Ginger.io www.ginger.io as the producer of a digital mental health solution has just launched Utah SmartCare http://auch.org/programs-services/utah-smartcare, a next generation care management project. The project is designed to improve patient engagement and health outcomes in low income Utah populations by integrating mental and physical health delivery to improve the quality and healthcare costs for this underserved population. (more…)
SBIR Phase II Projects Funded
Picosense, www.picosense.com a California company on November 26, received a grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF) www.nsf,gov for $748,389. The funding through the SBIR Phase II program at www.nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=503355 will provide funds to do research to enable the production and commercialization of a contactless and portable heart-rate device based on magnetic sensing technology that is capable of detecting small magnetic signals generated by the heart. (more…)
$18 Million to Support VAERS
SRA International, Inc., www.sra.com was awarded a contract for $18 million to support the Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System (VAERS) https://vaers.hhs.gov/index co-sponsored by CDC and FDA. (more…)
Helping Asthmatic Children & Adults
The National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) awarded the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health www.med.wisc.edu, a $70 million grant to continue efforts to help the Inner-City Asthma Consortium (ICAC) www.medicine.wisc.edu/asthma/icacmain. (more…)
Scanning System Tackles Drug Errors
MIT alumni entrepreneurs Gauti Reynisson gauti@mintsolutions.eu and Ivar Helgason have implemented medication safety technology such as electronic prescription and pill barcoding systems at hospitals in their native Iceland and in other European countries. All that time spent in hospitals opened their eyes to the fact that surprisingly often, patients receive the wrong medications. (more…)
China’s Healthcare Market
China is experiencing a major demographic and epidemiologic transition challenging their healthcare system according to the “November 2014 Report to Congress of the U.S China Economic and Security (USCES) Review Commission” www.uscc.gov. (more…)
Selecting Applicants to Run SHCs
There are many children under the age of 18 in North Carolina that do not have access to the healthcare they need. To help remedy the situation, the State of North Carolina funds School Health Centers (SHC) with the goal to increase access to age-appropriate healthcare for older children and adolescents living in underserved communities. (more…)