IDC https://www.idc.com, an IT consulting firm, reports that China’s Information and Communication Technology (ICT) market is one of the most dynamic market sectors in China’s economic boom. IDC expects this market to reach USD $844 billion by 2020. (more…)
Telehealth Services Growing at the VA
The Phoenix Veterans Health Care System (PVAHCS) http://telemedicine.arizona.edu now operates the Mobile Medical Unit (MMU) in rural parts of Arizona. The MMU’s telehealth equipment makes it possible for patients across the state to connect with clinicians and specialists at the Phoenix VA’s main facility. (more…)
Developing Rapid Diagnostic Tests
For reasons not fully understood, space travel seems to suppress the human immune system, enabling bacteria to become heartier and more virulent in microgravity. This is a major problem since aboard the International Space Station, the nearest medical doctor is on the other side of atmospheric reentry. NASA www.nasa.gov realizes the need for more rapid diagnostic testing to be made available to detect and treat health issues both in space and on Earth. (more…)
SIDM-IHI Issue Collaborative RFP
The Society to Improve Diagnosis in Medicine (SIDM) https://www.improvediagnosis.org and the Institute for Healthcare Improvement (IHI www.ihi.org with funding from the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation https://www.moore.org, are jointly sponsoring a collaborative project that will include six selected healthcare organizations. The purpose for the project is to work with one or more interventions aimed at improving the diagnostic process and outcomes. (more…)
Unique Solution to Emerging Markets
VIA Global Health www.viaglobalhealth.com is filling a gap in the worldwide healthcare market with the development of their innovative e-commerce healthcare technologies distribution platform. This was reported in the Department of Commerce’s International Trade Administration www.trade.gov August 2017 blog. (more…)
Developing the SPARK Project
Pew Charitable Trusts www.pewtrusts.org is in the process of creating a digital platform to allow researchers to share data, ideas, and insights. The hope is for the digital platform to be able to spur the discovery of innovative new antibiotics that are needed against the growing global threat of drug-resistant bacteria or superbugs. (more…)
Virtual Health Services in Texas
Julie Hall-Barrow, EdD, Vice President Virtual Health and Innovation at Children’s Health System of Texas https://www.childrens.com, talked about the large growing market for healthcare for Children living in Texas. She was speaking at the 9th Annual mHealth+ Telehealth World Conference www.worldcongress.com recently held in Boston. (more…)