VSee http://vsee.com a U.S based video conferencing company specializing in telemedicine was created to overcome the limitations of traditional video conferencing and develop tools to help provide telemedicine to rural parts of the world. In one of their latest projects, VSee has been using telemedicine technologies to bring Ear, Nose, and Throat (ENT) specialist care to rural Rwanda. …Continue reading
Developing Surgical Platform
Johnson & Johnson www.jnj.com has formed Verb Surgical Inc. www.verbsurgical.com an independent surgical solutions company in collaboration with Verily Life Sciences (formerly Google Life Sciences) to be headquartered in Mountain View California. …Continue reading
Teledentistry Pilot Helps Students
Underserved populations have the majority of dental disease since they don’t take advantage of the traditional dental system. In Polk County, Oregon alone, only 34 percent of Polk county students have had a dental visit in the last 12 months. Also, there are long wait times for appointments plus transportation issues preventing frequent dental care. …Continue reading
Messaging Services Help in Tanzania
The Tanzania government, UNICEF www.unicefusa.org, and Push Mobile www.push.co.tz, a mobile communication company have signed a partnership to provide SMS aggregation services across all the available mobile networks in Tanzania. The partnership will reach over 10 million Tanzanian mobile users with life-saving information on cholera. …Continue reading
FTC Dealing with Hospital Mergers
Alan Weil, Editor-Chief of Health Affairs www.healthaffairs.org opened the conversation on healthcare consolidation at the Alliance for Health Reform www.allhealth.org briefing held at the National Press Club http://press.org December 15, 2015. He said “The consistent theme in healthcare right now is consolidation but there is tremendous variability in how that is playing out in different parts of the healthcare sector.” …Continue reading
N.Y Awards $2.35 Million to URMC
Over the next five years, the University of Rochester Medical Center’s (URMC) www.urmc.rochester.edu Office for Aging Research and Health Services (OARHS) will receive $2.35 million from the New York State Department of Health to establish a Finger Lakes Center for Excellence in Alzheimer’s disease (FLCEAD). …Continue reading
2015-16 Child Health RFP Released
The University of Minnesota’s (UMN) Clinical and Translational Science Institute (CTSI) www.ctsi.umn.edu in partnership with UMN’s Department of Pediatrics www.peds.umn.edu and with Children’s Hospitals and Clinics of Minnesota www.childrensmn.org recently announced that the “2015-16 Child Health Collaborative Grant Award” Request for Application (RFA) is open. …Continue reading