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NIH Begins Reviews of Record Number of Proposals

Colleagues,

As reported by the Medical Writing, Editing & Grantsmanship blog in regards to NIH Challenge Grant applications ...

"Although the dust has not settled as yet, the NIH has currently accepted more than 18,000 RC1 applications, with another 11,000 in the error correction queue. So, at least 20,000 Challenge Grants and perhaps close to my initial estimate of 30K way back when. " according to the blog...

... For comparison, CSR reviewed 27,360 R01s… Continue

Added by CC-Conrad Clyburn-MedForeSight on May 6, 2009 at 12:34pm — 1 Comment

Optimum Healthcare pushing technology to help build telemedicine

Optimum Healthcare in Arlington Texas is proud to be a part of the technology we know as telemedicine. With many visions for new applications, we saw great hope in Las Vegas at the Telemedicine show. We just want to encourage any one else in the Telemedicine field in Texas to email or call us and let's share our vision.

Added by Optimum HealthCare on May 5, 2009 at 2:45pm — No Comments

Web 2.0 White House takes to Facebook, Twitter

Colleagues,

As reported in ComputerWorld ... President Barack Obama and his administration are keeping up his image as a tech-savvy president by establishing a presence on a variety of social networking sites.

The White House, over the course of late last week and this weekend, joined Facebook, Twitter and MySpace, putting out information about the president's plans to block business tax havens and improve rural health care, along with information about the H1N1 virus, or… Continue

Added by CC-Conrad Clyburn-MedForeSight on May 5, 2009 at 1:33pm — No Comments

Novel H1N1 influenza

A brief commentary on the significance of the H1N1 reassortant can be found on the Institute of Federal Health Care website: It is written by Philip K. Russell, MD, Professor Emeritus at Johns Hopkins School of Hygiene and Public Health, former commander of Walter Reed Army Institute of Research, and former special advisor on vaccine development and production in the HHS Office of Public Health Preparedness.

The website is available at www.fedhealthinst.org.

Added by Nancy Tomich on May 4, 2009 at 9:37pm — No Comments

IBM Announces $2B To Cover Gap in High-Tech Stimulus Funding

Colleagues,

As reported in various publications including iHealthBeat ... IBM announced that it will provide $2 billion in bridge financing for high-tech infrastructure projects, including health IT projects, that likely will qualify for federal grants and incentive payments under the economic stimulus package.

The federal stimulus package includes Medicare and Medicaid incentive payments for hospitals and physicians who demonstrate meaningful use of health IT. However,… Continue

Added by CC-Conrad Clyburn-MedForeSight on May 4, 2009 at 7:33pm — No Comments

how to stay healthy

In most years, the cold and flu season comes and goes without too much Bactrim fuss. Not this one. "The swine flu Cymbalta is dangerous and spreads much faster than the usual seasonal flu," Flagyl says William Schaffner, MD, chair of the Vanderbilt University department of preventive medicine… Continue

Added by Jack stevenson on May 4, 2009 at 12:30pm — No Comments

Have you read this book? The Edge of Medicine: The Technology That Will Change Our Lives

My Review on Amazon.com --->

http://www.amazon.com/Edge-Medicine-Technology-Change-Lives/product-reviews/0230605753/ref=cm_cr_dp_synop?ie=UTF8&showViewpoints=0&sortBy=bySubmissionDateDescending#R1QE6JB712WH0K

The Adoption Curve's Economic Dilemma,… Continue

Added by Lance M. on May 1, 2009 at 6:30pm — No Comments

Bluetooth Rocks

eWeek reports on the 22Apr09 announcement of the pending release of a new Bluetooth standard - v3.0. This new version will increase the maximum wireless throughput from 3mb/sec to 23mb/sec. “Utilizing the 802.11 radio was a natural choice as it provides efficiencies for both our members and consumers — members get more function out of the two radios they are already… Continue

Added by Clymer/JR on April 30, 2009 at 12:30pm — No Comments

Inaugural Class of American Telemedicine Association(ATA) Fellows Announced

Colleagues,

Blogging from the the ATA International Conference in Las Vegas, Nevada...the ATA has announced its first class of American Telemedicine Association Fellows. The individuals on this list are recognized for outstanding contributions to the field over an extended period. Here now the first ever Telemedicine "Fellows":

Dale Halverson, MD

Nina Antoniotti, RN, MBA, PhD

Rashid Bashshur, PhD

Elizabeth Krupinski, PhD

Joseph Kvedar, MD

Thelma… Continue

Added by CC-Conrad Clyburn-MedForeSight on April 28, 2009 at 1:26pm — No Comments

Simply Pre(cious)

It's been a while since Palm® has "knocked our socks off". The wait may have been worth it. The company, in partnership with Sprint®, will shortly be releasing its next-gen smartphone, dubbed the Pre™. It was the 2009 recipient of the best at CES award (see video). Positive… Continue

Added by Clymer/JR on April 28, 2009 at 11:00am — No Comments

MedTech-IQ Members...Kvedar and Gaur honored at ATA 2009

Colleagues,

Dr Joseph Kvedar, MD, Director, Center for Connected health and Dr Pramod Gaur, Phd, CEO, Healthanywhere were recognized for outstanding individual contributions to the advancement of telemedicine at the annual American Telemedicine Association today in Las Vegas.

