The Department of Commerce’s (NIST) https://www.nist.gov has awarded nearly $54 million in grants for 13 high impact projects for R&D and to provide testbeds for pandemic response. (more…)
Princeton Developing New App
By combining questions about a person’s health with data from smartwatch sensors, a new app developed by research available at Princeton University https://www.princeton.edu, can predict within minutes whether someone is infected with COVID-19. (more…)
How Agencies are Coping Today
AFCEA Bethesda Chapter’s https://bethesda.afceachapter.org Acquisition Panel held February 15 as part of AFCEA’s Health IT 2022 series, highlighted the importance to streamline and modernize the efficiency of government agencies and effectively deal with working in the virtual environment. (more…)
Patient Square Acquires SOC Telemed
Credit Suisse https://www.credit-suisse.com reports that SOC Telemed https://www.soctelemed.com, the largest national provider of acute care telemedicine, has entered into a definitive agreement to be acquired by (Patient Square) https://patientsquarecapital.com, a dedicated healthcare investment firm. (more…)
Monitoring Patients in Home-Like Setting
Vanderbilt University Medical Center https://www.vumc.org has selected Biofourmis https://biofourmis.com, a leader in virtual care and digital therapeutics, for a clinical study to monitor patients in a home like outpatient setting after receiving a oncology drug. (more…)
Support for EMS in Rural Areas
Wisconsin’s Governor Tony Evers https://www.evers.wi.gov during his State of the State address on February 15, 2022, has plans to support and stabilize the state’s Emergency Medical Services (EMS) system across the state. (more…)
HRSA Helping the Underserved
HRSA https://www.hrsa.gov has awarded nearly $55 million to 29 HRSA-funded health centers to increase healthcare access and quality for underserved populations through virtual care such as telehealth, remote patient monitoring, digital patient tools, and HIT platforms. (more…)