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New MedTech-IQ Affiliates ... Executive Search Online.com & Basecamp Online Project Management

Colleagues, Now joining our list of MedTech-IQ Affiliates we are adding: .... Executive Search Online .com ... Specializing in executive searches in the $80,000 to $500,000 range, and .... Basecamp Online Project Management ... A very useful PM system gaining momentum in Silicon Valley Check Them out ... Both can be found on the homepage. These new affiliates join our incumbent affiliates including: Amazon Books ... Recommended Books Made Easy Soundview Exec… Continue

Added by CC...Conrad Clyburn (Clymer Grp) on November 30, 2009 at 11:30pm — No Comments

7 top technologies to watch in 2010

Colleagues, Genetic testing and electronic medical records are top of the ECRI Institute's 2010 technology watch list for health plans. ECRI officials said the list represents important technologies and technology-related issues that private and public payers should pay close attention to in 2010. The trends as listed are: 1. Genetic testing 2. Electronic medical records 3. Premium CT and ultra-high-field MRI 4. Radiation oncology 5. Robotic-assisted surgery 6. Orthopedic physician preferenc… Continue

Added by CC...Conrad Clyburn (Clymer Grp) on November 30, 2009 at 6:33pm — No Comments

Is Peer Review Broken?

Colleagues, As published in GenomeWeb News please see excerpts from this provocative and thoughtful essay on the counter intuitive nature of using a "subjective" peer review system to judge the most important elements of an "objective" field such as science ... ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- .... It is a fundamental irony of science that a field created for and by people who dedicate their lives to es… Continue

Added by CC...Conrad Clyburn (Clymer Grp) on November 30, 2009 at 4:28pm — No Comments

New Recommended Reading ... Enterprise 2.0: New Collaborative Tools for Your Organization's Toughest Challenges

Colleagues, Please see below a video review by John Caddell, author of the "Customers Are Talking" blog, on Andrew McAfee's new book (November 2009) "Enterprise 2.0: New Collaborative Tools For Your Organization's Toughest Challenges." I think this is one of the best of a new genre of books on "Web 2.0", and how it can be interactively used to advance business "Global Brand Identification, "Thought Leadership", Collaboration and Communication.

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Happy Thanksgiving ... From MedTech-IQ to You & Yours

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As the U.S. members of MedTech-IQ enter the Thanksgiving season, please accept our best wishes for a peaceful and prosperous year ahead. This past year has been one of serious challenges. But, we are all still here and kicking. Continue to fight the good fight ... Don't let "th… Continue

Added by CC...Conrad Clyburn (Clymer Grp) on November 25, 2009 at 8:00pm — No Comments

For Younger Members of MedTech-IQ ... White House Fellowship Applications Available 1 January 2010.

Colleagues, Thank you to MedTech-IQ member, Elihu El El, for the link... Founded in 1964, the White House Fellows program is one of America's most prestigious programs for leadership and public service. White House Fellowships offer exceptional young men and women first-hand experience working at the highest levels of the federal government. Selected individuals typically spend a year working as a full-time, paid Fellow to senior White House Staff, Cabinet Secretaries and other top-ranking g… Continue

Added by CC...Conrad Clyburn (Clymer Grp) on November 22, 2009 at 12:53pm — 2 Comments

Banned Spammer ... MedTech-IQ User guide

Colleagues, Last night we experienced a spam attack from a member who had just joined MedTech-IQ, and immediately began a "search for true partnership" by emailing many of you. Though we have no problem with true companionship in general, that is not the purpose of this network. We have banned the spamming member. MedTech-IQ is a Web 2.0 platform for academic "Pioneers", small business "Colonizers", established industry "Consolidators", and "Intermediaries" (… Continue

Added by CC...Conrad Clyburn (Clymer Grp) on November 20, 2009 at 8:00am — 3 Comments

Call for Papers: CARS 2010 ... Computer Assisted Radiology and Surgery, 24th International Congress & Exhibition

Colleagues, See the following message from MedTech-IQ members at the CARS Conference Office ... -------------------------------------------------------

CALL FOR PAPERS Deadline for abstract / paper submissions: 11th January 2010 http://www.cars-int.org/ Goals… Continue

Added by CC...Conrad Clyburn (Clymer Grp) on November 10, 2009 at 6:09pm — 1 Comment

