NASA’s Matt Coleman part of a six scientist team with researchers from NASA’s Ames Research Center, the University of California Davis, and Sandia National Laboratories, has developed and built a conceptual mock-up of a small portable medical diagnosis instrument. One day, this device may enable astronauts journeying into deep space to give themselves a health check-up. (more…)
VA Awards Contract to Genelex
The Veterans Administration (VA) awarded a Federal Supply Schedule contract to Genelex www.genelex.com as a government supplier. The contract makes pharmacogenetics testing accessible to clinicians in the VA so the patients can immediately benefit from precision medicine. (more…)
Security for Home-Based Care
While moving healthcare out of the doctor’s office and into the home provides for greater patient freedom and monitoring, there are also new security risks. It is difficult to set up a secure network in the home and keep it operational since some systems may be compromised, data may be stolen, and devices such as heart rate monitors and dialysis machines can be hacked. (more…)
Biomarkers for mTBI
Mild TBI (mTBI) is estimated to account for 80-90 percent of the TBI cases but is now being recognized as a major public health crisis. First, most mTBI patients seem to make a complete recovery which makes early identification of patients who are likely to develop persistent symptoms or neuropsychological deficits difficult. (more…)
ETHAN Successfully Helps EMS
Primary care related 911 calls which are roughly 30 to 40 percent of the 700 to 800 calls made to 911 in Houston each day, do not involve true emergencies and could be treated effectively and efficiently in the primary care setting. (more…)
Future of Mobile Apps
Jordan Epstein, CEO, Stroll Health http://strollhealth.com appeared on Capitol Hill before the House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology, http://science.house.gov Subcommittee on Research and Technology at a hearing, titled “Smart Health: Empowering the Future of Mobile Apps” on March 2, 2016. (more…)
UPMC Signs License for Software
Impellia www.impellia.com, an injury-prevention, human performance and rehabilitation-focused technology company that includes retired Steelers quarterback Charlie Batch, has signed the license for PIVOT www.youtube.com/watch?v=oYeiSIXiweE, a software platform developed by researchers at University of Pittsburgh Medical Center (UPMC) Sports Medicine. (more…)