Caption Health https://captionhealth.com, a medical AI company, recently announced that the FDA has authorized the marketing of software to assist medical professionals using cardiac ultrasound, or echocardiography images. (more…)
New USDA DLT Grants Posted
The Rural Utilities Service (RUS) an agency within USDA, posted their Distance Learning and Telemedicine (DLT) grant program Funding Opportunity Application (FOA) (RUS-20-01-DLT) on February 10, 2020, announcing that applications are being accepted. (more…)
HHS Secretary’s Keynote Remarks
HHS Secretary Alex Azar updated Conference attendees on developments concerning the coronavirus. He spoke at length about the progress being made to efficiently get the right data with the right information to patients and providers in the health IT and digital health field. He noted the progress being made along with his concerns at the Academy Health National Health Policy Conference co-located with Health Datapalooza held February 10-11, 2020 in Washington D.C. (more…)
FY 2021 Budget Supports Telehealth
The President’s Proposed FY 2021 Budget stresses the need to use technology such as telehealth to transform rural health. So the budget proposes that barriers be removed to using telehealth services in rural and underserved areas. (more…)
Details: PINC’s Deal with GNYHA
On February 4, 2020, Credit Suisse https://www.credit-suisse.com in a conference call to Premier’s (PINC) management https://premierinc.com, discussed the rationale and details concerning PINC’s deal with the Greater New York Hospital Association (GNYHA) https://gnyha.org. GNYHA wants to exit their GPO (Acurity) and consulting (Nexera) businesses. (more…)
Coronavirus: Thoughts from Experts
A Public Health Grand Rounds discussion presented by the Aspen Institute in Washington D.C. https://aspeninstitute.org, was held with experts in the infectious disease field presenting their thoughts and ideas on “The New Coronavirus (COVID-19): The Next Pandemic?” (more…)
Caring for Medicaid Recipients
Mount Sinai’s https://mountsinai.org Institute for Community Living (ICL) and Healthfirst https://healthfirst.org are partnering to provide high quality care for more than 400 Medicaid recipients with high need mental health and substance abuse disorders. So far, hospitalizations are reduced and have saved $1.3 million in Medicaid savings. (more…)