The final 2020-2025 Federal Health IT Strategic Plan was recently released by the HHS Office of the National Coordinator https://healthit.gov in collaboration with more than 25 federal organizations along with comments from the public. …Continue reading
Key Takes on LVGO’s Partnership
After the close on October 12, Livongo Health (LVGO) https://www.livongo.com announced they had entered into a strategic relationship with Guidewell https://www.guidewellcom to offer the Livongo for Diabetes Solution to select members of Florida Blue which is a subsidiary of Guidewell and Blue Cross/Blue Plan of Florida https://www.floridablue.com. …Continue reading
Researchers to Study AMR
The National Science Foundation (NSF) https://www.nsf.gov within their Smart and Connected Health Program, has awarded $1,187,778 so far to the University of Florida to study Enabling Real Time Surveillance of Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR). The project is due to start January 1, 2021 and end December 31, 2024 (estimated). …Continue reading
Mayo & Safe Health Working Together
Mayo Clinic https://mayoclinic.org and Safe Health Group Inc. https://safehealth.me are working together to form a venture to focus on reducing the cost of low complexity care and commodity diagnostics on a mass scale. Safe Health Systems through their technology platform called SAFE, intends to improve access to efficient and affordable treatments for common medical conditions. …Continue reading
FCC Commissioner Speaks at Event
FCC https://www.fcc.gov Commissioner Geoffrey Starks speaking at the 15th annual ABA/FCBA Privacy and Data Security Symposium, pointed out that the COVID-19 pandemic has brought into focus a host of problems related to the digital divide. He believes that technology and communications networks must play an important role as we move forward. …Continue reading
Challenge to Address Innovation
The Economic Development Administration (EDA) https://www.eda.gov a Bureau within the Department of Commerce housing the Office of Innovation and Entrepreneurship (OIE) http://www.eda.ogv/oie/sprint, recently announced their FY 2020 Scaling Pandemic Resilience Through Innovation and Technology (SPRINT) Challenge. …Continue reading
Survey Suggests Telehealth to Grow
Amwell https://business.amwell.com commissioned Dynata https://www.dynata.com to conduct an online study among more than 2,000 adults and also commissioned M3 Global Consulting LLC, https://m3globalconsulting.com to conduct an online survey of 600 physicians. …Continue reading