Credit Suisse https://credit-suisse.com conducted a review of 2020 “Employer Benefit Guides” to better understand the competitive environment for telehealth, expert opinion offerings, diabetes management etc. More than 300 open enrollment 2020 benefit guides including many from Fortune 100, were reviewed with key themes for 2020 highlighted. (more…)
Johns Hopkins Launches Hub
NIH https://www.nih.gov awarded a $6.7 million five year grant to Johns Hopkins Medicine https://www.hopkinsmedicine.org to bring together immunologists, oncologists, and biomedical engineers to build new tools to treat cancer and autoimmune diseases. (more…)
CDC Issues Grant Notice
Sickle Cell Disease (SCD) the most common inherited blood disorder in the U.S., is estimated to affect 90,000 to 100,000 Americans. Major complications of SCD include anemia, debilitating pain, infection, stroke, and organ damage. (more…)
Bill to Help Veterans with PTSD
On January 16, 2020, Representative Scott Perry (R-PA) https://perry.house.gov along with Cosponsors Representatives Lee Zeldin (R-NY), Greg Murphy (R-NC), and Dan Crenshaw (R-TX), have introduced the bill “Treatment and Relief through Emerging and Accessible Therapy (TREAT) for PTSD” (H.R. 5648). (more…)
Report on Broadband in Rural Areas
The Congressional Research Service (CRS) https://www.crs.gov report authored by Brian E. Humphreys, an Analyst in Science and Technology Policy, is titled “Demand for Broadband in Rural Areas: Implications for Universal Access” (December 2019). The report points out according to the FCC https://www.fcc.gov, over 20 million Americans predominantly living in rural areas lack access to high speed broadband services https://www.fcc.gov. (more…)
Support for Diagnostics Technology
HHS https://www.hhs.gov is supporting the development of a novel diagnostics technology to read gene expression patterns in the immune system capable of distinguishing bacterial infections from viral infections. (more…)
TDOC to Acquire InTouch Health
Teladoc Health (TDOC) https://teladochealth.com, the provider of telehealth solutions for hospitals and health systems, has entered into an agreement to acquire InTouch Health https://intouchhealth.com for $600 million ($150 million cash plus $450 million in TDOC shares) in order to expand their reach in virtual care. (more…)