AMD Global Telemedicine’s www.amdtelemedicine.com “Patient Assessment Terminal (PAT), a fully integrated telemedicine wall mount system was developed to improve workflow while reducing the telemedicine workstation footprint within an exam room. (more…)
SOC Recognizes Stroke Month
“Specialists on Call” (SOC) http://specialistsoncall.com offers telemedicine 24/7 coverage to over 350 hospitals nationwide and has conducted over 200,000 acute and routine neurology patient consultations. (more…)
Topic: Delivery Payment Reform
CMS Patrick Conway M.D, Acting Principal Deputy Administrator for Innovation and Quality, and Chief Medical Officer for CMS www.cms.gov, met with reporters at a National Press Club briefing held May 4, 2016. The event’s discussion on delivery system reforms as related to Medicare was led by Marilyn Serafini, President & Co-CEO of the Alliance for Health Reform www.allhealth.org. (more…)
Bringing Viable Products to Market
The University of Michigan recently launched the Monroe-Brown Seed Fund www.monroebrown.org, a new funding vehicle designed to advance the process for transitioning commercially viable engineering and medical research projects to market. (more…)
EHRs Connect to State Registry
Colorado has cut the time it takes vaccine providers to connect their EHRs to the state’s immunization registry by two-thirds. “When the systems are connected, it helps providers determine which vaccines patients need,” said Heather Roth Program Manager for the Colorado Immunization Information System at the Department of Public Health and Environment (DPHE) www.colorado.gov/cdphe. (more…)
Cybersecurity Tool Licensed
The Federal government spends more than $1 billion on unclassified cybersecurity research each year. However, researchers very often do not have the necessary resources to take the research to the marketplace. In addition, there is limited communication between researchers and the private sector commercialization community that has resulted in very little understanding of the transition process. (more…)
WeCounsel Secures $3.5 Million
WeCounsel Solutions LLC, www.wecounsel.com a Chattanooga-based telemedicine software company has secured $3.5 Million in series A funding. A group of healthcare and technology funds led by Longmeadow Capital Partners www.longmeadowcapital.com, Point Judith Capital http://pointjudithcapital.com, and CVH Holdings are co-investing in the company. The plan is to accelerate growth, continue to enhance the product offering, and augment business development initiatives. (more…)