For more convenient blood testing, gonna LabFly now
By GREGORY ZELLER // A new “concierge healthcare app” will allow patients of the Northwell Health system to schedule blood draws at home, and to digitally track the subsequent blood…
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No. 443: On Ken Morrelly, the LIREDC’s highest hopes, Sputnik and the Queen of the Damned
Ten-four, good buddy: Breaker, breaker, dear readers, and thanks for having your ears on as we keep the left door closed, put the hammer down and speed toward another…
No. 442: Snoopy and Gandhi in ‘The Twilight Zone’ – and puppy love at the SBDC
Fall for it: Don’t let the thermometer fool you – it’s actually autumn, dear readers, and we’ll be bundled up soon enough! Whatever the hell Mother Nature is smoking,…
Northwell, IT ace Allscripts going for the record
By GREGORY ZELLER // New York State’s largest health system and a Chicago-based provider of digital healthcare solutions are teaming up on a new electronic health record system. New Hyde…
No. 438: With stops in Cuba, Bulgaria and the Peconic Bay – plus, a V2G rollout
Well-balanced: A palindromic 9-1-8-1-9 to you, dear reader, as we welcome Wednesday and the midpoint of another busy workweek. Going for Yucs: It is indeed Sept. 18 out there,…
No. 437: Surviving the 13th, walking the Path and watching your cholesterol – plus, the opioid war rages
Scary good: Welcome to Friday, intrepid innovator, and the last leg of another busy workweek. It’s Sept. 13 out there – yes, Friday the 13th – and whether or…
No. 436: On Patriots, procurements and busy college presidents (and aliens and cyborgs)
New day: Welcome to Wednesday, dear readers, and the midpoint of this late-summer week of socioeconomic innovation. New world: It’s Sept. 11 out there, a date that truly needs…
The ‘underserved’ aim high, via Ascend Long Island
By GREGORY ZELLER // The rubber meets the roads Thursday at Hofstra University, when the innovative Ascend Long Island program holds its first-ever “procurement conference.” Combining small Nassau County businesses…
No. 431: Inventing Google, superior supercomputing and just the fax, ma’am
Equatorial shift: Over the hump we go, dear readers, as we slide into the second half of this summertime workweek on Long Island and around the world (except in…
Mapping scattered pictures, in the corners of our mind
By GREGORY ZELLER // Straight from the hippocampus (and the horse’s mouth) comes a new research paper in the journal Science, highlighting landmark innovations in human brain mapping. Published Aug….
STEM scholarships help out Northwell dependents
By GREGORY ZELLER // From the Two Birds One Stone File comes Northwell Health, which is helping out its employees – and bolstering its own future – with a new…
Hofstra helps healthcare startups meet their matches
By GREGORY ZELLER // Nassau University Medical Center hosted a healthcare summit on Wednesday that put up-and-coming healthcare entrepreneurs in front of two important audiences. The innovators, all participants in…
No. 425: Healthy hospitals, debt-free docs and a ReCharged LI – plus, the big book of bioelectronics
Half full: Welcome to Wednesday, dear readers, and the midpoint of this latest summery week of socioeconomic progress. Hard to believe, but tomorrow is already Aug. 1 – making…
Writing the book, literally, on bioelectronic medicine
By GREGORY ZELLER // The pioneering work of several key researchers has made Long Island a focal point in the emerging science of bioelectronic medicine – their combined knowledge and…
With pilot run ending, top marks for LI Bioscience Hub
By GREGORY ZELLER // The Long Island Bioscience Hub is making the grade, according to a report card prepared by independent evaluators. Since launching in 2015, the LIBH – a…