The objective for Defense Health Agency’s (DHA) www.health.mil Innovation and Advanced Technology Development (IATD) Division is to manage and rapidly identify health technology with the potential to provide tangible benefits to the military health program. (more…)
Device for CHF Patients
According to the American Heart Association www.heart.org, the annual cost for treating patients with CHF is $31 billion in the U.S. with the majority of this cost due to hospitalization. It has been shown that nearly 50 percent of patients with CHF discharged from the hospital will be readmitted within six months. (more…)
Proposed Telemedicine Rules Halted
Wisconsin Medical Examining Board (MEB) stopped action on proposed telemedicine rules after listening to Wisconsin Hospital Association’s www.wha.org Vice President for Workforce and Clinical Practice, Steven Rush provide testimony on January 20, 2016. He appeared before the MEB’s public hearing on the proposed physician telemedicine practice regulations referred to as the “Med 24 rule”. (more…)
Treating Patients with Infectious Diseases
Since the Ebola crisis, the Washington D.C VA Medical Center www.washingtondc.va.gov has taken action to reduce exposure risks for VA clinical staff and patients to treat patients suspected of having a highly transmissible infectious disease. To find the solution, the VA has implemented mobile technology to be used by both patients and providers. (more…)
Growth for Philippine Medical Market
Almost any U.S product or service can find an interested buyer in the Philippines. The U.S exports almost $7 million annually to the country making this country our 30th largest export market. (more…)
Challenges to Using CHWs
The Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation (ASPE) http://aspe.hhs.gov, within HHS, did an in depth review on using Community Health Workers (CHW) for the report “Community Health Workers: Roles and Opportunities in Healthcare Delivery System Reform”. (more…)
Marin Hospital & Philips Sign Partnership
Marin General Hospital (MGH) www.maringeneral.org located north of San Francisco and Royal Philips www.usa.philips.com in the Netherlands, recently signed a fifteen year $90 million strategic partnership. (more…)