CC-Conrad Clyburn-MedForeSight's Blog (313)

Kitware's New Approach to Quantify Risk of Developing Lung Cancer published in Academic Radiology

Colleagues,

Thank you to MedTech-IQ member, Rick Avila of Kitware, Inc. for this heads up on early findings regarding a new approach his company is pioneering to quantitatively measure lung cancer risk. Rick, Kitware’s Senior Director of Healthcare Solutions, was the lead investigator on the research. Expect to see press releases similar to below on these… Continue

Added by CC-Conrad Clyburn-MedForeSight on June 28, 2010 at 5:30pm — No Comments

Guest Blog: Don Jones, Qualcomm ... We're Shaping the Future: World Economic Forum on Advancing mHealth

Colleagues,

Please see first blog post from a good friend of MedTech-IQ, Don Jones, Vice-President of Business Development in Health & Life Sciences, Qualcomm ...

ENJOY!

CC

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Added by CC-Conrad Clyburn-MedForeSight on June 19, 2010 at 4:30pm — 2 Comments

MedTech-IQ ... Who Are You? ... Where Are You From? ... What Do We Do?

Colleagues,

Every so often we have to take time out, take stock, and ask ...

Who are we? Where do we come from? What do we do? Does it matter? ....

So let's look at the MedTech-IQ community ....…

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Added by CC-Conrad Clyburn-MedForeSight on June 15, 2010 at 10:45am — 2 Comments

Guest Blog: Electronic medical records and its rushed implementation ... Kevin Pho, M.D. | KevinMD

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As many of you know, Kevin Pho, M.D. is one of social media's leading physician voices on evolving technology and its impact on medical practice ...

... Please see his recent cautionary blog on the U.S. EHR adoption initiative. In particular see the "comments" that follow the blog ...

... They point to an important debate that is emerging between physicians accustomed to robust EHR systems (Kaiser Permanente, VA, Mayo, ect.) and small and solo practice… Continue

Added by CC-Conrad Clyburn-MedForeSight on June 3, 2010 at 6:44am — 2 Comments

New Video for MedTech-IQ ... Ron Merrell & Telemedicine, Regenerative Medicine, mHealth, Simulation, Health IT, International Health

Colleagues,

In the continuing quest to provide you with the 3C's of "Content, Community & Collaboration", please see new videos for your information & illumination ...

ENJOY!

CC

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Telemedicine: Dr Ronald Merrell ... VCU Telemedicine

Dr Ron… Continue

Added by CC-Conrad Clyburn-MedForeSight on May 31, 2010 at 8:30am — 1 Comment

Kudos to TATRC ... Annual Report 2009

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Often I bring to your attention, medical technology developments deriving from investments by the military medical research community. Frequently, it has been my experience, that military medical research will push the envelope in ways that develop whole new capabilities that we all end up benefiting from ....

.... Recent examples would be the leadership role Department of Defense research has taken in teleradiology, clinical telemedicine, surgical robotics,… Continue

Added by CC-Conrad Clyburn-MedForeSight on May 20, 2010 at 12:00pm — No Comments

Haitian Dancer ... featured in earlier post ... Caught between Two Caregivers

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You may recall an earlier post about Fabienne Jean, a dancer from Haiti's National Theater who lost her right leg to infection and subsequent amputation in the aftermath of the Haitian earthquake, "Countless Lost Limbs Alter Life in Haiti’s Ruins", ...…

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Added by CC-Conrad Clyburn-MedForeSight on April 13, 2010 at 10:30am — No Comments

Should iPads be mandatory in medical school? ... Blog by Joseph Kim, MD, MPH

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One of MedTech-IQ's members, Joseph Kim, MD, MPH, is also one of the Internet's top medical bloggers. Please see one his recent posts at medpageTODAY's KevinMD.com , "An iPad should be mandatory in medical school",… Continue

Added by CC-Conrad Clyburn-MedForeSight on April 8, 2010 at 7:30am — No Comments

Clay Christensen: How to Bring Disruptive Innovation to Health Care

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As reported in Harvard Business Review ... According to Clay Christensen, author of The Innovator’s Dilemma: When New Technologies Cause Great Firms to Fail ... Disruptive innovation seems to have bypassed the health care industry...

...Clay Christensen’s theory predicts that entrenched companies, products and services are often “disrupted” from below by competitors who are able to meet the needs of most current… Continue

Added by CC-Conrad Clyburn-MedForeSight on April 4, 2010 at 3:00pm — 3 Comments

Please Check-Out New Blog ... The cHealth Blog ... By MedTech-IQ member, Joseph Kvedar

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Joseph Kvedar, former President, American Telemedicine Association (ATA), and present Director, Center for Connected Health, has launched a new blog The… Continue

Added by CC-Conrad Clyburn-MedForeSight on March 28, 2010 at 11:00am — No Comments

U.S. White House Office of Science & Technology Issues ... Request For Information (RFI) on University Research Commercialization

Colleagues,

Yesterday, the White House Office of Science & Technology Policy (OSTP) published an RFI (Request For Information) soliciting ideas on how to accelerate U.S. commercialization of federally funded Academic research...

