More and more firms are looking to expand into China’s medical device market. To help exporters understand opportunities in China, an Office of Industries Working Paper “U.S Medical Devices and China’s Market: Opportunities and Obstacles” authored by Mihir P. Torsekar was released June 2014 by the U.S International Trade Commission. (more…)
Upgrading Patient Medication Information
The briefing at Brookings Institution on July 1, “Exploring the Promise of Patient Medication Information”, opened with Mark McClellan MD, PhD, a Senior Fellow and Director of the Initiative on Value and Innovation in Health Care at Brookings, saying, “He wants to see health IT expand, consumers more empowered, and healthcare more personalized.” (more…)
Teleneurology Helping Patients
“There are not nearly enough neurologists to deliver inpatient care so a new telemedicine partnership to meet this need has been established between Vanderbilt University Medical Center (VUMC) and Williamson Medical Center (WMC) in Franklin Tennessee. (more…)
AI Accelerator Program Awards Grants
Colorado Governor John Hickenlooper recently announced that the Advanced Industries (AI) Accelerator Program has awarded six “Proof of Concept” and six “Early Stage Capital and Retention” grants for almost $2 million to organizations within the state. (more…)
Global eHealth News
Highlighting actions in international ehealth, the Capitol Hill Steering Committee on Telehealth and Healthcare Informatics held a briefing June 25th. Neal Neuberger, Executive Director of the Institute for e-Health Policy, moderated several panels that discussed a number of multilateral issues related to international eHealth. (more…)
Curbing Prescription Drug Abuse
Prescription drug abuse specifically opioids is a pervasive multi-dimensional issue impacting individuals, families, and communities in Tennessee with disastrous and severe consequences for Tennesseans of every age. To deal with this serious issue, the Tennessee Department of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services recently produced the report “Prescription for Success: Statewide Strategies to Prevent and Treat the Prescription Drug Abuse Epidemic in Tennessee”. (more…)
Germany’s eHealth Progress
Daniel Bahr, speaking at the Capitol Hill Steering Committee on Telehealth and Healthcare Informatics briefing presented by the Institute for e-Health Policy, gave an in-depth picture and discussed his thoughts on the progress being made in Germany to advance eHealth. (more…)