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Stephanie Baum

Stephanie Baum

Stephanie Baum is the East Coast Innovation Reporter for MedCityNews.com. She enjoys covering healthcare startups across health IT, drug development and medical devices and innovations deployed to improve medical care. She graduated from Franklin & Marshall College in Pennsylvania and has worked across radio, print and video. She's written for The Christian Science Monitor, Dow Jones & Co. and United Business Media.

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To advance nerve regeneration tech, Vanderbilt, AxoGen share $1.1M DOD grant

To advance nerve regeneration tech, Vanderbilt, AxoGen share $1.1M DOD grant

May 23, 2013 2:39 pm by | 0 Comments

AxoGen, a medical device company that develops peripheral nerve repair technology is splitting a $1.1 million grant from government medical research program with Vanderbilt University. The grant comes from the ... Read more
Mobile health urinalysis diagnostic draws FDA scrutiny

Mobile health urinalysis diagnostic draws FDA scrutiny

May 23, 2013 11:50 am by | 0 Comments

In a move that may reflect a growing interest by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration in asserting its regulatory muscle in the mobile health app space, the regulator recently ... Read more
Telehealth startup 2nd.MD CEO says he got encouragement from Eric Topol

Telehealth startup 2nd.MD CEO says he got encouragement from Eric Topol

May 22, 2013 8:36 pm by | 0 Comments

If you’re a healthcare entrepreneur, it probably doesn’t get much better than getting encouragement from Eric Topol. It’s a bit like a celebrity endorsement. Suffice it to say, Clinton Phillips, ... Read more
EHR adoption reaches “tipping point” but challenges remain

EHR adoption reaches “tipping point” but challenges remain

May 22, 2013 4:59 pm by | 0 Comments

The Department of Health and Human Services marked a milestone this week, announcing more than 50 percent of eligible providers have adopted or used electronic health records — a goal ... Read more
GSK uses contest to advance academic researchers’ pre-clinical drug development

GSK uses contest to advance academic researchers’ pre-clinical drug development

May 22, 2013 8:42 am by | 0 Comments

It’s notoriously difficult to secure funding for the pre-clinical stage of drug development. Risk averse investors don’t want to take a chance on research where there’s a high risk of ... Read more
PatientsLikeMe opens health outcomes measurement hub for researcher-patient collaboration

PatientsLikeMe opens health outcomes measurement hub for researcher-patient collaboration

May 20, 2013 4:49 pm by | 0 Comments

As part of its efforts to give patients a stronger voice in clinical trial design, PatientsLikeMe has opened up a hub where researchers, clinicians, academics and patients can refine and ... Read more
A patient simulator for primary care physicians starts with diabetes

A patient simulator for primary care physicians starts with diabetes

May 20, 2013 3:16 pm by | 0 Comments

The brainstorming for how to deal with the impending physician shortage is happening on many different fronts. Some think cutting the length of medical school from four to three years ... Read more
Anticancer drug developer Karyopharm raises more than $48M in series B round

Anticancer drug developer Karyopharm raises more than $48M in series B round

May 20, 2013 10:47 am by | 0 Comments

Biotechnology company Karyopharm Therapeutics has raised $48.2 million in a series B round for an innovative group of molecules to combat cancer, according to a company statement.Karyopharm’s approach, in phase ... Read more
Wow of the week: Scientists use layered clay to grow bone cells

Wow of the week: Scientists use layered clay to grow bone cells

May 18, 2013 8:15 am by | 0 Comments

It was a big news for stem cells this week, particularly from a group of researchers who successfully transformed human skin cells into embryonic stem cells, showing that it’s possible ... Read more
Here are 9 genetics and genomics thought leaders to follow on Twitter

Here are 9 genetics and genomics thought leaders to follow on Twitter

May 17, 2013 3:22 pm by | 0 Comments

Genetic testing, particularly for cancer, family histories and the decision whether or not to opt for surgery based on family history and genes were the focus of a lot of ... Read more
How a patient-centered content platform could boost health literacy and outcomes

How a patient-centered content platform could boost health literacy and outcomes

May 17, 2013 8:30 am by | 1 Comments

As providers seek to meet the meaningful use stage 2 requirements, finding the best way to identify and address the health literacy levels of their patients is a critical component ... Read more
Ben Chodor steps down as Happtique CEO amidst changes

Ben Chodor steps down as Happtique CEO amidst changes

May 16, 2013 2:36 pm by | 0 Comments

Happtique, a mobile health company that has been part of a national debate on how mobile health apps should be regulated and certified, has made changes to its senior management, ... Read more
Researchers map out “sepsis hotspots” to better understand hospital acquired infections

Researchers map out “sepsis hotspots” to better understand hospital acquired infections

May 16, 2013 11:39 am by | 1 Comments

There’s nothing quite like a map to give you a better sense of proportion and to help understand the scope of a disease. That’s the approach one group of researchers ... Read more
ONC backs $40K app challenge for improving cancer care transitions

ONC backs $40K app challenge for improving cancer care transitions

May 15, 2013 6:17 pm by | 0 Comments

The National Cancer Institute and the Office of National Coordinator for Health IT are throwing down $40,000 in an innovation challenge to encourage app developers to step and brainstorm ideas ... Read more
Crowdsourcing for scientists, caregiver portal among Tigerlabs health IT accelerator grads

Crowdsourcing for scientists, caregiver portal among Tigerlabs health IT accelerator grads

May 15, 2013 4:59 pm by | 1 Comments

As healthcare accelerators evolve, they are inclined to make some changes as they get feedback from investors and participants. Tigerlabs Health held a demo day for its inaugural class today ... Read more