NASA www.nasa.gov has deployed VSee http://vsee.com Telemedicine and Secure Video Chat on the International Space Station (ISS) www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/ station/main /#.VRfXlY7F9ws. This will enable the astronauts on ISS to video chat with their doctors and collaborate with other scientists. The doctors will also be able to provide medical assistance in terms of remote clinical guidance, device monitoring and control, just-time training, and distance learning. (more…)
Rural Areas: Telemedicine Helping
Washington University http://wustl.edu maternal fetal medicine specialists located at Barnes-Jewish Hospital www.barnesjewish.org in St. Louis are using telemedicine technology to help patients at Memorial Hospital of Carbondale Illinois, a member of the Southern Illinois Healthcare (SIH) system www.sih.net. (more…)
Accelerating Medical Progress
A group of university scientists have launched a project to build a community of researchers and participants by using technology to open up health data. The project “Open Humans Network” www.openhumans.org aims to break down barriers that make it difficult for willing individuals to access and share their data with researchers. (more…)
FDA Clears IRIS for Telemedicine
The Intelligent Retinal Imaging System (IRIS) http://retinalscreenings.com, a retinal screening solution is the first and only FDA Cleared Class II device for use as a telemedicine platform to screen patients for diabetic retinopathy, macular edema, glaucoma, and other suspected conditions. (more…)
Genetic Cell Repository a Success
The National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIGMS) www.nigms.nih.gov has funded a $14 million 5 year cooperative agreement with Coriell Institute for Medical Research www.coriell.org to continue to operate the NIGMS Human Genetic Cell Repository (HGCR). (more…)
Detecting Global Diseases
Researchers at the Johns Hopkins University (JHU) School of Public Health www.jhsph.edu received $525,000 in grant funding from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation www.gatesfoundation.org to evaluate a promising technology to detect malaria parasites in saliva before individuals get sick and become carriers of the parasite. (more…)
CEO Addresses Senate Committee
Michael A. Mussallem Chairman and CEO of Edwards Lifesciences www.edwards.com appeared before the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions on behalf of the association AdvaMed on March 26th. He gave his unique perspective on how his company has developed devices to help people suffering from a deadly heart valve disease called aortic stenosis. (more…)