IBM www.ibm.com/watson and the Jupiter Medical Center http://Jupitermed.com in Florida are adopting “Watson for Oncology”, a cognitive computing platform capable of providing insights to physicians to help them deliver personalized evidence-based cancer treatments. …Continue reading
$100 Million for Small Practices
CMS www.cms.gov awarded about $20 million to eleven organizations for the first year of a five year program. The funding will be used to provide training and education to clinicians in individual or small group practices of 15 clinicians or less on the Quality Payment Program. CMS intends to invest up to an additional $80 million over the remaining four years. …Continue reading
Telehealth Helps MS Patients
The Veteran Administration’s ORH www.ruralhealth.va.gov has identified projects detailing proven models of care known as “Rural Promising Practices” which are now being implemented nationwide www.ruralhealth.va.gov/providers promisingpractices.asp. …Continue reading
RWJF Awards $2.4 Million
The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) www.rwjf.org awarded a three year $2.4 million grant to the University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston (UTHealth) www.uth.edu to create the Healthy Cities Research Hub “Exploring Drivers of Diabetes and Other Chronic Diseases”. …Continue reading
Pharmaceuticals in NY’s Proposed Budget
According to the Medical Society for the State of New York (MSSNY) www.mssny.org February 2017 newsletter, their staff has been reviewing Governor Cuomo’s 2017-2018 budget documents totals funding for $152.3 billion. However, the staff has are some concerns related to pharmaceutical issues. …Continue reading
NIH Awards $1.5 Million for PAD
NIH www.nih.gov awarded $1.5 million in grants to Profusa Inc. http://profusa.com and North Carolina State University’s ASSIST Center https://assist.ncsu.edu to develop an ultrathin flexible patch reader worn on the skin to continuously monitor tissue oxygen in patients undergoing treatment for “Peripheral Artery Disease” (PAD). …Continue reading
Providing Telemedicine Globally
VIGILINT www.vigilint.com, providing health protection for global workforce and travelers along with the Cleveland Clinic www.clevelandclinic.org are offering the Global MedAssist program (GMAP) www.vigilint.com/gmap-global-medical-assistance-program, a telemedicine program to travelers anywhere in the world. …Continue reading