The Ohio Third Frontier Commission recently approved $16 million https://development.ohio.gov/bs_thirdfrontier to fund new technology companies through their “Technology Validation and Start-Up Fund” to help Ohio institutions of higher education and other nonprofit research institutions move technology forward into the marketplace. (more…)
RWJF’s Call for Proposals
States continue to play a critical role in the implementation of health reform. States have made different choices in the rollout of ACA, including whether to establish a State-Based Marketplace, use a Federal-State Partnership Model, or participate in the Federally Facilitated Marketplace. (more…)
UR’s Complex Care Center Opens
Patients that have been coping with serious health problems since childhood now have a health resource designed just for them at the University of Rochester’s “Medicine Complex Care Center” www.urmc.rochester.edu/primary-care/practices/complex-care-center.aspx designed as a primary care practice opened in March. (more…)
IMPOWER & Higi Advancing Telehealth
IMPOWER physicians www.impowerfl.org supporting Medicaid patients in Central Florida a non-profit mental health and child well-being organization, is offering personal attention, counseling, assistance while using the “higi” platform www.higi.com. Each year, IMPOWER physicians serve more than 9,000 individuals and families in the home, schools, and community-based settings. (more…)
CTN Provides Cybersecurity Alerts
Nationally, a growing number of healthcare providers, hospitals, and health plans have experienced security breaches. Ransomware attacks have also emerged where cyber attackers are able to compromise an organization’s computers and servers, encrypt the information, and then withhold it until the organization pays the attackers a fee. (more…)
Telehealth in Schools
Nicklaus Children’s Hospital www.nickauschildrens.org part of the Miami Children’s Health System has partnered with Miami-Dade County Public Schools (M-DCPS) in a pilot program to provide telehealth consultations to assess children with health issues while at school. (more…)
Wristband Helps with Epilepsy
People with epilepsy suffer from recurrent, unprovoked seizures that can cause injury and even death from “Sudden Unexpected Death in Epilepsy” (SUDEP), a condition that occurs minutes after a seizure ends. (more…)