NIH www.nih.gov has awarded $144 million in new grants to develop new tools and measures that can be used to investigate more effectively environmental exposures from the womb through later years in a child’s life. …Continue reading
WEDI & NATE Announce Partnership
The “Workgroup for Electronic Data Interchange” (WEDI) www.wedi.org a large nonprofit authority and the “National Association for Trusted Exchange” (NATE), http://nate-trust.org a nonprofit authority in consumer-mediated electronic health information exchange are going to work together. …Continue reading
State Actions to Access Data
According to the summer issue “e-Health Update”, published by Maryland’s Chesapeake Regional Information System for Our Patients (CRISP), www.crisphealth.org, CRISP has been reporting services to all hospitals in Maryland through a web portal. …Continue reading
Patients Need Tools to Communicate
The Alliance for Health Reform www.allhealth.org with support from Anthem presented the briefing “Tools for Patients: Data, Technology, and Communication in Patient-Centered Care” to provide ideas on how data is effectively being used to communicate with health professionals, hospitals, consumers, researchers, government, and public health offices. …Continue reading
Medical Device Innovation & Issues
The Fogarty Institute for Innovation, www.fogartyinstitute.org, a nonprofit providing intellectual, physical, and financial resources to medtech startups, just signed an agreement with FDA www.fda.gov to begin a first-of-its-kind educational program. …Continue reading
U.S Patent Issued to LifeWIRE Corp
LifeWIRE Corp www.lifewiregroup.com has just been issued a patent by the U.S Patent Office for their “Mobile Self-Management Compliance and Notification Method, System and Computer Program Product.” LifeWIRE will provide a cloud-based communications engine to enable continuous, two-way dialogue, data collection, and insight between providers, clients, and patients in healthcare and other industries. …Continue reading
Intel & OHSU Collaborating on CCC
According to Eric Dishman, Intel General Manager for Health and Life Sciences appearing before the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions, announced that Intel www.intel.com and Oregon Health & Science University (OHSU) www.ohsu.edu are collaborating on an effective way to provide cancer data. …Continue reading