The FCC www.fcc.gov has issued a “Reconsideration and Second Report and Order” to amend the rules to provide the spectrum needed to operate Medical Body Area Networks. (MBAN). This is being done to further develop and deploy new and innovative MBAN devices. (more…)
Agreement with ENTvantage Diagnostics
Ohio State University www.osu.edu through their Ohio State Innovation Foundation, and Nationwide Children’s Hospital www.nationwidechildrens.org is partnering with ENTvantage Diagnostics Inc. www.entvantagedx.com, to license a technology capable of rapidly diagnosing bacterial sinusitis. ENTvantage develops and markets rapid in-office diagnostic tests to provide primary care and ENT physicians with timely information on the causes of ear, nose, and throat illnesses. (more…)
AirStrip Raises $25 Million in Funding
AirStrip® www.airstrip.com just raised $25 million in a funding round led by the Gary and Mary West Health Investment Fund www.westhealth.org/investment, Sequoia Capital www.wequoiacap.com, and Wellcome Trust www.wellcome.ac.uk with additional investors Dignity Health www.dignityhealth.org/index.htm, St. Joseph Health www.stjhs.org, and Leerink Partners www.leerink.com. (more…)
Maryland Funds Projects
The State of Maryland understands the urgent need and a compelling business case to develop new healthcare technologies and services. As a result, the BioMaryland Center www.bio.maryland.gov in partnership with the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene http://dhmh.maryland.gov (DHMH), and the Center for Medical Technology Policy www.cmtpnet.org (CMTP), is mounting a $1 Million Challenge to fund projects totaling $50,000 to $200,000 that will focus on breakthrough innovations. (more…)
PCORI Announces 2014 Funding
The Improving Healthcare Systems (IHS) program within the Patient Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI) www.pcori.org has published a funding announcement. PCORI is looking for proposers to study the comparative effectiveness of alternate features of healthcare systems designed to optimize the quality, outcomes, and/or efficiency of care for patients. These systems can include innovative technologies, personnel deployments, incentives, and service designs. (more…)
Sharing Neuroscience Data
Today, researchers can simultaneously record the electrical or optical activity of a thousand neurons in a mouse’s brain while the animal is navigating a maze and very soon that number may be in the millions. (more…)
VA Updating Scheduling System
The Veterans Administration (VA) www.va.gov announced plans on August 25th to issue a Request for proposal (RFP) for a new Medical Appointment Scheduling System. The new system will provide medical schedulers with cutting-edge, management-based scheduling software. The RFP will be made public by the end of September 2014 and the VA hopes to award the contract by the end of 2014. (more…)