The Veterans Administration’s www.va.gov Canandaigua VA Medical Center is now participating in the Rochester RHIO’s www.RochesterRHIO.org community HIE. The Rochester RHIO is part of the Statewide Health Information Network for New York (SHIN-NY) www.nyehealth.or/shin-ny and serves over one million patients in Upstate New York. …Continue reading
Telemedicine Helps in Maryland
Residents on the lower Eastern Shore of Maryland living with diagnosed or suspected cancers that may require advanced lung surgery are now able to meet with leading experts in thoracic surgery at the University of Maryland Medical Center (UMMC) www.umm.edu in Baltimore without leaving the Shore. …Continue reading
Health Systems Forming Joint Ventures
Geisinger Health System https://www.geisinger.org and Highmark Inc. www.highmark.com have signed a letter of intent to create a clinical joint venture to provide high-value, high-quality community-based care and better choices for patients to receive care. …Continue reading
Zipit Wireless Issued Patent
Zipit Wireless www.zipitwireless.com provides business and technology solutions for the Internet of Things (IoT) was issued a patent by the U.S Patent Office www.uspto.gov covering the remote device management technologies that are part of Zipit’s IoT Platform. Zipit’s technology can be used to manage authentication, control, and communication with mobile devices. …Continue reading
Moving Forward: Healthcare Without Walls
The Network for Excellence in Health Innovation (NEHI) www.nehi.net and the Kaiser Permanente Center for Total Health https://centerfortotalhealth.org sponsored an event on May 10, 2017 “Health Care Without Walls” www.healthcarewithoutwalls.net. …Continue reading
Test May Detect Cancer Early
Cleveland Clinic http://clevelandclinic.org has joined a multi-center clinical trial aimed at developing a blood test to detect cancer early. The study called “Circulating Cell-free Genome Atlas” (CCGA) is recruiting 10,000 patients in the U.S to build a database for cancer biology. …Continue reading
Lab Unveils Heart-on-a-Chip
Prescription drugs have enabled millions with chronic medical conditions to live longer and more fulfilling lives, but many promising new drugs never make it to the human trials stage due to the potential for cardiac toxicity. …Continue reading