Sentences with phrase «health and care research»

the Department of Biostatistics and Epidemiology, VU University Medical Center, EMGO Institute for Health and Care Research, Amsterdam, the Netherlands

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From tech incubators to world - class research facilities, from tweaks to biological machinery to computers that can unlock its secrets, and from research conducted on our pale blue dot to the cosmos themselves, the health care revolution is within our grasp.

After several years of research, in 2011 De Brouwer launched Scanadu, a start - up he believes can be instrumental in solving one of modern health care's major flaws: that humans rely too heavily on the expertise of doctors and not nearly enough on data.

In health care, this amounts to an hourly avalanche of new research papers, clinical trials, scientific studies, and patient health information.

His Azrieli Foundation focuses on Holocaust education and Jewish cultural preservation, and has also begun funding research into neurodevelopmental disorders and health care in general.

«This is an extremely generous benefit, and while it's fantastic for the women who work there, I don't know how feasible it is going to be for the majority of industries to do something to this extent,» said Alina Salganicoff, vice-president and director of women's health policy for Kaiser Family Foundation, a non-profit that researches health care issues.

Hinton, a British - born Cambridge University graduate, added: «Now is the time for us to lead the research and shape the future of this field, putting neural network technologies to work in ways that will improve health care, strengthen our economy and unlock new fields of scientific advancement.

University of Toronto «s Colleen Flood, the Canada Research Chair in Health Law and Policy, explains what's standing in the way of health care reform, and why the business community may be our best bet for bringing about cHealth Law and Policy, explains what's standing in the way of health care reform, and why the business community may be our best bet for bringing about chealth care reform, and why the business community may be our best bet for bringing about change.

Health Care Mississauga, ON Visit website» Among the offerings from this research organization is a patented environmental exposure chamber, which provides consistent and naturalistic

«If you are using an HSA purely as a retirement savings vehicle and not taking advantage of your 401 (k), your contributions will not amount to a lot of money and are probably not going to cover health - care expenses in retirement,» said Fronstin of the Employee Benefits Research Institute.

Conrad told Inc. in March that he got the idea for Zenefits when he was researching health care benefits for employees at an earlier startup, and because he is a cancer survivor with an ongoing interest in health care coverage.

Institutions and health - care companies across the country have been investing in immunological research.

In researching for his upcoming book on fulfilling work, Schulich's Burke found that Johnson & Johnson saw at least a $ 4 return on every dollar it spent on employee wellness initiatives in terms of lower health - care costs, less absenteeism and higher productivity.

In addition to being home to the University of Michigan, a major employer in the region, Ann Arbor's biomedical research, automotive, health - care and manufacturing industries provide a bevy of jobs to STEM graduates.

The same outside adviser, who was unidentified in Tuesday's release, advised that a package of assistance programs to patients would: «force reporters to focus on the byzantine nature of drug pricing and health care and ensure the patient message gets out... specifically tie profits from Daraprim to the research and development of a new and more effective treatment for Daraprim patients.

Intensive care costs about $ 10,000 for a typical stay and accounts for 4 percent of national health care expenditures, according to research cited by Chang's team.

David Nierengarten, head of health - care equity research at Wedbush, told CNBC, «Celgene has a big revenue hole to fill over the next few years» and Juno's treatment could potentially «fill that gap.»

According to a study published last year by the National Bureau of Economic Research, American consumers are spending an estimated extra $ 44 billion a year on brand - name drugs, health care items and pantry goods.

There's also more work outside traditional libraries, in areas like health care and as part of research teams.

Boosting patient engagement through technology is seen as a critical task for health care, says Patricia Griffiths, a researcher at the Veterans Affairs Medical Center's Rehabilitation Research and Development Center for Visual and Neural Rehabilitation in Atlanta.

Pleasing fussy customers like health - care and research facilities has been crucial to that success, as has its participation in public - private partnerships (PPP), which are joint projects between government and private interests.

«We've gotten into the health arena and we started looking at wellness, that took us to pulling a string to thinking about research, pulling that string a little further took us to some patient - care stuff, and that pulled a string that's taking us into some other stuff,» he told the magazine.

Soon after she became Walgreen's (WAG) first CMO in 2008, Kim Feil's research showed that some consumers viewed the retailer as a convenience store with a pharmacy in the back; she saw an opportunity to reposition the company as a premium health care brand, and at her urging the company started showcasing its wellness offerings, including its walk - in clinics.

«Our study demonstrates the power of mobile health tools to scale and accelerate clinical research so that we can derive the evidence needed to inform clinical practice and improve patient care,» she said.

And various academic research has found Obamacare may actually lead to an increase in entrepreneurship, by providing an impetus for people to leave their jobs and start businesses without fear of losing health care coveraAnd various academic research has found Obamacare may actually lead to an increase in entrepreneurship, by providing an impetus for people to leave their jobs and start businesses without fear of losing health care coveraand start businesses without fear of losing health care coverage.

Every health care company seeks to scale the best technology and develop profitable ways to cover the massive cost of research and development, investors are looking for actionable intelligence on who's breaking through, and patients are hungry for affordable and effective care.

The ACA «is a big boon to small businesses and their workers, who care about health care insurance,» says Dean Baker, co-director of the Center for Economic and Policy Research, a nonpartisan policy think tank.

According to recent research the top industries with the highest forecasted growth rates are health care, marijuana, e-commerce and information technology.

