Deputy Secretary of Commerce Bruce Andrews announced that he will lead a healthcare trade and investment mission to Lima Peru on March 7-9, 2016. The trade mission will focus on pharmaceutical producers, medical device manufacturers, hospital operation and management services, hospital information systems, telemedicine systems, along with other eHealth solutions. …Continue reading
Vidyo Announces Strategic Investment
Vidyo www.video.com announced a $10 million strategic investment by Kaiser Permanente Ventures www.kpventures.com, the corporate venture capital arm of one of the largest healthcare providers in the U.S. Vidyo has raised $163 million to date from investors. …Continue reading
Concussion Registry Launched
The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center’s www.utsouthwestern.edu “Texas Institute for Brain Injury and Repair” (TIBIR) www.utsouthwestern.edu/research/brain-injury has just launched one of the nation’s first concussion registries to help student athletes and others receive improved treatment for concussions. An estimated 3.8 million recreational and athletic concussions occur in the U.S each year according to CDC www.cdc.gov. …Continue reading
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Foundation Awards $1.3 Million
The Montana Healthcare Foundation www.mthcf.org through their 2015 call for proposals has awarded more than $1.3 million in new grants to Montana-based organizations to address the state’s most pressing health problems. …Continue reading
RWJF Issues RFP for Studies
The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) www.rwjf.org issued a Request for Proposals (RFP) for studies to identify system innovations aimed at improving the reach, quality, efficiency, and equity of health services. This is important particularly as collaboration and integration is needed among healthcare and other systems affecting healthcare such as transportation, education, and urban design. …Continue reading
HIT to Help Patients with HF
Patients with Heart Failure (HF) experience four million hospitalizations per year in the U.S. However, about three million of these hospitalizations annually are for causes other than for HF. Patients with HF hospitalized for other causes are at high risk for post-discharge mortality possibly in part because they are less likely to receive guideline-recommended care than patients that are hospitalized primarily for HF. …Continue reading