The Johns Hopkins School of Medicine https://www.jhuapl.edu is teaming up with the Applied Physics Lab (APL) to work on two winning medical innovation projects funded by John Hopkins’ 2022 Discovery Awards. (more…)
PCORI to Fund Telehealth Projects
The Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI) https://www.pcori.org is planning on funding high quality, comparative Clinical Effectiveness Research (CER) projects. (more…)
Telehealth Equity Catalyst Awards
The Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC) https://www.aamc.org has awarded their 2022 Telehealth Equity Catalyst (TEC) Pilot Grants. The AAMC aims to learn how member institutions are addressing and mitigating barriers to care and how to advance healthcare equity. (more…)
TELE-TOC for COPD Patients
Patients with COPD, require medication adherence and inhaler education post-hospitalization to reduce the misuse of prescriptions leading to rehospitalization. Many individuals with COPD experience high rates of acute care visits after the initial hospitalizations which contributes to unnecessary healthcare costs. (more…)
DHA Awards Contracts
The Defense Health Agency (DHA) https://www.health.mil on September 2, 2022 awarded OptumHealthCare Solutions LLC https://www.optum.com, a six month extension for $20,205,566 for the firm fixed priced contract originally issued March 18, 2022 for Global Nurse Advice Line Services. (more…)
Bringing Technology to Remote Areas
MITRE https://www.mitre.org is working with the U.S. Army Telemedicine and Advanced Technology Research Center’s (TATRC) https://www.tatrc.org on the Technology in Disaster Environments (TiDE) program to determine ways to bring telemedicine to frontline and remote locations. (more…)
Medtronic & BioIntelliSense Partnership
Medtronic https://medtronic.com recently announced their strategic partnership with BioIntelliSense https://biointellisense.com for the exclusive hospital and 30 day post-acute hospital-to-home distribution rights for the BioButton® multi-parameter wearable for continuous, connected monitoring. (more…)