Next RESNA ATP Certification Pop-Up Scheduled for July 24 The Rehabilitation Engineering & Assistive Technology Society of North America (RESNA) is holding its next Assistive Technology Professional (ATP) certification pop-up session on Thursday, July 24, from 12 noon to 1 p.m. Eastern time. The free-to-attend certification pop-up events focus on ATP certification topics such as…
Briefly: RESNA Schedules ATP Certification Session for July 24; NIH to Limit Access Fees to Publicly Funded Research
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…
Study: Abnormal Proteins Found in Spinal Fluid of ALS Patients
The new findings could help to diagnose amyotrophic lateral sclerosis in the future.
Researchers at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) have discovered abnormal proteins in the spinal fluid of people who have amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS). In a Jan. 31 announcement, the NIH said the new findings could help diagnose ALS going forward. The research was published in Science Translational Medicine. Researchers discovered that the abnormal proteins…