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. …Continue reading
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. …Continue reading
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. …Continue reading
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. …Continue reading
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. …Continue reading
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). …Continue reading