Continue reading
Alliant Awarded Contract
Alliant Enterprises (dba Alliant healthcare products) https://allianthealthcare.com has been awarded a Patient Monitoring & Capital Equipment (PMCE) contract by the Defense Logistics Agency (DLA) https://www.dla.mil valued at $450 million over 10 years. …Continue reading
3D Microscopes at MUSC Health
The Medical University of South Carolina (MUSC) https://web.musc.edu and Synaptive https://www.synaptivemedical.com, a medical device and technology company based in Toronto, signed a five year affiliation agreement earlier this year to bring two Modus V 3D robotic digital microscopes to MUSC Health https://muschealth.org. …Continue reading
NY Hospital Launches CURE-19
The Arnhold Institute for Global Health at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai and NYC Health + Hospitals have launched the COVID-19 Unit for Research at Elmhurst (CURE-19). …Continue reading
JHU APL Developing MDIRA
Medical care today often requires an array of medical devices to capture and communicate the critical patient data needed for ensuring best patient outcomes. These devices, however, are largely unable to communicate with one another as interoperable systems, creating a significant sources of wasted, inefficiency, and risk to patient safety. …Continue reading
Disaster Preparedness & Response
COVID-19 continues to expose challenges as to the nation’s ability to address public health emergencies and the needed response. To prepare for future health crises, the Healthcare Leadership Council http://www.hlc.org, an Alliance of major healthcare companies from all sectors, brought together more than 75 government, corporate, and nonprofit organizations to develop recommendations for an improved strategic public-private approach to identify actionable policies and practices. …Continue reading