Hector Ramos, the ex-head of information technology at North County Health Services, has been charged with stealing nearly $800,000 from the San Marcos, California-based nonprofit clinic. He pleaded not guilty on December 1.
States are scratching their heads with confusion over the debate regarding whether for-profit or nonprofit companies are the way to go in terms of selling breast milk to hospitals neonatal units.
As technology advances, AI-powered tools will increasingly reduce the administrative burdens on healthcare providers.
#GivingTuesday is next week, 12/3! Consider a gift of time, energy, money, or simple kindness. http://t.co/8AsorDSFgk pic.twitter.com/W8JBjMFMRF — VT Community Fdn (@VermontCF) November 26, 2013 Now that you’ve scooped up all the Black Friday and Cyber Monday deals, it’s time to open your wallet for a good cause. Everyone from the 92nd Street Y […]
DNA PORTRAIT from TED Blog on Vimeo. Will you one day peer through a gallery window to see a face that resembles yours and realize your hair follicle was the model? Artist Heather Dewey-Haborg collects hair shed in public spaces–maybe from the bathroom sink in a restaurant, the subway, any number of chairs–and turns them […]
What if a horseshoe crab’s DNA contains the cure for cancer? Project Violet, a nonprofit comprised of a team of researchers at the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, are using small proteins from plants and animals, plus the inspiration of one patient, to create drugs that may combat the disease. Dr. James Olson, a pediatric […]
LifePaths Global Alliance operates a free medical clinic in rural Haiti, which is still dealing with the blow the earthquake dealt the country more than three years ago. Now, this nonprofit is trying to raise C$20,000 in less than 72 hours on Indiegogo to keep telemedicine at the clinic, transforming care in a country […]
Closing cancer health equity gaps require medical breakthroughs made possible by new funding approaches.
Five startups have been selected to join the incubator program at The Fogarty Institute, an education nonprofit based in Mountain Valley, Calif., that mentors medical innovators. Four out of five of these companies–First Pulse Medical, Materna Medical, InPress Technologies and Medical Cue–are attempting to innovate in the maternity/women’s health field. President and CEO Ann Fyfe […]