CC-Conrad Clyburn-MedForeSight's Blog – October 2009 Archive (11)

Learnings from mHealth Summit ... Chillmark Research

Colleagues,

See excerpts from the consistently useful Chillmark Research blog post from John Moore ...

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... 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… Continue

Added by CC-Conrad Clyburn-MedForeSight 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

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mHealth: Alison Bloch, m-Health Advisor at GSM Association, Talks… Continue

Added by CC-Conrad Clyburn-MedForeSight on October 28, 2009 at 11:01pm — No Comments

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… Continue

Added by CC-Conrad Clyburn-MedForeSight on October 25, 2009 at 4:00pm — No Comments

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

Colleagues,

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 Science Commons as an effort "to spur innovation and discovery by making scientific research and resources easier to… Continue

Added by CC-Conrad Clyburn-MedForeSight 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-MedForeSight 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… Continue

Added by CC-Conrad Clyburn-MedForeSight 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.… Continue

Added by CC-Conrad Clyburn-MedForeSight 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… Continue

Added by CC-Conrad Clyburn-MedForeSight on October 13, 2009 at 3:30pm — No Comments

New Features @ MedTech-IQ!

Colleagues,

In the continuing quest to bring you the 3C's of "Content, Community & Collaboration" in advanced medical technology, we offer the following new Web 2.0 features...

- Check out EVRI: New from Microsoft Founder Paul Allen and Vulcan Capital we bring you EVRI, a semantic web and natural language processing system that automatically analyzes MedTech-IQ blog posts and forms meaningful connections to additional information on the Web, including… Continue

Added by CC-Conrad Clyburn-MedForeSight on October 12, 2009 at 11:00am — 2 Comments

LiveData gets $730,000 award from U.S. Army TATRC (Telemedicine and Advanced Technology Research Center)

Colleagues,

The U.S. Army Telemedicine and Advanced Technology Research Center (TATRC) has awarded a $730,000 grant to the data integration group LiveData to develop standards for clinical information integration...

... LiveData will use the funds to develop an integrated clinical environment through its MD-ICEMAN project. The project is a collaborative effort of the Center for Integration of Medicine and Innovative Technology (CIMIT), LiveData and Massachusetts General… Continue

Added by CC-Conrad Clyburn-MedForeSight on October 10, 2009 at 2:50pm — No Comments