Wireless bed sensor startup raises $535K: During the past year Roanoke, Virginia-based startup Wireless Medcare has raised $535,000 in capital to develop Vivatrak, a wireless sensor that attaches to a patient’s bed. Vivatrak monitors patient movement to prevent bed sores or to prevent falls if a patient attempt to get up without assistance. The startup’s founders say the need to raise $1.5 million to bring the sensor to market, and plan on submitting it to the FDA for clearance early next year. More
Former Lifecomm CEO accepts pharma board gig: Former Lifecomm CEO Louis Silverman accepted a board position at public pharmaceuticals company Questcor. Silverman is also now CEO of privately-held, Cerritos, CA-based Marina Medical Billing Service, which provides revenue cycle management services to emergency room physicians nationwide. More
First wireless brain-computer interface: Wired reports on a system that turns brain waves into FM radio signals and decodes them as sound — the publication has dubbed it “the first totally wireless brain-computer interface.” More
DOD focusing on mHealth: Federal Telemedicine News has a great feature on the Department of Defense’s (DOD) increasing focus on wireless health. More