According to a recent survey conducted by Harris Interactive on behalf of Wellocracy, the majority of Americans currently using wearable activity trackers or mobile apps share their personal health and wellness data with others. Also, most Americans want to see personalized feedback on their data and are willing to pay for it especially from a trusted health expert. (more…)
Future Challenges in Global Health
Josh Lemieux, Chief of Staff for Health and Life Sciences at Intel speaking at the recent Partners HealthCare’s Center for Connected Health Symposium, described how the worldwide healthcare community is faced with mega challenges requiring new technologies and tools to be developed to find workable solutions. (more…)
Foundation Releases RFP
The Hogg Foundation for Mental Health www.hogg.utexas.edu part of the Division of Diversity and Community Engagement at the University of Texas at Austin, funds mental health services, policy analysis, research, and public education. (more…)
FIND & QuantuMDx Developing Device
FIND, a Geneva-based non-profit organization is developing innovative diagnostic devices with QuantuMDx Group, www.quantumdx.com, a British medical device developer. They have joined forces to develop a solution that will enable health professionals to diagnose drug resistant tuberculosis using a handheld device. (more…)
Partnership to Address Challenges
A partnership between Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) www.massgeneral.org and MIT http://web.mit.edu is addressing three major challenges in clinical medicine. The partnership will explore ways to improve the diagnosis of disease, secondly, develop new approaches to prevent and treat infectious and autoimmune diseases, and lastly, develop more accurate ways to diagnose and treat major neurodegenerative and psychiatric diseases. (more…)
Several Agencies Sharing Data
The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) www.samhsa.gov and USDA www.usda.gov have signed an interagency agreement to provide information on new behavioral healthcare capabilities in the U.S. especially in underserved communities. (more…)
Developing Community Health Partnerships
People and institutions need to work together to initiate healthy programs beyond clinical healthcare settings. Partnerships, joint efforts, and effective strategies need to be established among providers, payers, clinicians, consumers, public health community, policymakers, and many others to change the health of all Americans. (more…)