Health & Healthcare

The semi-autonomous motorcar (SAM) developed by Arrow Electronics, Inc. (NYSE: ARW) for quadriplegic former racecar driver Sam Schmidt was highlighted today at the international Sport Innovation Summit.

Can we design products that function as elegantly as anything found in the natural world? And can those products mimic nature’s design principles?

Versaic, a leading provider of grant and donation management solutions, has designed and deployed systems for healthcare and pharmaceutical companies to streamline processes in Medical Affairs including Investigator Initiated Studies (IIS) and Continuing Medical Education (CME) grants.

Astellas today announced the promotion of Catherine Wertjes to Head of Ethics & Compliance, with responsibility for ethics and compliance, anti-bribery and anti-corruption initiatives worldwide, effective April 1, 2016. She will be based at Astellas' headquarters for the Americas in Northbrook, Illinois and report to Yoshirou Miyokawa, Chief Compliance Officer.

The patient experience doesn’t end at the hospital door. What happens next often defines the long-term outcome for the patient, especially for seniors—and the hospital’s financial outcome as well. Acute care hospitals and senior living providers are grappling with new realities: our elders are living longer and want to live healthier, while the government is challenging providers to do more with less.

Carbon is not our enemy. It is the basis of life, working in tandem with the water and oxygen with which we are abundantly blessed to fashion all of the beauty of nature.

Could it, or could it not? The perennial discussion as to whether organic food production could actually feed the globe is back at the debate table.

Keystone Institute India, their partners, and other like-minded organizations are exploring the components of supporting people with disabilities to live full lives in the community in India. "Leaky Roofs Matter" is a powerful metaphor for the importance of addressing people's most pressing need first.

This April, the largest gathering of the young adult cancer movement will take place in Denver, Colorado. CancerCon will bring together hundreds of survivors, caretakers, and industry professionals for three days of events, speakers, and socializing.