Latest News and grants from The Advanced Research Projects Agency for Health (ARPA-H). This HHS agency’s mission is to fund pivotal, high‑risk/high‑reward technologies that traditional research or commercial pathways struggle to deliver—mirroring the DARPA model but focused on health.
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By Paula Span – You’re ready to leave the hospital, but you don’t feel able to care for yourself at home yet. Or, you’ve completed a couple of weeks in rehab. Can you handle your complicated medication regimen, along with shopping and cooking?
By Ellie Gabel – Hospitals and medical laboratories are increasingly reliant on electronic systems for data storage, communication and asset management. How long can they survive a technology blackout? If they implement information technology strategies to protect their operations during power failures, they never have to find out.
By David Ostrowsky – Among the many issues that Americans, both patients and practitioners, have with their country’s healthcare system are that a.) the administrative hassles for insurance matters can be burdensome and b.) the patient-doctor relationship is increasingly void of good old face time.
By Philip Wickline – For all of the technological advancements that have unfolded in healthcare over the past several years, one relic of the past still seems to sum up today’s patient experience. The clipboard. It’s a potent symbol of just how much responsibility and redundancy healthcare providers continue to thrust onto patients when it comes to gathering and sharing data.
By Charles Castano – Clinical trial logistics is undergoing a profound digital transformation, moving from traditional manual processes toward integrated, technology-driven management systems that enhance efficiency, data integrity, and speed.
Technology has transformed the world faster than ever in recent years, and those changes have played out across higher education and counseling as much as anywhere else. Digital work platforms, VR and AR simulations, AI and other technologies are revolutionizing the field in many ways.
Clinical rotations sit at the center of health professional education, translating theory into real patient care; yet, the process of securing placements and preceptors has historically been fragmented, slow and uneven across regions and specialties.
By Shereese Maynard – 2025 was not a bad year; it was an honest one. If 2024 was the year healthcare innovation talked loudly, 2025 was the year it cleared its throat and started speaking plainly. Inside health systems, innovation teams were trimmed. Marketing departments were reduced or eliminated altogether.