Six Social Media Trends for 2010 ... Harvard Business

Colleagues, As posted recently online by Harvard Business publishing's "Conversation Starter" ... excerpts from David Armano's analysis and predictions for "Social Media" in 2010. David is part of the founding team at Dachis Group, an Austin based consultancy delivering social business design services, and is well reagarded as an active practitioner and thinker in the worlds of digital marketing, experience design, and the social web ... .... In 2009 we saw exponential growth of social media.… Continue

Added by CC...Conrad Clyburn (Clymer Grp) on November 9, 2009 at 9:24am — No Comments

New Look ... New Feel

Colleagues, To better deliver the 3Cs of "Content, Community & Collaboration" we continue to make changes to improve the MedTech-IQ experience ... ... As a result, we are changing the look and feel of the network to keep pace with growth, and make it easier to navigate and find MedTech-IQ multi-media information & Web 2.0 tools ... ... We have also added New Services, to en… Continue

Added by CC...Conrad Clyburn (Clymer Grp) on November 8, 2009 at 10:30pm — No Comments

For MedTech-IQ Members ... Free GoGo Inflight Internet Service

Colleagues, You may recall that a couple of months ago I blogged to you over the Internet while I was on a flight from Washington, D.C. to California. It was a marvelously liberating experience. Well guess what? The company that offers the service, GoGo, has just sent me a code that will allow me to offer to any first timer user, access to the Gogo Inflight Internet service for free.

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New Services for You! ... @ MedTech-IQ

Colleagues, In the continuing quest to bring you the benefits of the 3Cs ... "Content, Community & Collaboration" we are providing you with a few new services... - Global Giving ... the leading online marketplace for philanthropy, connecting donors to the causes and countries they care about (At the bottom of the homepage). - Skype? ... Skype is a piece of software that customers can download to call other people on Skype over the internet for free, and make cheap cal… Continue

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Learnings from mHealth Summit ... Chillmark Research

Colleagues, See excerpts from the consistently useful Chillmark Research blog post from John Moore ... ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ... Over the last two days, been attending the Foundation for the NIH’s event, the mHealth Summit.... Key Take-Aways: ... mHealth is clearly a top priority of the Obama Administration. Rare that an inaugural event would attract HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius as keynote speaker ... Brian… Continue

Added by CC...Conrad Clyburn (Clymer Grp) on October 31, 2009 at 11:00am — No Comments

New "Cutting Edge' Videos ... mHealth, Robotics, Telemedicine, Wireless

Colleagues, In the continuing quest for the 3Cs of "Content, Community & Collaboration", please see just released video illuminating new developments in mHealth, Telemedicine and Robotic Telepresence... ENJOY! CC --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- mHealth: Alison Bloch, m-Health Advisor at GSM Association, Talks About m-Health Alliance, Mobile, & SOCAP09… Continue

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New Member Update ... Who Are We? ... What Do We Do? ... What's New! (October 2009-Part1)

Colleagues, In the continuing quest to bring you the 3Cs of "Content, Community & Collaboration", we continue to add new and intriguing members.. So, what have you been doing at "MedTech-IQ"? According to Google analytics, we now number 837 members. Of those, 310 are Academic "Pioneers", 420 represent Industry "Colonizers" (emerging businesses) or "Consolidators" (large corporations), and 88 are Government officials. 19 of you haven'… Continue

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MedTech-IQ member, John Wilbanks ... Named one of "50 Visionaries Who Are Changing Your World,"

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Congratulations to John Wilbanks! John, executive director of Science Commons, has just been honored by the Utne Reader as one of the "50 Visionaries Who Are Changing Your World." (The list also honors the Dalai Lama, so he's in good company.) Utne describes Johns' work at Sci… Continue

Added by CC...Conrad Clyburn (Clymer Grp) on October 21, 2009 at 3:00pm — 1 Comment

Controlling Your MedTech-IQ Email Account

Colleagues, With all the demands on your attention, we realize that your MedTech-IQ email account may be adding to your already overwhelming Inbox. In an effort to continue our quest for the 3C's of "Content, Community and Collaboration" in advanced medical technology translation, we want to offer you a means to filter your MedTech-IQ message traffic so that it best reflects your specific interests. To do this, just follow these simple instructions. 1. Be sure to join the… Continue

