Alomere Health, https://alomerehealth.org, a 99 bed hospital located in Alexandra Minnesota, is working with the Vanderbilt Health Purchasing Collaborative https://vanderbiltpurchasingcollaborative.com, (VHPC) a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Vanderbilt University Medical Center (VUMC) https://ww2.mc.vanderbilt.edu. The hospital in the first three years of participating in VHPC has saved more than $1 million. (more…)
RFI Seeks Info on AI Standards
The Department of Commerce’s National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) https://www.nist.gov has issued a Request for Information (RFI) seeking information on technical standards and related tools for Artificial Intelligence (AI). The RFI was published in the Federal Register on May 1, 2019 in response to the February 11, 2019 “Executive Order on Maintaining American Leadership in AI”. (more…)
LifeLens Developing Wearable Sensor
The Medical Technology Enterprise Consortium (MTEC) https://mtec-sc.org, a biomedical technology consortium, in partnership with the Army’s Medical Research and Materiel Command (USAMRMC) has announced that LifeLens Technologies (LLT) https://lifelenstech.com has been awarded $2,996,970 to develop their “Ascent Platform” (AP) wearable sensor for the military to provide training technical support and data analysis during the field testing. (more…)
Applying Analytics to EHR Data
Researchers at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) https://wwwlbl.gov are applying deep learning and analytics to EHR data to help the Veterans Administration (VA) https://www.va.gov address a host of medical and psychological challenges affecting veterans. (more…)
HRSA’s New Grant Forecasts
On May 13, 2019, HRSA issued a Grant Notice forecast for the Telehealth Network Program (HRSA-20-036) which is estimated to be posted January 8, 2020 with the estimated application due date to be April 8, 2020. Estimated funding is expected to be $8,500,000. (more…)
Building a Blockchain Network
Credit Suisse, https://www.credit-suisse.com an international financial organization, as part of their “Healthcare Disruptive Technologies & Innovations” series, hosted Embleema, https://www.embleema.com Co-Founder & CEO, Robert Chu at a small group investor dinner in New York City.
Telehealth Serving Remote Areas
Visionflex, an Australian company https://visionflex.com, provides telehealth equipment to the remote village of Wanaaring with around 140 people. Visionflex CEO Mike Harman traveled a long distance to Wanaaring to install the company’s ProEX Telehealth Hub equipment into a specially designed lockable workstation. This enabled a local nurse to connect residents in Wanaaring via satellite to a general practitioner or specialist for a remote consultation. (more…)