Insurers generally have avoided using telemedicine providers within their provider networks, despite the widespread physician shortages in some areas, according to the new study “Can Telemedicine Help Address Concerns with Network Adequacy?” (more…)
Artificial Pancreas to Transform Lives
Ed Damiano Professor of Biomedical Engineering at Boston University www.bu.edu and father of a 16 year old boy with type 1 diabetes has worked very hard to develop a device which can regulate blood sugar levels by automatically delivering precisely calibrated doses of insulin and glucagon. While most systems automate only the delivery of insulin, Damiano’s device has a bihormonal pump that supplies both insulin and glucagon. (more…)
Decisions Need to Involve Patients
The April issue of “Health Affairs” www.healthaffairs.org with support from the Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI) www.pcori.org, examines how patients and consumers can effectively use evidence to delve into issues related to engaging patients more fully in decisions concerning the delivery of their healthcare. (more…)
Army Medicine Connects with Patients
Lt. General Nadjay Y. West, Surgeon General and Commanding General for the U.S Army Medical Command appeared before the Senate Committee on Appropriations to discuss issues concerning Army Medicine. (more…)
HHS Funding Forecast
The Administration for Community Living (ACL) www.acl.gov within HHS is forecasting the release of their funding opportunity titled “Spinal Cord Injury Model Systems” (SCIMS). The National Institute on Disability, Independent Living, and Rehabilitation Research (NIDILRR) within ACL www.acl.gov/Programs/NIDILRR/Index.aspx a grants making agency, is planning to release $6,500,000 for 14 awards in the future. (more…)
New Funding Opportunity
NIST within the Department of Commerce www.nist.gov implemented the “National Strategy for Trusted Identities in Cyberspace” (NSTIC) program and has just issued their 2nd solicitation for pilot funding for the 2016 “Federated Identity in Healthcare Pilot Program”. (more…)
Gauging Interest in Partnering
Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL) www.lanl.gov has released a Request for Information (RFI) to gauge how interested industry is in partnering with LANL to advance the “Next-Gen In-Vitro Platform for Lead Compound and Toxicity Screening.” This technology could prove to be very important in determining the amount of lead in human organs. (more…)