Charles Sternberg, Associate Editor12.13.22
On behalf of a Federal Sponsor, MITRE is hosting a Telemedicine Innovation Challenge for medical certification examination and accepting responses through January 27, 2023.
This is an opportunity for innovators including provider organizations and telemedicine vendors to demonstrate how telemedicine technologies can be used by a physician or other health care provider to conduct a standardized medical history and physical examination.
Telemedicine technologies can include video conferencing and data transmission capabilities as well as medical devices and measurement apps. This innovation challenge will help MITRE’s Federal Sponsor to evaluate opportunities for improving their methods used to conduct medical examinations.
Include information on your organization’s prior experience, philosophy of care, and precise methods for achieving the objectives. Provide a notation in sections that are not applicable or intentionally skipped.
Proposal should not exceed 10 pages including appendices and attachments. Responses should be single-spaced in Times New Roman 11-point font.
U.S.-based and international healthcare vendors, telehealth vendors, healthcare systems, innovation companies, research, and academic institutions are welcome to apply. All organizations must demonstrate experience complying with US healthcare regulations and standards.
Please submit your final responses to this innovation challenge no later than January 27, 2023 by 5:00 PM ET.
This is an opportunity for innovators including provider organizations and telemedicine vendors to demonstrate how telemedicine technologies can be used by a physician or other health care provider to conduct a standardized medical history and physical examination.
Telemedicine technologies can include video conferencing and data transmission capabilities as well as medical devices and measurement apps. This innovation challenge will help MITRE’s Federal Sponsor to evaluate opportunities for improving their methods used to conduct medical examinations.
How It Works
The Challenge will consist of the following stages:- Stage 1 – Health systems and telemedicine vendors will submit their telemedicine solution proposal to telemedchallenge@mitre.org. The responses will be reviewed and a subgroup will be selected to advance to Stage 2.
- Stage 2 – Selected participants will prepare a presentation/demonstration of their proposed solution. Participants will deliver their 45-minute presentations in a virtual format at the end of Stage 2.
Challenge Objectives
MITRE is interested in your perspectives on strategies to identify effective telehealth practices, including devices and methods, to improve medical history taking and physical examination documentation. Specifically, this challenge seeks information and insight related to the below objectives:- Elicit applicable telemedicine capabilities and leverage the industry to rapidly prototype and determine the feasibility or practicality of telemedicine for certification exams.
- Evaluate adoption challenges with preferential focus given to medical history and physical exam elements with the greatest role in mitigating workplace safety risks. This includes emphasis on visual, auditory, cardiovascular, pulmonary, neurological, and musculoskeletal systems as well as evaluation of mental and behavioral health.
- The hypothetical workflow of medical history and physical examination process is summarized in Figure 1 above.
- The assessed technologies and modalities could include health apps, video conferencing and data transmission capabilities, as well as medical devices and measurement applications with data transmission and/or storage capabilities.
How to Submit
To participate, submit a detailed response (e.g., not standard marketing materials and general capability statements) that meet the objectives of the challenge using the Telemedicine Solution Proposal template.Include information on your organization’s prior experience, philosophy of care, and precise methods for achieving the objectives. Provide a notation in sections that are not applicable or intentionally skipped.
Proposal should not exceed 10 pages including appendices and attachments. Responses should be single-spaced in Times New Roman 11-point font.
U.S.-based and international healthcare vendors, telehealth vendors, healthcare systems, innovation companies, research, and academic institutions are welcome to apply. All organizations must demonstrate experience complying with US healthcare regulations and standards.
Please submit your final responses to this innovation challenge no later than January 27, 2023 by 5:00 PM ET.