Proposed Innovation Event: Harnessing the Power of Data to Improve Health The Community Health Data Initiative is a major effort by HHS to liberate data from its vaults, make it freely and easily accessible to the public, and encourage private … Continue reading »

First Center Hosted by Stanford, Focused on Visual Computing NEWS HIGHLIGHTS Intel Labs announced $100 million cash investment in U.S. university research over the next 5 years, marking a new model of collaboration for the organization. Funding will support a … Continue reading »

Washington, D.C. – Addressing a divided Congress at the start of a new year, President Obama gave his annual State of the Union address Tuesday night. Speaking on the topics of national security, political discourse, and fiscal austerity, the President … Continue reading »

For immediate release: January 27, 2011 For further information, contact Katie Goodman, Program Coordinator (202) 496-9660, kgoodman@aimbe.org Buddy Ratner to be Presented with Highest Honor for Biomedical Engineering, 2011 Pierre Galletti Award WASHINGTON, D.C. – Buddy Ratner, Ph.D., of the … Continue reading »

For immediate release: January 27, 2011   For further information, contact Katie Goodman, Program Coordinator (202) 496-9660, kgoodman@aimbe.org   AIMBE Elects Class of 2011 to the College of Fellows Washington, DC– The American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering (AIMBE) … Continue reading »

Almost five years ago, the stakeholders who depend on the FDA to oversee the Nation’s foods, drugs, medical devices and cosmetics recognized that an underfunded FDA ill-served all interests. Unlike other health agencies such as NIH, the FDA had no … Continue reading »

Since 1995, outages have steadily increased as R&D steadily declined By S. MASSOUD AMIN / JANUARY 2011 The U.S. electrical grid has been plagued by ever more and ever worse blackouts over the past 15 years. In an average year, … Continue reading »

The AHRQ Health IT Portfolio’s 2009 Annual Report is now available online. The report is published in an abridged version ( PDF file ; PDF help ), which provides an overview of the Health IT Portfolio, and a comprehensive version ( PDF file … Continue reading »

WASHINGTON, Dec. 22, 2010 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ – Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Members of Congress held a press availability this afternoon in the Speaker’s office to sign the America COMPETES Reauthorization Act, which spurs innovation, invests in cutting-edge research, modernizes manufacturing and … Continue reading »