Health departments in the U.S are going to receive more than $840 million in cooperative agreements from HHS www.hhs.gov to improve and sustain emergency preparedness of state, local public health, and healthcare systems. (more…)
“Access GUDID” Available
Medical devices cover a wide range of products including implants, CT scanners, surgical instruments, contact lenses, and blood glucose tests plus others. Unlike drugs, many medical devices currently do not have a unique identifier to clearly distinguish one product from another. (more…)
Trial Testing Telerobotic Ultrasounds
A new clinical trial is testing how a doctor in New York City can remotely perform long distance telerobotic ultrasound exams over the internet on patients in Chicago. The study is a collaboration between cardiovascular imaging specialists at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai Hospital in NY www.mountsinai.org and Rush University Medical Center in Chicago www.rush.edu. (more…)
CETF’s Comments to the BOC
The California Emerging Technology Fund (CETF) www.cetfund.org submitted comments to the President’s Broadband Opportunity Council (BOC) www.ntia.doc.gov/category/broadband-opportunity-council in response to a notice seeking ideas on how the federal government can best promote broadband deployment and adoption. (more…)
VA’s Telerehabilitation Program
Dr. Andrew Butler, Research Scientist at the Center for Visual and Neurocognitive Rehabilitation at the Atlanta VA Medical Center www.varrd.emory.edu is working with other VA medical centers to develop new ways to rehabilitate the limbs of stroke patients. “We believe by using robots to do therapy at home, neurons can be remapped allowing stroke survivors to move their arms better”, reports Dr. Butler. (more…)
Creating Surrogate Human Organs
Developing miniature surrogate human organs, coupled with highly sensitive mass spectrometry technologies could one day revolutionize the way new drugs and toxic agents are studied. It could also change how we do studies as science will step beyond animal or Petri dish testing. According to scientists, there are huge benefits in developing drug and toxicity analysis systems that can mimic the response of actual human organs. (more…)
Telemed Moving Forward
GlobalMed’s www.globalmed.com eNcounter™, a web-based telemedicine solution has the ability to guide a clinician through the entire remote patient session. “While doctors can see the value in telemedicine, they need an easy to use platform that records the data and images they collect to go into a patient’s EMR,” said Michael Harris, GlobalMed Chief Technology Officer. (more…)