Deborah Brooks, Co-founder and Executive Vice Chairman, The Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson's Research Elli Kaplan, Co-founder and CEO, Neurotrack Dr. David A. Kessler, Professor of Pediatrics and Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco Bill Maris, Venture Capitalist Dr. Olivier Oullier, Neuroscientist & Former Head, Global Strategy in Health and Health Care, World Economic Forum Mary Varghese Presti, Executive Director, Emerging Services, athenahealth Moderator: Dr. David Agus, USC Introduction: Dr. Doug Nemecek, Chief Medical Officer, Behavioral Health, Cigna

«There's a broad transformation within health care that can happen — not where a startup becomes Apple, but where startups work with big health care institutions and providers to transform how they deliver care,» says Jonathan Gruber, an MIT economist, former adviser to Barack Obama and Mitt Romney, and director of the health care program at the National Bureau of Economic Research.

From an investment perspective, assuming Macron is able to build support and implement the central tenets of his reform agenda, we'd expect the main beneficiaries could be stocks with an exposure to clean energy, research and development (R&D), technology, health care and infrastructure projects.

Some of the risks associated with investment in the health care sector include competition on branded products, sales erosion due to cheaper alternatives, research & development risk, government regulations and government approval of products anticipated to enter the market.

Blomqvist's two principal areas of research have been the economics of developing countries, and the economics of health care.

The research raises broader ethical questions about the role of computers in health care and how truly personal information could be used.

Should the federal government continue to abdicate leadership in key policy issues of health care, pension reform, Aboriginal issues, education and research, and modernizing Canada's infrastructure?

NDP promises include a two point cut in the small business tax rate (already implemented in the budget by the Conservatives); extension of the accelerated capital cost allowance for two years (also already implemented by the Conservatives); an innovation tax credit for machinery used in research and development; an additional one cent of gas tax for the provinces for infrastructure; a transit infrastructure fund; increased funding for social housing; a major child care initiative; increasing ODA funding to 0.7 per cent of Gross National Income (GNI); and restoring the 6 % annual escalator to the Canada Health Transfer.

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«The questionnaire collects 18 variables from mothers over a voice call, and our initial research has shown that 20 % of the data is more than 75 % accurate, can be identified automatically, and is sufficient to build a detailed analysis of the quality of care provided by different health facilities.

About MaRS Innovation MaRS Innovation is the commercialization agent for Ontario's exceptional discovery pipeline from 15 leading academic institutions, including Baycrest Centre for Geriatric Care, Centre for Addiction and Mental Health, Holland Bloorview Kids Rehabilitation Hospital, The Hospital for Sick Children (SickKids), MaRS Discovery District, Mount Sinai Hospital, Ontario Institute for Cancer Research, St. Michael's Hospital, Ryerson University, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, Thunder Bay Regional Research Institute, University Health Network, University of Toronto, Women's College Hospital and York University.

New discoveries from the Corridor's many research institutions and private companies are changing the face of health care.

VANCOUVER, B.C. — SEPTEMBER 21, 2016 — The Asia Pacific Foundation of Canada (APF Canada) is pleased to announce the launch of a new «Contemporary China» research report series that explores the emergence and evolution of key sectors in China, including financial technology, health care and state - owned enterprise reform.

These have spanned several industries and regions, with particular concentrations in health care and environmental technology in the Research Triangle.

ONC taps Accenture to create patient - generated health data framework: Accenture Federal Services announced a two - year consulting contract with the ONC to help the federal government create a framework for collecting and using patient generated health data in both research and clinical care.

Participants included CEOs Jonathan Bush of Athenahealth, Ron Gutman of HealthTap, Dr. Clifford Hudis of the American Society of Clinical Oncology, Dr. Vivian Lee of University of Utah Health Care, VitalConnect CEO Nersi Nazari, James Park of Fitbit, and Andrew Witty of GSK, as well as President of Flex Health Solutions John Carlson, Multiple Myeloma Research Foundation Founder Kathy Giusti, Dr. Sanjay Gupta, Arianna Huffington, Andreessen Horowitz General Partner Vijay Pande, Parker Foundation President Sean Parker, Women's Alzheimer's Movement Founder Maria Shriver, and White House Cancer Moonshot Task Force Executive Director Greg Simon.

The researchers are conducting additional research on how to improve access to mental health care in the workplace, and to quantify costs and benefits for employers.

I was talking with the editor of Breakthrough Technology Alert, Patrick Cox about health care costs and he made some very interesting observations from new research about health care.

Mr. Blomqvist's two principal areas of research have been the economics of developing countries and the economics of health care.

That may come as a surprise amid hand - wringing about the spiraling cost of health care, but two new studies, one from research company IMS Health and one from pharmacy benefit manager Express Scripts, show that the amount of money Americans spend on prescription drugs went down in 2012 for the first time in dehealth care, but two new studies, one from research company IMS Health and one from pharmacy benefit manager Express Scripts, show that the amount of money Americans spend on prescription drugs went down in 2012 for the first time in deHealth and one from pharmacy benefit manager Express Scripts, show that the amount of money Americans spend on prescription drugs went down in 2012 for the first time in decades.

Mr. Gardner argued that a broader definition of American competitiveness is needed that includes not only the tax system, but also the business infrastructure that the tax system supports — bridges and roads, health care, education and research and development.