Decisio Health www.decisiohealth.com one of 17 startups funded by the UT Horizon Fund www.uts.innovation.com/horizon-fund has launched the Decisio Health Clinical Intelligence Platform. The UT Horizon Fund invests across all industry sectors and with $50 million in committed capital, strives to be a collaborative co-investor. …Continue reading
HHS Funds Oral Health Services
HHS www.hhs.gov is awarding nearly $156 million in funding to help 420 health centers in 47 states, the District of Columbia, and Puerto Rico increase access to integrated oral healthcare services for health center program patients. The lack of access to preventive and routine dental care for underserved populations can result in dental conditions requiring more costly emergency dental treatments. …Continue reading
EPA’s Network Shares Data
EPA’s www.epa.gov Environmental Information Exchange Network (EIEN) www.epa.gov/exchangenetwork an internet-based system used by states, tribal, and territorial partners is sharing environmental and health information with one another and with EPA. …Continue reading
Neuro-Technologies Can Help Brains
Opening the discussion at the Defense One Tech Summit 2016 www.defenseone.com held in Washington D.C June 10, Dr, Amy Kruse, Neuroscientist, and CTO at Cubic Global Defense www.cubic.com, said, “Cognitive neuroscience and the wide array of emerging neuro-technologies will play an important role in the future training environment.” …Continue reading
$15 Million to Support Genomics
NIH www.nih.gov awarded four grants for $15 million involving genomics through the National Human Genomic Research Institute’s (NHGRI) www.genome.gov “Centers of Excellence in Ethical, Legal and Social Implications Research” (CEER) www.genome.gov/15014773/centers-of-excellence-in-elsi-research. …Continue reading
University Secures State Funds
Four Case Western Reserve faulty recently secured state funding to help them move their research from the campus into the marketplace. The state funding of more than $300,000 comes from the Ohio Third Frontier Technology Validation and Start-Up Fund (TVSF) https://development.ohio.gov/bs_thirdfrontier/tvsf.htm and the State I-Corps@Ohio program https://fisher.osu.edu/centers/tec/i-corps-at-ohio. …Continue reading
Healthix Partners with HBI Solutions
Healthix http://healthix.org a large public HIE with data on over 16 million patients includes behavioral health organizations and health plans. The system feeding provider organizations across New York City and Long Island is partnering with HBI Solutions http://hbisolutions.com. The partnership will enable HBI to offer predictive analytics and performance analysis capabilities to participant organizations. …Continue reading