... Federally-funded research has played a major role in the development of multiple recent… Continue

Added by CC-Conrad Clyburn-MedForeSight on March 26, 2010 at 9:00am — No Comments

Top 100 Life Science Universities in the World

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As reported in US News and World Report ...

To see full report:… Continue

Added by CC-Conrad Clyburn-MedForeSight on March 23, 2010 at 9:33am — 1 Comment

10 Innovations That Will Transform Medicine ... Harvard Business Review

Colleagues,

This post is part of Harvard Business Review's Health Care Innovations Insight Center...

...Here are excerpts from the 10 innovations that Harvard Business Review thinks will have a big impact ...

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1. Checklists Health care is catching on to something pilots have known for…

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Added by CC-Conrad Clyburn-MedForeSight on March 21, 2010 at 2:30pm — 2 Comments

What's Hot at South by Southwest Interactive (SXSWi) in Austin, Texas

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One of the most important conferences in the connected media world of social networking, Web 2.0 and, maybe, emerging Enterprise 2.0 applications, is this week's South by Southwest Interactive (SXSWi) in Austin, Texas. See what's been deemed to be "Hot" by MediaPost's "Social Media Insider" ...

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Added by CC-Conrad Clyburn-MedForeSight on March 16, 2010 at 8:00pm — No Comments

Fixing Academic Technology Transfer

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Two of the most accomplished authors in Triple Helix ... Academic, Industry, Government ... technology transfer strategy are Eric Campbell, PhD, Director of Research, Mongan Institute for Health Policy, Massachusetts General Hospital & Harvard Medical School, and Joshua Powers, Ph.D, Chair, Department of… Continue

Added by CC-Conrad Clyburn-MedForeSight on March 16, 2010 at 9:00am — No Comments

U.S. Congress (House of Representatives) Ban on Earmarks to For-Profit Entities ... Does it Signal a Fundamental Shift in Business Model?

Colleagues,

Over the years, a non-trivial amount of funds have been committed to advanced medical technology research thru the Congressional Special Interest appropriations or Earmarking process. In a jolt to the way that business has been done over the last couple of decades, the U.S. House Appropriations Committee announced last week that it will no longer approve requests for earmarks directed to for-profit entities. The Committee leadership said that these new policies are not… Continue

Added by CC-Conrad Clyburn-MedForeSight on March 15, 2010 at 8:00am — 1 Comment

A Vision for Personalized Medicine

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As reported by MIT Tech Review ... An interview with P4 (Predictive, Personalized, Preventative, Participatory) pioneer, Dr Leroy Hood of the Institute for Systems Biology on the future of personalized medicine ...

Personalized medicine: Leroy Hood, founder of the Institute for Systems Biology, in Seattle, has a vision of the future of medicine that he calls the “P4” approach. Credit: Institute for Systems… Continue

Added by CC-Conrad Clyburn-MedForeSight on March 9, 2010 at 8:21am — 1 Comment

5 Futuristic Applications that Are Here NOW

Colleagues,

Interesting blog post from Open Forum ... See excerpts below. To find the full post click here ...

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5 Futuristic Applications that Are Here NOW…

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Added by CC-Conrad Clyburn-MedForeSight on February 28, 2010 at 6:25pm — No Comments

Boston's CIMIT and Singapore's A*STAR Announce New International Strategic Alliance

Colleagues,

Please see announcement below ... congratulations to our MedTech-IQ members from the CIMIT consortia upon the establishment of this new international strategic alliance ...

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CC

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The Center for Integration of Medicine and Innovative Technology (CIMIT), a consortia of… Continue

Added by CC-Conrad Clyburn-MedForeSight on February 24, 2010 at 6:48am — No Comments

MedTech-IQ ... Deeply Saddened at the Passing of Congressman John Murtha

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We at MedTech-IQ were deeply saddened today to learn about the passing of Congressman John Murtha. Congressman Murtha was a steadfast advocate for the people of Pennsylvania for nearly 40 years. His passion for service was born of his decorated career in the United States Marine Corps. He went on to earn the distinction of being the first Vietnam War combat veteran elected to Congress.

He was among the country's most respected voices on U.S. national security.… Continue

Added by CC-Conrad Clyburn-MedForeSight on February 8, 2010 at 6:30pm — 1 Comment