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New NIH, CMS Partnership Aims to Build ‘Data Platform’ for Research on Chronic Conditions
Despite assurances that patient privacy will be protected, some health-care stakeholders are wary about data sharing.

The National Institutes of Health (NIH) and the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) are partnering on a “real-world data platform enabling advanced research across claims data, electronic medical records, and consumer wearables,” the Department of Health & Human Services (HHS) said in a May 7 press release. “We’re using this partnership to uncover…

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MaRS, Toyota Mobility Foundation Call for Startups to Join Mobility Unlimited Hub in Toronto
The program provides funding, technical and marketing support to cohort members.

MaRS (Medical and Related Sciences), which describes itself as North America’s largest urban innovation hub, is partnering with the Toyota Mobility Foundation to launch an open call for startups to join the second cohort of the Mobility Unlimited Hub in Toronto. “Ten applicants will be selected to participate in the hub, which has become a…

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Reviewing RESNA’s Evacuation Standard: Performance Requirements, Installations, Inspections … and Why They Matter
The standard is open for comment till June 23.

The news stories are too common, with too common a thread: A student in a wheelchair is left behind during an active shooter drill because taking that child down stairs is too big a hassle. Or an adult wheelchair rider is left in an office stairwell as coworkers evacuate because that fire alarm is probably…

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Briefly: ‘Stronger Together’ Podcast Launches May 13; Parkinson’s Researchers Seeking Volunteers for Scratch-and-Sniff Test
Featuring United Spinal Association, M.A.R.C. Network, and the Michael J. Fox Foundation.

United Spinal, M.A.R.C. Network to Debut ‘Stronger Together’ Podcast on May 13 As part of their newly announced partnership, United Spinal Association and the M.A.R.C. Network are launching their “Stronger Together with Marc & Matt” podcast on May 13, starting at 7:30 p.m. Eastern time. The first episode will feature Wheel with Me Adapt Fit…

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Ekso Bionics Q1 Earnings: Partnerships with NSM, Bionic P&O Expected to Grow Personal Health Products Segment This Year
National Seating & Mobility was announced as the exclusive CRT distributor of the Ekso Indego Personal exoskeleton in February.

New partnerships with national Complex Rehab Technology (CRT) and prosthetics/orthotics providers are expected to grow Ekso Bionics’ Personal Health Products segment for 2025, the company announced during its May 5 earnings call. Ekso Bionics (Nasdaq: EKSO) reported earnings results for the three months ending on March 31, 2025, while also commenting on what the company…

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Briefly: CMS Newsletter Notes Improper Seating Payments; Toddler Mobility Trainer Now 3D Printed
Featuring the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), TOM Tikkun Olam Makers, LINK PBC, and MakeGood INC.

CMS Alerts Providers on Improper Seating Payments in 2023 The May 1 MLN Connects newsletter from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) included a notice that the improper payment rate for wheelchair seating in 2023 was 29.2%, “with a projected improper payment amount of $15.5 million.” CMS is therefore asking seating providers to…

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Commentary: Everyone Wins When People with Disabilities Are Accurately Represented in Media
Getty Images grants affirm the need to portray people with disabilities in professional settings.

In late March, a TikTok video by @ezbruhhspinz showed a small boy in his ultralightweight wheelchair pointing to a poster in a Target store. “There’s a girl in a wheelchair, just like me!” he says of the poster’s artwork. The video racked up 26.7 million views. Maybe it also sparked conversations on how important it…

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Briefly: RESNA Schedules Member Night During RehabWeek; BBB Issues DME Telemarketing Fraud Warning
Featuring the Rehabilitation Engineering and Assistive Technology Society of North America and the Better Business Bureau.

RESNA Member Night Scheduled for May 13 at RehabWeek The member event for the Rehabilitation Engineering and Assistive Technology Society of North America (RESNA) will be held at Pinstripes Chicago — a bistro, bowling and bocce venue — on Tuesday, May 13, starting at 6 p.m. “RESNA members and RehabWeek attendees will have the chance…

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RESNA Seeking Comments on Standard for Evacuation Devices
This standard covers mobility devices specifically used during building evacuations.

The Rehabilitation Engineering and Assistive Technology Society of North America’s (RESNA) standards committee on emergency stair travel devices (ESTD) has released a final draft standard for evacuation devices. The RESNA ED-1 Standard for Evacuation Devices — Volume 1: Emergency Stair Travel Devices Used by Individuals with Disabilities will be open for public comment starting on…

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United Spinal Launches Effort to Restore SCIRP Funding in 2026
The Spinal Cord Injury Research Program at the Department of Defense was eliminated in March.

United Spinal Association is urging stakeholders to join the fight to restore funding for the Department of Defense’s (DOD) Spinal Cord Injury Research Program (SCIRP) in 2026. “On March 15, the Spinal Cord Injury Research Program at the Department of Defense was eliminated,” United Spinal said in a May 1 bulletin. “There was no notice.…

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