With All the Organ Donation Scrutiny, Ask: What Can We Do to Reduce the Need?
People do not have to die waiting for a kidney. A VBC approach can lead to earlier identification of kidney disease and better management in its earlier stages.
Organ Preservation Company Rakes In $24M to Expand Commercial Footprint
Paragonix Technologies recently closed a $24 million Series B funding round. The Cambridge, Massachusetts-based company provides transplant centers and organ procurement organizations with medical devices designed for the preservation and transportation of donor organs.
With the Rise of AI, What IP Disputes in Healthcare Are Likely to Emerge?
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.
NYU Langone advances cardiac xenotransplant research to address organ shortage for transplants
NYU Langone is advancing xenotransplant research to address the organ shortage for transplants. In the past 30 days, the health system successfully transplanted two genetically engineered pig hearts into deceased humans who donated their bodies to medical research.
Cell therapy biotech Aurion gets $120M to restore vision and revamp organ donor economics
Organ donation has long been a matter of demand outstripping supply, but Aurion Biotech aims to improve the supply part of the equation with a cell therapy. Aurion’s technology turns a single donated cornea into treatments for up to 100 patients and the startup now has $120 million for clinical trials.
Could experimental program shorten wait time for organ transplant recipients?
In the past, organs exposed to hepatitis C were typically discarded or given only to patients who already had the illness. Using them in patients who don’t have the virus could shorten the transplant wait time for hundreds of patients each year.
Swipe right on Tinder to register as an organ donor
The donor registration drive is the culmination of the partnership between Tinder and a nonprofit group called Organize, which aims to end the organ donor shortage. A similar campaign between Tinder and the National Health Service was carried out in Britain last year.
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A Personalized Approach to Medication Nonadherence
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.
Apple iOS 10 features easy sign-up for organ donation via Health app
It's essentially a digital answer to the organ donation stickers on state-issued driver's licenses, and it reportedly was inspired by late Apple co-founder Steve Jobs.
White House gets major commitments on organ transplants, donations
The U.S Defense Department said it would invest nearly $200 million in next-generation technologies and research to repair and replace cells and tissues that can dramatically increase the time organs can be stored and improve the quality of organs transplanted.
Organs from a deceased newborn successfully transplanted in two patients for the first time in Britain
A 6.6 pound baby girl sadly suffered irreparable brain damage in the womb, but for the first time in Britain, surgeons were able to transplant her kidneys, which were transplanted into a patient with renal failure, and liver cells, which were donated to a second recipient who had liver damage. Doctors tried to revive the […]
Camapaign to change organ donation policy for children makes lasting impact
A year after Sarah Murnaghan’s parents successfully campaigned for her to receive an adult lung transplant, the group that manages organ transplant policy has permanently changed a rule to allow some children to be considered for adult lung transplants. The parents of Murnaghan, who has cystic fibrosis and diabetes from CF, successfully sued for their […]
Maximize Revenue and Patient Care with Strategic Weight Loss Management
We will highlight Build My Health's revenue practice management tools, which could help physician practices add up to $250,000 to their practices.
Challenge of matching kidney transplant candidates with donors is getting worse, not better
An interview I did this week with Sridhar Tayur, the CEO of OrganJet alerted me to the problem that numerous kidneys get discarded every year despite the fact that more than 97,000 people are in need of one. But one nagging question that came out of that conversation was this: Exactly how many kidneys get […]