Researchers at Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI) received a four-year, $1.6 million award from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to make a smartphone app to allow patients and their caregivers to track and assess chronic wounds. The hope is that costs will be lowered with fewer medical visits as well as serious complications detected early. For more, read the story.
Robert W. Carter, Jr. is a Virginia attorney whose law practice is dedicated to protecting the rights of the victims of nursing home and assisted living neglect and abuse in Richmond, Roanoke, Norfolk, Lynchburg, Danville, Charlottesville, and across Virginia.