The Pennsylvania Pediatric Medical Device Consortium https://ppdc.research.chop.edu with funding from FDA, recently chose five projects from nine finalists in a competition to receive seed grants of $50,000 each to develop medical devices for children. …Continue reading
Alaska’s Roadmap for Population Health
Alaska’s Statewide Health Improvement Plan (HA2030) https://healthyalaskans.org is a Roadmap for advancing population health and to promote and ensure health equity for all Alaskans. …Continue reading
Telehealth Expert Shares Views
As part of their Healthcare Disruptive Technologies and Innovations (HCDT&I) Series, Credit Suisse https://www.credit-suisse.com hosted Joe Brennan, Founder of Moonshot Health Consulting https://www.moonshot-health.com, a consulting firm focused exclusively on telehealth for a virtual meeting with a small group of investors. …Continue reading
Study: Avoiding Infectious Aerosols
The Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory (APL) https://www.jhuapl.edu a not-for-profit division of Johns Hopkins University (JHU), in collaboration with the Johns Hopkin’s Armstrong Institute for Patient Safety and Quality have initiated a study sponsored by CDC to conduct an analysis of aerosol generation in healthcare settings. …Continue reading
AI Exploring Neurological Disease
The NFL Players Association https://nflpa.com and Cleveland Clinic https://myclevelandclinic.org is going to use Artificial Intelligence (AI) to better characterize neurological disease, improve diagnosis, predict disease progression, and guide treatments. …Continue reading
Regenstrief Joins NESTcc Network
The National Evaluation System for Health Technology Coordinating Center (NESTcc) https://nestcc.org, funded by FDA, is an initiative of the Medical Device Innovation Consortium (MDIC) https://www.mdic.org. The Regenstrief Institute https://regenstrief.org is the newest Network Collaborator to join the NESTcc Research Network. …Continue reading
Mental Health Bills Introduced
On March 25, 2021, Representatives Dan Kildee (D-MI) https://dankildee.house.gov and Brad Wenstrup R-OH) https://dankildee.house.gov introduced their bipartisan bill, the Rural Behavioral Health Access Act of 2021. …Continue reading