The U.S and the World Trade Organization (WTO)www.wto.org have announced an expansion of the Information Technology Agreement (ITA) that will generate economic growth by phasing out hundreds of tariffs on information technology exports all over the world. (more…)
Help for the Aging Population
Innovative strategies are needed to develop an evidence-based health system for the aging population to integrate technologies for home-based healthcare. The National Institute on Aging (NIA) www.nia.nih.gov within NIH issued the Funding Opportunities Announcement http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/rfa-files/RFA-AG-16-021.html titled “Collaborative Aging (in Place) Research Using Technology” (CART) (U2C). (more…)
FDA Approves Wearable Defibrillator
FDA www.fda.gov has approved a wearable defibrillator called LifeVest for children at risk for sudden cardiac arrest but are not candidates for an implantable defibrillator due to certain medical conditions or lack of parental consent. (more…)
Telehealth Clinic in Iowa
AMD Global Telemedicine’s www.amdtelemedicine.com technology was selected by MercyCare Community Physicians www.mercycare.org to be used in a first of-its-kind Telehealth Clinic in Cedar Rapids Iowa. The Clinical Assist telemedicine system and AGNES Interactive software allows a registered nurse at the Mercy Care Telehealth Clinic to perform a clinical assessment on a patient with a remote physician. (more…)
DNA Data Added to EHRs
A team of twelve researchers at the Columbia University Medical Center (CUMC) www.cumc.columbia.edu are working on a project to incorporate genomic information into EHRs on thousands of CUMC patients. (more…)
FNIH Awards Grant for $4 Million
The Foundation for NIH (FNIH) http://fnih.org awarded a four year grant for $4 million to support the buildout of a European arm of the Type 2 Diabetes (T2D) Knowledge Portal which is part of the NIH “Accelerating Medicines Partnership Type 2 Diabetes” (AMP T2D) initiative www.nih.gov/research-training/accelerating-medicines-partnership-amp/type-2-diabetes. (more…)
JHU & Microsoft Collaborating
Johns Hopkins University www.hopkinsmedicine.org and Microsoft www.microsoft.com are working together to revamp the patient safety technology solution called “Project Emerge” according to the publication “Johns Hopkins Technology Ventures” http://ventures.jhu.edu/jhtv-newsletter-issue-6. A more advanced, cloud-based system is needed for use in intensive care units. Johns Hopkins will supply clinical expertise while Microsoft will provide advanced technologies. (more…)