On September 30th, the Department of Justice (DOJ) https://www.justice.gov charged 345 defendants including 100+ medical professionals with submitting more than $6 billion in false and fraudulent claims to federal healthcare programs and private insurers. (more…)
Helping HIV Infected Pregnant Women
Researchers with the Johns Hopkins Center for Clinical Global Health Education (CCGHE) https://main.ccghe.net are studying to see if technology can assist with the Prevention of Mother-to-Child Transmission (PMTCT) by using Antiretroviral Therapy (ART) to prevent HIV mother to infant transmission. (more…)
PCORI Approves $4.9 Million in Funds
A research team at the Mongan Institute at Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) https://www.massgeneral.org/mongan-institute has been approved for $4.9 million funding by the Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI) https://www.pcori.org. (more…)
NIH Awards to Develop Digital Health
NIH https://www.nih.gov has awarded seven contracts to companies and academic institutions to develop digital health solutions to help address the pandemic. The contracts are being awarded in two phases, and if the seven projects move into the second phase, the total value of the contracts in this network will be $22.8 million. (more…)
FDA Launches Digital Health Center
FDA https://www.fda.gov has launched the Digital Health Center of Excellence within the Center for Devices and Radiological Health (CDRH). The Center will advance digital health technology to include mobile health devices, Software as a Medical Device (SaMD), wearables when used as a medical device, and use technologies to study medical products. (more…)
State’s Exposure Notification app
The North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services https://ncdhhs.gov is developing a COVID-19 Exposure Notification app called SlowCOVIDNC. The app is going to help North Carolinians slow the spread of the virus by alerting them when they may have been exposed to someone who has tested positive for COVID-19. (more…)
Highlights on NIH SBIR Program
NIH’s Small Business Program (SBIR) https://sbir.nih.gov with funding for over $1 billion in annual investments has driven critical biomedical innovation and discovery. A new interactive Mapping Tool https://sbir.nih.gov/stories highlights 50 plus small businesses in the U.S with stories behind healthcare products and services that the SBIR program has supported through grants. (more…)