HRSA’s Bureau of Primary Health Care (BPHC) has established a new Health Information and Technology, Evaluation and Quality (HITEQ) Center https://hiteqcenter.org (more…)
Head to ATA2023 in March
The American Telemedicine Association (ATA) is taking their 27th Annual Conference March 5-7, 2023 to San Antonio Texas, to answer questions on how to create the right systems, provide the right training, and how to develop the right tools to entrench telehealth in healthcare delivery-once and for all. (more…)
Tele-behavioral Health Launched
The Leona M. and Harry B. Helmsley Charitable Trust https://helmsleytrust.org awarded a $3.9 million grant to NYC Health+Hospitals https://www.nychealthandhospitals.org. (more…)
Tool Addresses Emerging or Rare Diseases
Researchers at the Department of Energy’s Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL), https://www.pnnl.gov Stanford University, Virginia Tech and John Snow Labs, have developed TransMED, a first of its kind Artificial Intelligence (AI) prediction tool to address emerging or rare diseases. (more…)
Army Using Robotic Assisted Surgery
According to Maj (Dr.) Morgan Barron, General Surgeon at the Blanchfield Army Medical Center (BACH) https://blanchfield.tricare.mil, “Robotically assisted surgery may sound like something from a futuristic science fiction movie to some, but it is actually a safe and increasingly common method shown to deliver better outcomes for patients than traditional surgery.” (more…)
Expanding Behavioral Health
Geisinger https://www.geisinger.org and Acadia Healthcare https://www.acadiahealthcare.com are partnering to expand behavioral health to address the urgent need for high quality inpatient behavioral health services in central and northeastern Pennsylvania. (more…)
CareAlign Partners with RemoteMDER
Residents in rural areas face major obstacles when accessing healthcare. Over 60% of primary care shortage areas are in rural parts of the country. Rural areas also see shortages of specialists, with only 6% of OB/GYNs serving communities. (more…)