MyGlucoHealth Wireless Telehealth Solution in Military Health

More exciting news coming out regarding mHealth in the military:

MyGlucoHealth Wireless Telehealth Solution Improves Care and Monitoring of Diabetic Patients in Military Health

MyGlucoHealth Wireless Meter and Strips Now Available to Federal, State and Local Government Agencies Through NASA SEWP Contract

SAN DIEGO, Nov. 9, 2010 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- MyGlucoHealth Wireless, the first FDA cleared and CE certified Bluetooth enabled blood glucose meter is now available to Federal, state and local agencies through NASA SEWP (Solutions for Enterprise-Wide Procurement) GWAC (Government-Wide Acquisition Contract). MyGlucoHealth diabetic care technology is accessible to major military medical commands including the Army Medical Department (AMEDD), the Army's Telemedicine Advanced Technology Research Center (TATRC) and the Veterans Administration. MyGlucoHealth was placed within NASA SEWP through Agile Edge Technologies, Inc., our Federal distribution channel partner.

Expanded U.S. Army mCare Program

Diversinet Wins Multi-Year Contract to Support Expanded U.S. Army mCare Program

Award Follows Successful One-Year Pilot Program; Includes First Licensing of MobiSecure® SMS

TORONTO, Nov. 8, 2010 – Diversinet Corp. (TSX Venture: DIV, OTCBB: DVNTF), a leader in “connected and protected” mobile-healthcare communications, has been awarded a five-year contract to support expansion of the U.S. Army’s mCare telehealth-outreach program for members of the military recovering from mild traumatic brain injuries (TBI) and other wounds. The agreement follows a one-year pilot study and is expected to generate first-year revenues of more than $390,000.

Doctors and mistakes: big and small

Doctors are humans and we all make. Some are really big and others are small. Over the past week, we've seen two dramatic examples of physicians who appear to have done some terrible things. I don't write this to judge them, but to say that physicians are vulnerable to stress, mental health problems, greed, and other conditions.

• We've all heard of Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan, a military psychiatrist who shot and killed people at Fort Hood (Military stress and tragedy at Fort Hood).
• If you've been following the FDA news, you may also know of Dr. Torrino Jennings who was sentenced in federal court on charges that he wrote prescriptions over the Internet for people whom he had never met or examined, as well as tax evasion (DOCTOR SENTENCED FOR WRITING PRESCRIPTIONS OVER THE INTERNET FOR PEOPLE WHOM HE HAD NEVER MET OR EXAMINED).

It's a sad reality, but doctors can fall and make some really big mistakes. I don't know if we'll ever fully understand why these individuals did the things they did. Some may think that it's a simple matter of greed, anger, or hatred. Perhaps they suffered serious mental trauma. I personally think that it probably involves a combination of many different psychological factors to cause physicians to make such poor decisions. After all, the brain is very complex and we really don't understand what makes certain people do crazy things that are irrational and bizarre.

Military stress and tragedy at Fort Hood

My heart goes out to all the families recently affected by this tragic event at Fort Hood Texas. CNN is reporting that the suspect in this shooting case is a military psychiatrist (Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan) who was practicing at Darnall Army Medical Center at Fort Hood. Previously, he worked at Walter Reed Army Medical Center.

It's hard to imagine the level of stress some people must go through. According to this story, Hasan was to get deployed to Iraq. What caused this type of erratic behavior? Was it stress? The human mind is so complex that it's hard to imagine what Hasan must have been experiencing as a military psychiatrist.

Robot doctor Dr. Kevin Chung

The U.S. Army has a robot doctor. This is a pretty cool video of Dr. Kevin Chung using a sophisticated robot to deliver remote medical care. Check out this CNN video clip:

Military robot "doctors"

Watch this interesting little CNN clip about robot "doctors" in the military.

Battlefield Extraction-Assist Robot (BEAR)

Have you seen Vecna's Battlefield Extraction-Assist Robot (BEAR)?

Started in 1998 by MIT alumni, and joined by others from Harvard, Stanford, Yale, Princeton, Berkeley, CMU and other top institutions, Vecna Technologies is a unique, self-funded, high-technology company. Daniel A. Theobald is the President and CTO (Chief Technology Officer) of Vecna. Daniel and I were in the same fraternity while we were at MIT. It's so great to see such innovation from MIT graduates.

CNN featured a story last year titled, "New Army Technology Could Save Soldiers' Lives."

Feds Raiding Siemens Medical

So it appears that the feds raided Siemens because of a DoD (Department of Defense) contract to sell medical imaging IT to the US military. You may have heard that Siemens has been accused of fraud and bribery scandals in recent years. Last year, Siemens agreed to pay $1.3 billion to settle bribery charges. Yikes!