Added by CC...Conrad Clyburn (Clymer Grp) on October 19, 2009 at 11:00am — 2 Comments

1 + 1 = 3 ... The Healthcare and Broadband Equation

Colleagues, Thank you to MedTech-IQ member, Christine Stineman for the inspiration and contribution ... The world of broadband and healthcare are changing rapidly, let us count the ways ... ... A recent report, "Telemedicine and the Economic Stimulus: Broadband Opportunities in a Swelling Market", from research firm Pike & Fischer, predicts that within five years, the market for telemedicine devices and services will generate $3.6 billion in annual revenue. They attribute the growt… Continue

Added by CC...Conrad Clyburn (Clymer Grp) on October 18, 2009 at 7:30pm — No Comments

The MedTech-IQ Top 20 ... Videos

Colleagues, See which videos the MedTech-IQ community have found most popular in the last month! From our Library of 380 videos: (Click title to see the clip) 1. Military Medicine: PTSD-Therapy for War-Related Trauma (Part 2) 2. Robotic… Continue

Added by CC...Conrad Clyburn (Clymer Grp) on October 16, 2009 at 8:00am — No Comments

U.S. NIH "Stimulus" Funding 2009: Top 12 Medical School Recipients ... Top 10 State Recipients

Colleagues, As reported in Xconomist Forum .... ... Here are the numbers for a dozen top-ranked institutions nationally, and the top 10 States for First-Year NIH (National Institutes of Health) ARRA (American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 or “stimulus”) funding awards: Top 12 Universities With Research Medical Schools As of 10/5/2009 1. University of Washington $99 million 1. University of Michigan $9… Continue

Added by CC...Conrad Clyburn (Clymer Grp) on October 13, 2009 at 3:30pm — No Comments

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Build America Sales May Rise 40%, JPMorgan Chase Says (Correct) - Bloomberg


Build America Sales May Rise 40%, JPMorgan Chase Says (Correct)
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The stimulus initiative, under which the US Treasury pays 35 percent of the interest for states and municipalities, may produce $9.17 billion a month in ...

More Red Flags from Senate Healthcare Reform - Human Events (blog)


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Math Drills Made Child-Father-of Man Orszag Into a Deficit Hawk
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13 after working with Orszag into the wee hours to win enough Republican votes to pass Obama's $787 billion stimulus. “He is a brilliant man. ...

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Direct Flow Medical, Inc.: Series C $40M

Direct Flow Medical (Santa Rosa, CA) a development-stage medical device company focused on a percutaneous aortic tissue valve prosthesis, closed a $40M Series C financing. Participants include Johnson & Johnson Development Corp., Foundation Medical Partners, VantagePoint Venture Partners, ePlanet Ventures, EDF Ventures, New Leaf Venture Partners and Spray Venture Partners.

Molecular Detection, Inc.: Series C $3.3M

Molecular Detection (Wayne, PA) a development-stage molecular diagnostics company focused on reat-time PCR of MRSA detection, closed a $3.3M Series C financing. Participants include MentorTech Ventures, Ben Franklin Technology Partners, Robin Hood Ventures and the Mid-Atlantic Angel Group.

ThermalTherapeutic Systems, Inc.: Series A $2.7M

ThermalTherapeutic Systems (Pittsburgh, PA) a development stage device company focused on portable hyperthermic perfusion system for temperature control of the thoracic or peritoneal cavity, closed a $2.7M Serie A financing. Participants include Originate Ventures, Pittsburgh Life Sciences Greenhouse and Innovation Works.

Virdante Pharmaceuticals, Inc.: Series A $30M

Virdante Pharmaceuticals (Cambridge, MA) a development-stage biopharmaceutical company focused on increasing potency of plasma-derived intravenous immune globulin for the treatment of inflammation and autoimmune disease, closed a $30M Series A financing. Participants include Thomas, McNerney & Partners, Osage Partners, Clarus Ventures, Venrock, MedImmune Ventures and Biogen Idec New Ventures.

Quinnova Pharmaceuticals, Inc.: Series B $17.4M

Quinnova Pharmaceuticals (Newtown, PA) a commercial-stage specialty biopharma company focused on dermatological drug reformulations and foam delivery systems, closed a $17.4M Series B financing. Participants include Safeguard Scientifics, Thomas, McNerney & Partners, H.I.G. Ventures.

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