Chronic conditions are driving the majority of healthcare costs and this burden is only expected to rise. Therefore a shift from reactive to proactive management of chronic diseases is necessary to improve outcomes and reduce costs. However, clinicians have few tools at their disposal that can help determine which patients are at greatest risk for decline. …Continue reading
TEDCO Helping Entrepreneurs
The Technology Development Corporation (TEDCO) www.TEDCO.md has launched its new “Medical Device Product Acceleration and Commercialization by Executives” referred to as (mdPACE) http://tedco.md.program/mdpace program. …Continue reading
Next-Gen Robots to Help Nurses
The National Science Foundation’s “Partnerships for Innovation: Building Innovation Capacity” www.nsf.gov/pubs/2015/nsf15610/nsf15610.pdf project is working on next generation assistive robots to support nurses working in hospitals. NSF awarded the University of Texas at Arlington www.uta.edu $999,946 to develop the robots. …Continue reading
Hospital Integrating PET-MRI Scans
University of Rochester Medicine’s www.urmc.rochester.edu Golisano Children’s Hospital www.urmc.rochester.edu/chilrens-hospital.aspx recently became the first children’s hospital in the country to administer an integrated PET-MRI scan to a patient. The integrated PET-MRI scanner combines two common imaging procedures into one. This reduces radiation exposure to a minimum and allows for a dual measurement of structure and metabolism. …Continue reading
Strengthening Wireless Emergency Alerts
Recently, the FCC www.fcc.gov proposed rules to strengthen Wireless Emergency Alerts (WEA) www.fcc.gov/guides/wireless-emergencies-alerts-wea to enable better delivery of critical warnings and information to Americans on their wireless phones. …Continue reading
HRSA Awards Grant to University
HRSA www.hrsa.gov has awarded $1.1 million to the University of Missouri, School of Medicine http://medicine.missouri.edu to pilot a new project. The project “Aligning Residency Education with Clinical Practice Transformation” will teach family medicine resident physicians to work as team in order to provide comprehensive primary care to patients throughout their lifetime while using the concept of patient-centered medical homes. …Continue reading
$23.4 Million for DLT Grants
USDA is investing $23.4 million in 75 projects across 31 states and the Western Pacific to expand distance learning and telemedicine opportunities in rural areas. The grants provided through the USDA Rural Development’s Distance Learning and Telemedicine (DLT) program www.rd.usda.gov/programs-services/distance-learning-telemedicine-grants may be used to purchase equipment to provide educational and telemedicine services to rural communities. …Continue reading