Nuance Communications’ https://www.nuance.com Dragon Medical One clinical documentation software is now available through Microsoft Marketplace and partner ecosystem. (more…)
$20M Investment Launched
Homeward, https://homewardhealth.com a company focused on improving access to high quality, affordable primary and specialty care in rural areas, has launched an initial $20 million investment from General Catalyst https://www.generalcatalalyst.com. (more…)
New Tech Detects Cancer Sooner
A robot-assisted bronchoscopy platform offers physicians a way to provide minimally invasive, robotic-assisted biopsies for suspected lung cancers is available at the Banner Boswell Medical Center https://www.BannerHealth.com/Boswell. (more…)
Future Funding Announcement
The Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI) https://www.pcori.org intends to release a Targeted PCORI Funding Announcement (PFA on September 7, 2022 seeking to fund high quality comparative clinical effectiveness research projects. (more…)
Actions Related to Cybersecurity
A bill to help protect medical devices from cyberattacks is under discussion. The bill “Strengthening Cybersecurity for Medical Devices Act” was introduced by Senators Todd Young (R-ID) https://www.young.senate.gov and Jacky Rosen (D-NV) https://www.rosen.senate.gov in June 2022. (more…)
ISS’s Research on Aging
Prolonged spaceflight can result in many of the same physiological changes associated with aging. Aging can result in bone loss, muscle deterioration, and altered immune system function only at a much quicker rate. (more…)
DHA Empowering Patients
The Defense Health Agency https://www.health.mil is developing the Virtual Education Center (VEC), a web-based library and communications platform enabling providers and patients to access, store, and use vetted Military Health Services resources. (more…)