Dartmouth-Hitchcock https://www.dartmouth-hitchcock.org hopes to improve the quality of care for people living with Multiple Sclerosis (MS), an incurable and debilitating disease of the central nervous system “MS can cause a variety of physical and emotional challenges”, reports Brant Oliver PhD, Assistant Professor at the Dartmouth Institute for Health Policy and Clinical Practice and the Geisel School of Medicine. (more…)
France’s Actions Related to AI
According to a report prepared by U.S. Embassies abroad, France has one of the strongest Artificial Intelligence (AI) ecosystems in all of Europe along with the United Kingdom and Germany. In fact, AI companies in these countries make up more than half of the European AI company total. (more…)
Hospital Alliance Coordinates Care
CHI St. Vincent Hot Springs www.christvincent.com, a regional health network along with the Jefferson Regional Medical Center have joined the Arkansas Children’s Hospital (ACH) www.archildrens.org Nursery Alliance. The Alliance started in 2016 when Conway Regional Health Systems www.conwayregional.org joined the Alliance as the first hospital member. (more…)
Developing Telehealth Payment System
The eWellness Healthcare Corporation http://www.ewellnesshealth.com provides the PHZIO platform http://phzio.com to use for Physical Therapy (PT). The company is developing the first tokenized PT payment system for insurance companies, large scale self-insured corporations, plus insured members. Fintech Global Consultants (FGC) http://f-g-c.com will provide assistance to the blockchain and tokenized payment system. (more…)
Cybersecurity Version 1.1 Released
The Department of Commerce’s National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) https://www.nist.gov has just released Version 1.1 of their Cybersecurity Framework https://www.nist.gov/cyberframework . This version includes updates on authentication and identity, self-assessing cybersecurity risk, managing cybersecurity within the supply chain, and provides updates on vulnerability disclosures. (more…)
Data Helping Newborns & Children
Last year, Alexion Pharmaceuticals, Inc. www.alexion.com formed a collaboration with the Rady Children’s Institute for Genomic Medicine (RCIGM) https://www.rchsd.org to accelerate the diagnosis of critically ill newborns with rare genetic disorders. (more…)
Air Force Tests Medical Devices
Lt. Col Brandi Ritter, Chief of the Air Force Medical Evaluation Support Activity (AFMESA) reports that the job of AFMESA is to test medical technology and devices to insure they meet the needs of medical Airmen and survive the rigors of deployment. (more…)