As medical research has become more specialized, the scientific and medical community’s understanding of the human body has increased resulting in enhanced treatments, new drugs, and better health outcomes. …Continue reading
Support Tool for Sepsis Detection
Ambient Clinical Analytics www.ambienclinical.com launched their support tool for clinical care, called the “Detection and Response Tool” (DART). This is a solution that uses customer-defined sepsis detection and support tools to indicate whether sepsis may be present or developing. …Continue reading
County Partners with PRS Inc.
The Loudoun County Community Services Board www.loudoun.gov/csb located in Virginia has partnered with PRS Inc. www.prsinc.org a nonprofit to help young people living with serious mental health issues. The program called “Linking Individuals and Navigating Care” (LINC) www.loudoun.gov/LINC is a coordinated specialty service program made possible through a grant from the Virginia Department of Behavioral health and Developmental Services. …Continue reading
NIH Funding Robots
NIH www.nih.gov as part of the National Robotics Initiative (NRI) along with the National Science Foundation www.nsf.gov, NASA www.nasa.gov, USDA www.usda.gov, and the Department of Defense www.defense.gov are developing new co-robots. …Continue reading
Creating Connected Health Office
The Veterans Administration’s Telehealth Services Office www.telehealth.va.gov and the VA Connected Health Office www.va.gov/health/ConnectedHealth are merging to create a single entity, to be called the “Office of Connected Care”. This office will be responsible for implementing and evaluating eHealth technologies across the VA healthcare system. …Continue reading
Connectivity for Smaller Communities
When Internet access is poor in a small town, it is not easy to get the attention of a large company like Comcast to provide access, as it is not always easy for small towns to fund an estimated $5 million fiber project in a fiscally conservative community even when the majority of residents need better connectivity. …Continue reading
School-Based Telemedicine Center
Ducketts Lane Elementary School http://dles.hcpss.org is the sixth telemedicine center sponsored by Maryland’s Howard County Health Department in partnership with the Howard County Public School System to open in the county. …Continue reading