The HHS Office of the National Coordinator recently released the brief “Medication Adherence and Health IT” authored by Aja B. Williams J.D., M.P.A, Policy Analyst in the ONC Office of Policy and Planning. The brief emphasizes how innovations in health IT can be used to increase adherence rates to improve overall population health. …Continue reading
Future Possible RFPs
A session held at FDA’s Sentinel Initiative Public Workshop held in Washington D.C. on January 9th, discussed what is ahead for the “Innovation in Medical Evidence Development and Surveillance” program or referred to as the IMEDS-Methods program which operates within the Reagan-Udall Foundation (RUF). RUF an independent organization, is helping FDA by initiating research on the methods needed to evaluate safety. …Continue reading
Breakthrough Technology Study
The National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering within NIH is funding research at the Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) Cancer Center to help researchers create a monitoring device devoted to Circulating Tumor Cells (CTC). …Continue reading
SBIR/STTR Solicitation Available
On January 17th, NIH, CDC, FDA, and ACF issued PHS 2014-02 Funding Opportunity Announcement (PA-14-071) for Small Business Innovation Research Grants (SBIR) along with a funding announcement for the Small Technology Transfer Research (STTR) program. The funding announcements invite U.S. small business concerns to submit SBIR and STTR grant applications. …Continue reading
HomeLink Receives FDA Clearance
Alere HomeLink has been granted 510(k) market clearance by FDA for over the counter use for glucose meters, blood pressure monitors, weight scales, and pulse oximeters. In addition Alere HomeLink received CE Mark certification to market in Europe and received FDA clearance for Alere MobileLink July 2013. …Continue reading
Bills Introduced on Capitol Hill
On January 15, 2014, The “Better Care, Lower Cost Act of 2014” was introduced to remove the barriers that prevent Medicare providers from building on existing successful delivery models and provides a framework to encourage innovative chronic care delivery across the country. The bipartisan bill was introduced by Senators Ron Wyden (D-OR), Johnny Isakson (R-GA), and Representatives Erik Paulsen (R-MN and Peter Welch (D-VT). …Continue reading
Helping Mobile App Developers
A recent report by States Allied Market Research estimates the overall market for connected health or mobile healthcare will reach nearly $60 billion by 2020 most of which may come from blood glucose meters and cardiac monitoring devices. …Continue reading