A research team at the University of California Riverside (UCR) www.ucr.edu has created a computer programming language that will automate “laboratory-on-a-chip” technologies used in DNA sequencing, drug discovery, virus detection, and other biomedical applications. (more…)
Zimbabwe’s Health IT System
The Government of Zimbabwe’s Ministry of Health and Child Care www.zim.gov.zw assisted by RTI International www.rti.org and supported by the Center for Disease Control and Prevention www.cdc.gov (CDC) under the President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief, has launched a new Zimbabwe national health information system with mobile health messaging. (more…)
NIST to Award Cooperative Agreement
NIST is looking for an organization to support SBIR awardees by providing technical, business expertise, and resources. The objective is to promote commercialization for the technologies developed through the SBIR program www.nist.gov/tpo/sbir. (more…)
Telediagnosis Speeds the Response
When faced with critical situations, the Center for Disease Control and Prevention www.cdc.gov (CDC) uses telediagnosis to help state and local public health departments identify parasitic organisms and confirm the presumed diagnoses. A fast telediagnosis response can be provided in just minutes or hours using smart phones. One scientist was even able to diagnose an organism using his smart phone while attending an Atlanta Braves baseball game with his family. (more…)
State Upgrading Health Technology
The “State Innovation Model (SIM) Operational Plan Update” for Oregon released August 1, 2014 shows that the state continues to plan for data integration, data collection, and data intake. (more…)
Moving ideas into the Marketplace
Academic researchers and entrepreneurs that have received SBIR or STTR funding from NIH are now eligible to participate in the National Science Foundation’s “Innovation Corps” or I-Corps www.nsf.gov/news/special_reports/i-corps program specially tailored for biomedical technologies. (more…)
Ohio Team Improving Access to Care
HealthSpot® www.healthspot.net a pioneer in health technology and CareSource www.caresource.com an Ohio nonprofit managed care company, have entered into an agreement to increase access to quality healthcare through the HealthSpot platform for CareSource Medicaid, CareSource Just4Me, and MyCare Ohio subscribers. (more…)