Michigan ranks 8th in the U.S with having the highest rate of infant deaths. Reducing infant mortality is a key priority in the State but will require strong social networks, community resources, and the infrastructure needed to create the conditions for health and well being. (more…)
Army Tech Ready for Licensing
The health and fitness industry tries to provide the best technologies and features to help athletes train in the right zone and duration for best results. So far, the ability to determine core body temperature has been largely unavailable due to inaccurate sensors and the variations between skin temperatures. (more…)
Future Ideas on Healthcare
“Most people aren’t aware of FCC’s www.fcc.gov involvement in healthcare as related to advanced healthcare technologies,” according to Christopher Gibbons, MD, FCC’s Chief Health Innovation Officer for the Connect2Health Task Force (C2HFCC) www.fcc.gov/general/fcc-connect-2-health-consumer-information. He was the keynote speaker at the Mid-Atlantic Telehealth Resource Center (MATRC) Summit www.MATRCSummit.org held April 10-12, 2016 in Cambridge Maryland. (more…)
Help for Patients with Parkinson’s
Pfizer Inc. www.pfizer.com and IBM www.ibm.com are collaborating to develop innovative remote monitoring solutions to help transform how clinicians deliver care to patients suffering from Parkinson’s disease. The companies will work together on sensors, mobile devices, and machine learning to provide real-time around-the-clock disease symptom information to clinicians and researchers. (more…)
New Power Funding Initiative
Mark DeFalco, Telecommunications Initiative Manager for Regional Program Operations at the Appalachian Regional Commission (ARC), at the MATRC Summit 2016, discussed how the “Partnerships for Opportunity and Workforce and Economic Revitalization” program referred to as the (POWER) initiative, recently made funding available to ARC and to the U.S. Economic Development Administration (EDA). (more…)
Speeding up Medical Diagnostics
Dr. Srikanth Singamaneni, PhD, and Associate Professor at Washington University St Louis http://wustl.edu, School of Engineering & Applied Science, is working to speed up medical diagnostics. Using artificial bio receptors and metal nanostructures, Dr. Singamaneni and his team are setting the groundwork to create durable, Point-of-Care (POC) diagnostics for heart attacks and kidney injuries. (more…)
NC-STeP Helps with Mental Issues
East Carolina University’s Center for Telepsychiatry and e-Behavior Health (CTeBH) www.ecu.edu/cs-dhs/telepsychiatry is working to meet the state’s need for telemental health services in the state. To effectively provide mental health services, CTeBH with funding from the Duke Endowment, established the North Carolina Statewide Telepsychiatry Program (NC-STeP) www.ecu.edu/cs-dhs/ncstep and continuines to expand the operation. (more…)