The American Telemedicine Association (ATA) www.americantelemed.org will host its annual Fall Forum in New Orleans on September 26-28, 2016 to concentrate on the rapidly changing telehealth industry landscape and to hear how companies and organizations are adapting. (more…)
Startup Develops Monitoring App
Hospitalizations and poor health outcomes due to medication nonadherence cost the U.S about $290 billion each year. In addition, poor adherence prevents researchers from properly assessing a drug in clinical trials which contributes to the high failure rate. Clinical trials can cost $1 billion or more and they most often fail because researchers can’t prove a therapy’s effectiveness or safety. (more…)
Partnership to Tailor Cancer Care
The Veterans Administration (VA) www.va.gov is partnering with the Department of Defense (DOD) http://health.mil and the National Cancer Institute (NCI) www.cancer.gov to tailor cancer care for patients. (more…)
171 Alaska Health Aides Certified
The Community Health Aide Program’s (CHAP) www.akchap.org Certification Board managed by the government’s Alaska Area Native Health Service (NTHC) http://anthc.org is one of 12 regional offices of the Indian Health Service (IHS) www.ihs.gov working in partnership with tribal health organizations. (more…)
$200,000 Awarded in Texas
The San Antonio Life Sciences Institute (SALSI) www.utsalsi.org has awarded grant funding through the SALSI Innovation Challenge for $200,000 to enable scientists at the University of Texas (UT) Health Science Center in San Antonio and University of Texas at San Antonio (UTSA) to research technology solutions in healthcare. (more…)
Upgrading Trauma Care Systems
The quality of trauma care varies greatly in current military and civilian trauma care systems depending on when and where an individual is injured, according to the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine http://nationalacademies.org report discussing how to improve the trauma care system. (more…)
Expanding Emergency Telemedicine
Mayo Clinic www.mayoclinic.org is upgrading their services by offering telemedicine to more than 45 hospitals across nine states served by Mayo Clinic’s emergency telemedicine services. Emergency telemedicine provides acute medical assessment to people who need immediate emergency care through video communications. (more…)