Intermountain Healthcare https://intermountainhealthcare.org recently launched Alluceo, www.alluceohealth.com, a new Intermountain Healthcare company offering team-based mental health integration services and technology. The plan is to normalize mental health services and simplify the process for connecting people with a team of skilled caregivers. …Continue reading
NTIA Awards FirstNet Grants
The National Telecommunications and Information Administration within the Department of Commerce https://www.ntia.doc.gov has awarded 46 grants under the “State and Local Implementation Grant Program” (SLIGP) to help states and territories prepare for FirstNet’s buildout of the nation’s public safety broadband network. …Continue reading
Book on AI & Robots Just Published
Darrell M. West Vice President for Governance Studies and the Director for the Center for Technology Innovation at Brookings Institution, has just announced his new book “The Future of Work: Robots, AI, and Automation.” …Continue reading
Addressing Population Health Needs
Lifespan https://www.lifespan.org, Rhode Island’s first health system is a comprehensive integrated academic health system affiliated with the Medical School at Brown University, Rhode Island Hospital, Hasbro Children’s Hospital, Miriam Hospital, Bradly Hospital, and Newport Hospital. …Continue reading
American Well’s Partnership
American Well https://www.americanwell.com exhibiting at the American Telemedicine Association Annual Meeting in Chicago, announced that American Well and 19Labs www.19labs.com, the creator of GALE Telehealth 2.0 point of care solutions are partnering. The companies can now provide their customers access to GALE Kiosks and Tablet solutions. …Continue reading
CDC’s ADDM Network
CDC https://www.cdc.gov funds the “Autism and Developmental Disabilities Monitoring” (ADDM) Network to estimate the number of children with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) and other developmental disabilities living in different areas of the U.S. …Continue reading
FDA Permits Marketing of AI Device
FDA https://www.fda.gov now permits the marketing of an artificial intelligence-based device to detect a mild level of diabetic retinopathy in adults who have diabetes. The device called IDx-DR is a software program that uses an artificial intelligence algorithm to analyze images of the eye taken with a retinal camera called the Topcon NW400. …Continue reading