Audacious Inquiry brings APIs to the fight against COVID-19
The Baltimore health IT company has tools — including a new open source project — to galvanize data sharing across the agencies seeking to treat the disease and stop the spread.
In April 2020, Healthcare Technologies Month, Technical.ly is focusing on how the healthcare system is coping with COVID-19 from a technology and innovation perspective. The big question we'll seek to answer: What can local technology communities do to ease this public health crisis?
Look for stories on how health departments, hospitals, universities, research hubs, health IT startups and more are addressing this global crisis locally, and especially in the realms of testing, supplies, IT infrastructure, security, data, communication, treatment and the like.
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The Halethorpe-based company’s lung-like technology will become part of the product portfolio of Massachusetts’ Abiomed.
The Baltimore health IT company has tools — including a new open source project — to galvanize data sharing across the agencies seeking to treat the disease and stop the spread.
LAI International is one of 20 Maryland companies that received grants from the state's fund for PPE makers.
And Penn School of Nursing Director of Innovation Marion Leary is one of the local organizers of the conference.
Founder Rachel Cox's goal is to "make booking therapy as easy as booking a restaurant reservation."
This free tool created by The Social App and Basil Labs teams is available to anyone in the United States looking for the nearest COVID-19 testing locations.
Companies that address problems in innovative ways will be the ones to ultimately find success, says Dreamit Ventures Managing Partner Darren Sandberg.
Developed by Arlington's Consumer Technology Association and American Telemedicine Association, the site features more than 100 resources for to assist the healthcare industry during the COVID-19 pandemic.
The Maryland company plans to use the fresh funding to continue growing its customer base of Medicare and commercial health plan providers.
"By embracing technology’s role in chronic disease, we will not only overcome this COVID-19 pandemic, but also improve health outcomes over the long term," writes Caleb Freeman, a lifelong cystic fibrosis patient who works in healthcare marketing.
The company received a second grant for $750,000 to further develop the tech behind its behavioral health platform.
Consider these behavioral health resources during the coronavirus pandemic, including some made by NeuroFlow, writes the company's CEO, Chris Molaro.
The Clarksburg-based engineering firm is donating the reusable face shields to hospitals in the Montgomery County area where supplies are low.
Telemedicine is increasingly being used inside hospitals, Dr. Sajid Noor says.
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The Georgetown-based digital health startup reports an increased demand from new and existing customers to gain access to its platform and offerings.
Amid a shortage of ventilators, the team of engineers and clinicians came together to create an open-source ventilator splitter that hospitals and communities can produce.
Marvin Weinberger says the final design for his low-cost DIY invention that has the potential to disinfect dozens of masks at a time, developed with the support of volunteers in the maker community, should be completed this week.
Two bills expanding virtual visits that were passed by the Maryland General Assembly were enacted immediately to help stop the spread of COVID-19. Plus, Gov. Larry Hogan enacted an executive order.
Gov. Larry Hogan said the State of Maryland is investing $2.5 million in the partnership. Plus, here's a look at new state initiatives to sterilize PPE, and connect folks who have recovered from the virus.
Arlington-based Advantia Health's telemedicine visits will cover non-urgent and urgent matters including discussing gynecological issues, contraception consultations, prescription refills and COVID-19 assessments.
As health care providers have moved en masse to virtual medicine, regulators and government officials are showing unheard of support for this tool that will almost certainly save lives.
The region's collective activity has already identified a name: the BioHealth Capital Region. Here's a look at how the mix of research centers, government institutions and companies form a foundation that's been bringing economic growth — and maybe a vaccine.
3D printing technology is being used to aid in the public health crisis, from simple household designs to complex medical devices.
Partnering with Quake Scientific, the firm moved quickly to make and ship the boxes, which can protect doctors during intubation of COVID-19 patients. Here's a look at how they created new production and tech processes behind the effort.
Engineers and designers at the Callowhill-based GIS company are contributing to the volunteer project that shows existing gaps in medical supplies and hospital beds at state and county levels.
In defiance of an economic downturn, the maker of a privacy-minded data marketplace for the pharma and insurance industries has moved hiring plans up in the year.
The new feature from the Inner Harbor-based company is a move to keep patients safe during the period of social distancing.
In the Johns Hopkins and LifeBridge Health systems, the Mount Vernon-based company's video technology is being used to protect the people giving life-saving care during the pandemic.
The pathogen-testing company says its Xplore-COVID-19 test will now be covered by Medicare and private insurance providers, with direct billing available soon.
Women-run startup Stix will host virtual sessions touching on health topics like therapy, stress relief and even couples counseling.
"We are working to reduce the worst case. By having alternatives for professionals who run out of off-the-shelf equipment, we can enable them to stretch the supply they have."
The Towson University Incubator-based company's tools will be used by OSF Healthcare, which operates 14 healthcare facilities in Illinois.
April is now Healthcare Technologies Month, which means we'll be focusing on how the healthcare system is coping with COVID-19 from a local tech and innovation perspective.
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