Baltimore-based emocha Mobile Health is partnering with the city of Baltimore’s Health Department on a pilot program to improve medication adherence, particularly among tuberculosis patients and the monitoring that comes with it. Health Data Management reports that the health department will use emocha’s medication adherence app, miDOT, to hep TB patients stay on track with […]
Trying to shake that nasty smoking habit? Don’t trip. Or, maybe you should trip. Literally. But only under scientific supervision. Psilocybin, the active hallucinogenic in so-called magic mushrooms, could possibly help longtime smokers shake the habit, according to a new study from Johns Hopkins, although it’s not yet clear why or how. Participants in the […]
Munck Wilson Mandala Partner Greg Howison shared his perspective on some of the legal ramifications around AI, IP, connected devices and the data they generate, in response to emailed questions.
During the recent debate in Washington, D.C. over whether to let to local competing hospital systems build rival proton therapy centers, an interesting question was raised: Why not work together? "I get asked one question that I've not been able ...
Health IT company Heart Imaging Technologies is partnering with Johns Hopkins University on a project that could equip a small physician’s practice with the same medical imaging capabilities as the largest hospitals. The Nationwide Health Information Network, created by the federal HITECH Act, aims to develop ways to securely exchange health information over the Internet. […]
NIH budget cuts are a real possibility this year. Looking back at 2010, Johns Hopkins University led all U.S. organizations in funding from the National Institutes of Health last year with $686 million. California, Massachusetts, New York, Pennsylvania and Texas were that states that received the most federal dollars.
Case Western Reserve University ranked 26th among U.S. universities in federal research and development funding in 2009, according to The Chronicle of Higher Education.
At the Abarca Forward conference earlier this year, George Van Antwerp, managing director at Deloitte, discussed how social determinants of health and a personalized member experience can improve medication adherence and health outcomes.
The much-hyped best hospital rankings from U.S. News and World Report are out again and they look a lot like they did last year. Topping the list once again is Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore — as it has for the last 20 years — followed by Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota. The only movement […]
Cleveland Clinic, Mayo Clinic and Barnes-Jewish Hospital in St. Louis were among the elite institutions. For the first time, the magazine factored in data about patient safety along with reputation, death rate and "care-related factors" such as nursing and patient services.
Dr. Elias A. Zerhouni, who led the National Institutes of Health through most of the George W. Bush administration, has been appointed to the trustee board of Mayo Clinic. An Algerian native, Zerhouni came to the United States more than 30 years ago, becoming a multimillionaire after inventing several devices as a radiologist at Johns Hopkins.