Deanna Pogorelc is a Cleveland-based reporter who writes obsessively about life science startups across the country, looking to technology transfer offices, startup incubators and investment funds to see what’s next in healthcare. She has a bachelor’s degree in journalism from Ball State University and previously covered business and education for a northeast Indiana newspaper.
HHS secretary Sylvia Mathews Burwell (who just joined Twitter, by the way) announced $60 million in grants today for “navigator” organizations in states using the federal health exchange, or running state-federal partnership exchanges. In-person assisters, or navigators, conduct outreach in their communities and provide face-to-face support for people trying to enroll in health insurance through […]
A billionaire just gave Harvard University the biggest donation it’s ever received, and all $350 million of it will go to the School of Public Health. It’s one of the university’s lesser-funded schools, according to the Boston Globe, which reported that the school’s endowment as of 2013 totaled $1.1 billion – just a small fraction […]
By reducing administrative burden and redesigning workflows around human needs, it creates space for what matters most: connection between clinicians and patients.
More than 25 million people in the U.S. have asthma, but diagnosing it and figuring out what triggers it can be challenging, especially in young children. An “electronic nose” device being tested by a team at Academic Medical Centre in Amsterdam aims to make the one-size-fits-all approach to asthma treatment a thing of the past. […]
Thoughtful design is the backbone of easy-to-use digital health technologies that support the physician-patient relationship and create a competitive advantage for providers that use them. That’s why Aaron Sklar’s job is so important. He’s the managing director of experience strategy and design at Healthagen, which develops population health tools including the popular iTriage app used […]
Not everyone who calls 911 with a medical concern needs an ambulance and a fully staffed fire truck to show up at their house. To become more efficient in addressing non life-threatening EMS calls, South Metro Fire Rescue Authority in the suburbs of Denver is testing out a scaled-down response team and vehicle profiled this […]
A mobile healthcare app called PulsePoint is making headlines this week for being credited with saving the life of a one month-old baby in Spokane, Washington. The app empowers CPR-certified citizens to come to the rescue of their neighbors in need who are awaiting the arrival of emergency responders. Local public safety agencies purchase the […]
Misfit Shine, the sleek chrome activity tracker that found early success on Indiegogo nearly two years ago, hit the big time this week. Shine solidified its status as the least fitness tracker-looking fitness tracker on the market by appearing on the runway at New York Fashion Week. Misfit Wearables partnered with Chromat, the structural design […]
Hospitals in the developing world may be able to save money, and fight off antibiotic-resistant bacteria, with a cheap and readily available tool: maggots. BBC News is reporting that a pilot study at Kenyatta National Hospital has found an ancient technique called maggot therapy is reducing the need for antibiotics and long hospital stays for […]
For the fifth consecutive year, federal healthcare spending grew less than 4 percent in 2013 – a markedly lower rate than the historical average of 7.2 percent per year from 1990-2008. But government actuaries and economists say we shouldn’t expect slow growth to last much longer. New estimates from the Office of the Actuary at […]
When Pennsylvania got the Obama administration’s sign-off on its Medicaid expansion plans last week, it became the ninth state with a Republican governor to agree to broaden coverage for low-income residents – a key component of Obama’s healthcare reform law. Getting to that point, though, wasn’t easy. The Obama administration has made itself open to […]
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CVS pulled tobacco products from the shelves of its 7,700 stores – and forfeited an estimated $2 billion in revenue – earlier than expected. It’s also illustrating the retail pharmacy industry’s push to become part of the front lines of healthcare by changing its name from CVS Caremark to CVS Health. As more patients flood […]
Xerox‘s latest contribution to the world of healthcare could give doctors and patients an easier way to detect and monitor the most common type of arrhythmia using a basic webcam. The technology company built software algorithms that analyze the skin on the face for subtle color changes that could indicate irregular blood flow caused by […]
A simple visual test developed in a lab at Harvard University is taking aim at sickle cell disease, a major public health concern for some developing countries. Unlike in the developed world, regular screening for the genetic blood disorder is not a common practice in Sub-Saharan Africa, where as many as 1 to 2 percent […]
Dear Healthcare: No one is watching your commercials or reading your flyers b/c they are outside doing the #IceBucketChallenge #hcldr — D’Anna Holmes (@PoPculture_px) August 27, 2014 What started as a grassroots campaign has raised more than $100 million for the ALS Association in the last month. Not to mention, it’s gotten Medtronic CEO Omar […]
If the alleged leak of risque celebrity photos from iCloud was going to happen, it couldn’t have happened at a much worse time. Apple is just a week away from unveiling its new iPhone and health wearable, according to reports. Both will presumably connect to the upcoming HealthKit cloud data platform that’s been stirring up […]