In 21st Century Cures bill, voucher program to incentivize pediatric drug development raises questions
Critics say that however well-intentioned the voucher program is, it could have some unintended consequences.
Meet the healthcare company that won Mark Cuban’s heart at SXSW
Cuban offered to buy a batch of CareAline’s products and brand them with the Dallas Mavericks’ logo. He will also make introductions to Dallas hospitals to get sales for CareAline. So what made CareAline so compelling Cuban couldn’t resist?
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.
SXSW pediatric pitch event highlights pain points in children’s healthcare
In an effort to address overlooked gaps in pediatric medicine, 10 digital health and medical device teams are participating in an initiative to help children’s hospitals identify innovative ways to solve challenges in healthcare. They represent a wide variety of challenges from dealing with night terrors to central line infections and the interest in noninvasive […]
Kinsa encourages parents to share children’s symptom data to track illnesses at schools
Kinsa, a digital health company that developed an FDA approved thermometer for smartphones, has added a way to track illnesses and symptoms for schools through a population health component. The goal is to help track and stop the spread of illnesses. Kinsa Groups creates health profiles for schools. It is designed to help parents share […]
FTC singles out brain training business over marketing pitch claims
For companies in the evolving subsector of consumer health devoted to helping people concentrate or relax their minds there’s a new issue likely to get their undivided attention. The Federal Trade Commission has singled out Focus Education for making what it calls unsubstantiated claims for its computer game, including that it “permanently improves” children’s focus, […]
3 medical device companies collaborating with Philadelphia Pediatric Medical Device Consortium
The Philadelphia Pediatric Medical Device Consortium has been looking for a few good companies to help address unmet or inadequately met needs in pediatric medicine. It looks like it’s found them. The companies were chosen as part of an RFP from the consortium. Here’s a look at the three companies with which it is collaborating. […]
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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.
One year later, Philly pediatric medical device consortium shows progress of FDA program
This is the first of a two part series on the Pediatric Medical Device Consortia It’s been about a little more than one year since the Philadelphia Pediatric Medical Device Consortium got started. In a recent interview with Matthew Maltese, the executive director and principal investigator of the group and Director of Biomechanics Research for Anesthesiology […]
Pediatric plastic surgery converts cartilage into pair of ears
In the Old Testament, Adam’s rib bone becomes the building block for the human race when Eve is created from it. Surgeons at a London hospital created a modern miracle themselves by developing a pair of ears for a young boy who was born with Microtia. They used cartilage from eight of his ribs and […]
Pediatric telemedicine could help screen preemies for eye disease, study finds
One of the interesting applications for pediatric telemedicine is ophthalmology, where specialists are spread thin or don’t exist at all in many communities. Similar to teleradiology, non-physicians could be used to screen images to spot potential anomalies that need more urgent attention. A study by Dr. Graham E. Quinn, professor of ophthalmology at the Children’s […]
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.
A computer program could offer MDs insights on how we interpret pain
How well do we interpret pain and how well do doctors interpret pain in the faces of their patients? A new study suggests not as well as a computer, according to a study in Current Biology. The findings could have ramifications for how physicians work with patients to manage pain, especially in children. The study, […]
Comic book maker raises $1.5M to use superheroes to explain food allergies, transplants, swine flu
Even as healthcare organizations develop patient engagement tools to help adults as they struggle to understand and manage their medical conditions, some think the pediatric population has been overlooked. A comic book series to make medical conditions and concepts from asthma and cancer to clinical trials more accessible to young people has raised $1.5 million […]
Medical device entrepreneur bets automated device can speed up venous access
If the CEO behind medical device developer VascuLogic is right, the time-consuming practice of hunting around patients' arms for the the right vein for blood tests and drug delivery will be transformed into a much more efficient process.
Another kind of personalized medicine: Custom-made surgical robots built for one patient
Three experts in robotic surgery techniques discuss the state of the industry and how researchers are working to improve it.
Pediatric innovation: How a 3D printer helped save life of toddler with congenital heart defects (VIDEO)
The 3D printer has rapidly become something of a medtech superhero. In its latest feat, the technology helped surgeons at Kosair Children’s Hospital in Louisville, Ky., save a child born with congenital heart defects. 3D printing technology saved the day when pediatric surgeons needed a customized trachea splint when an infant’s trachea collapsed. It’s improved […]