Credit Suisse https://www.credit-suisse.com conducted a post quarterly conference call with Accolade Health’s (ACCD) management to review FY1Q21 results, business wins, and trends. (more…)
Grant Notice for Surveillance System
CDC https://www.cdc.gov has issued a forecast for a grant on July 23, 2020 to be titled Supporting and Improving the Surveillance System for Chronic Kidney Disease (CKD) in the U.S. (CDC-RFA-D21-2107). The estimated post-date to be September 29, 2020 with applications due November 28, 2020. The project is estimated to start September 30, 2021 with estimated total program funding to be $6,000,000. (more…)
FDA Approves New Insulin Pump
Medtronic https://medtronic.com headquartered in Dublin Ireland, has received FDA’s https://www.fda.gov approval for their MiniMed™ 770G hybrid closed loop system. This newest insulin pump system offers the company’s most advanced SmartGuard™ technology as featured in the MiniMed 670G system with the added benefit of being able to use smartphone connectivity for children as young as 2 to 6 years living with type 1 diabetes. (more…)
Military Using New Opioid Tool
The Opioid Clinical Decision Support Tool helps providers make critical prescription decisions. The tool is used on average 81 times a day across seven military medical treatment facilities. (more…)
N.J’s Contact Tracing Dashboard
The New Jersey Department of Health https://www.nj.gov/health has unveiled an online Contact Tracing Dashboard highlighting the state’s numbers of people infected with COVID-19 by using contact tracing efforts throughout the state. (more…)
New Tool Helps Rural Missourians
The University of Missouri System https://www.umsystem.edu has a new tool to connect Missourians to the university system’s healthcare resources. The tool called the UM System Health Care Finder https://engagemo.org/um-system-asset-map, is an interactive, searchable database. The Health Care Finder maps more than 200 health resources across the state. (more…)
NIAID Awards Grants for CREIDs
The National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), has awarded 11 grants with a total first year value of about $17 million to establish the Centers for Research in Emerging Infectious Diseases (CREID). (more…)