What Healthcare Can Learn from the NFL
The NFL’s secret weapon for injury prevention is data interoperability, according to Allen Sills, the league's chief medical officer.
The NFL’s secret weapon for injury prevention is data interoperability, according to Allen Sills, the league's chief medical officer.
In developing the ReHab app, PeerWell brought in Glover Quin, a safety for the Detroit Lions, and recently retired NFL running back Arian Foster as investors and consultants.
The records are extensive, dating back a full 13 years. They’re reported to include current and former players’ protected health information (PHI), as well as that of the attendees of the annual Scouting Combine.
Thursday, the NFLPA and Harvard's Football Players Health Study released TeamStudy, an iPhone app built on ResearchKit framework.
The Internet was abuzz Wednesday evening after ESPN pro football reporter Adam Schefter tweeted a photo of a medical record supposedly showing that New York Giants player Jason Pierre-Paul had had a finger amputated.
Elizabeth G. Nabel, cardiologist and president of Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston, was named the National Football League’s first chief medical and health adviser Monday. Nabel said in a statement that in addition to this new role, she will remain at the hospital and continue her work as a professor at Harvard Medical School. […]
As we all know, concussions are a major issue for football players, whether they are young kids or in the NFL, and there has been a lot of talk about how we can potentially reduce these injuries. But what if one way was as simple as training without helmets? The University of New Hampshire Wildcats […]
Thousands of ex-players are suing the NFL for head injuries they suffered and the resulting consequences. So Frontline is asking, how much is a professional football player’s brain worth? It’s not a simple question to answer. There is no baseline dollar amount for everyone who sues. Settlements could end with $5 million, or absolutely nothing. […]