The Bipartisan Policy Center (BPC) https://www.bipartisanpolicy.org, http://twitter#BPClive recently announced establishing their Rural Health Task Force. The task force is going to examine policy solutions to rightsizing healthcare services to better fit community needs, ways to create appropriate payment models for services provided, how to strengthen the rural workforce, and importantly expand telemedicine services in rural areas. (more…)
JHU Develops Blood Test for Cancer
Johns Hopkins https://www.hopkinsmedicine.org researchers have developed a blood test designed to incorporate earlier cancer detection into routine medical care. CancerSEEK, a liquid biopsy test to detect multiple cancer types earlier was developed by the Thrive Earlier Detection Corporation https://www.linkedin.com/company/thrivedetect. (more…)
CVS Outlook for 2020 & Beyond
Credit Suisse, https://www.credit-swiss.com an international organization, presented a detail review of the “CVS Health Investor Day” held June 4, 2019. CVS Health https://cvshealth.com reaffirmed their 2019 outlook along with their expectations for growth for 2020 and beyond. (more…)
VA Increases Connectivity Efforts
It can be inconvenient to have to limit access to online information to avoid exceeding the monthly data allotments on mobile device plans. The Veterans Administration’s (VA) Office of Information and Technology (OIT) https://www.oit.va.gov has now made it possible for veterans who are T-Mobile https://www.t-mobile.com customers to access telehealth resources without having to use data in their personal mobile device plans. (more…)
DOD’s “TechLink” Helps Tech Transfer
TechLink https://techlinkcenter.org is the Department of Defense’s (DOD) https://www.defense.gov only national partnership intermediary for technology transfer. TechLink helps companies’ license DOD inventions for conversion into new products and services. (more…)
New Bill to Invest in Telehealth
Senators Brian Schatz (D-HI), Tim Kaine (D-VA), and Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska), have introduced the “Expanding Capacity for Health Outcomes Act of 2019” (ECHO 2019 Act) legislation. (more…)
New Bill Would Expand Telehealth
Senators Brian Schatz (D-HI), Tim Kaine (D-VA), and Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska), have introduced the “Expanding Capacity for Health Outcomes Act of 2019” (ECHO 2019 Act) legislation. (more…)