FDA’s Center for Devices and Radiological Health https://www.fda.gov and the Veterans Health Administration (VHA) are collaborating to accelerate U.S. medical device innovation. (more…)
KS Student’s Behavioral Health
Kansas Governor Laura Kelly recently announced that Kansas has received $9 million from the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMSHA) https://www.samhsa.gov within HHS to address the behavioral health of nearly 40,000 students in the Southeast Kansas corridor. (more…)
MiHIN & PointClickCare Partnering
The Michigan Health Information Network (MiHIN) https://mihin.org, a nonprofit statewide Health information network, is now partnering with PointClickCare Technologies https://pointclickcare.com, a post-acute EMR vendor in the U.S. (more…)
Managing Public Health Data
The GAO Report “Public Health Emergencies: Data Management Challenges Impact National Response”, discusses how public health emergencies evolve quickly. However, public health entities may lack the ability to share new data and save potentially life-saving information in real time. (more…)
Testing Medical Devices in Space
As NASA https://www.nasa.gov prepares to send astronauts further into space for longer durations means that managing and maintaining their health is a top priority.
Improving EHR Usability
The report “AHRQ Digital Healthcare Research Program Year in Review 2021, published September 2022, describes how researchers at the MedStar Health Research Institute (MHRI) https://medstarhealth.org under a contract to AHRQ for $1,224,973, studied how to Improve EHR Usability for Patient Safety. (more…)
IHS Awards GDIT $89M
General Dynamics Information Technology (GDIT) https://www.gdit.com, a business unit of General Dynamics, just announced that GDIT was awarded an $89 million contract by the Indian Health Service (IHS). (more…)