Dr Kvedar was recognized for individual acheivement to the field. Dr Gaur for his singular contribution to the advancement of the telemedicine industry.

ENJOY!

CC

Added by CC-Conrad Clyburn-MedForeSight on April 27, 2009 at 10:00pm — No Comments

Parrish Wins Thurman Award at ATA 2009

Colleagues,

Today, Dr John A. Parrish, M.D., Director, CIMIT (Center for Integrating Medicine and Innovative Technology) , a collaboration between Harvard Medical School, MIT and Partners Health, Inc., was awarded the General Maxwell R. Thurman Award for the Advancement of Military Medical Technology at the 14th Annual ATA Conference..

ENJOY!

CC

Added by CC-Conrad Clyburn-MedForeSight on April 27, 2009 at 6:00pm — No Comments

Blogging From ATA (American Telemedicine Association) International Conference, Las Vegas, 2009

Colleagues,

This week I will reporting to you from the 14th Annual American Association (ATA) meeting in Las Vegas, Nevada. This year's conference is the LARGEST ever convened by the association encompassing almost 3,000 attendees representing over 40 countries, and 200 exhibitors.

This is remarkable in light of the current worldwide economic challenges. That said, there appears to be a widespread recognition that eHealth will be a major driving force in healthcare… Continue

Added by CC-Conrad Clyburn-MedForeSight on April 27, 2009 at 2:48pm — 1 Comment

New NIH Grant Program Designed to Support Awards to Institutions That Do Not Traditionally Receive Funds

Colleagues,

As reported in Genome Web News ... The National Institutes of Health has announced a new grant program as part of the stimulus bill that is designed to support research at educational institutions that provide advanced degrees for “a significant number” of US scientists, but which are not yet major recipients of NIH support.

The Academic Research Enhancement Awards are trans-NIH… Continue

Added by CC-Conrad Clyburn-MedForeSight on April 23, 2009 at 7:49pm — No Comments

MedTech-IQ Member Special Offer...60% Discount...Life Science Venture Forum, Silicon Valley, 25 June 2009

Colleagues,

FYI. See message below from the Larta Institute led by MedTech-IQ

member, Rohit Shukla…..

MedTech-IQ members receive a special 60% discount to attend the Life Science Venture Forum, held in San Jose, CA on June 25, 2009 (Fairmont Hotel – San Jose). Event website: www.theventureforum.com

In partnership with The National Institutes of Health, the Forum event is specifically focused on early-stage… Continue

Added by CC-Conrad Clyburn-MedForeSight on April 23, 2009 at 3:30pm — No Comments

ATTENTION!!!

Wrap your mind around this single but not isolated discovery: "1.9 million infected computers controlled by cybercriminals". "According to reports, the nearly two million bots include machines in 77 government domains in the US, UK and other countries. The size of the network would make it possibly the largest botnet under the control of cyber-thieves". This notice from Finjan speaks for itself. The concept of… Continue

Added by Clymer/JR on April 23, 2009 at 10:30am — No Comments

MedTech-IQ Member, Ron Otten's Excellent mHealth Blog

Colleagues,

Recommended for your consideration, the excellent mobile helath (mHealth) blog, http://mobilewellbeing.info/, authored by MedTech-IQ member Ron Otten.

ENJOY!

CC

Added by CC-Conrad Clyburn-MedForeSight on April 20, 2009 at 12:30pm — 1 Comment

NIH (National Institutes of Health) Offers Small Grants Program

Colleagues,

As reported in Genome Web ... Researchers seeking small amounts of support for relatively short periods to fund short, well-defined studies that can be completed quickly, may apply to the National Institutes of Health for the Investigator Initiatives Small Grants program. Investigator-initiated research, also known as unsolicited research, is research funded as a result of an investigator submitting a research grant application to NIH in an investigator’s area of interest… Continue

Added by CC-Conrad Clyburn-MedForeSight on April 20, 2009 at 12:27pm — No Comments

PHR: FTC Engages

The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (the Recovery Act) includes provisions to advance the use of health IT and, at the same time, strengthen privacy and security protections for health information. In response, on 16Apr09 the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) announced a proposed set of guidelines to deal with PHR data breaches. The FTC is formally seeking comment. The full text of the… Continue

Added by Clymer/JR on April 20, 2009 at 10:18am — No Comments

Everything "Twitter"

Colleagues,

Thanks to MedTechIQ member, Mark Sendo, for this link on everthing "Twitter". Mark is Owner of urTurn, an innovative new virtual currency for online auctions ...

ENJOY!

CC

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Added by CC-Conrad Clyburn-MedForeSight on April 20, 2009 at 9:00am — No Comments