Tennessee Governor Bill Lee https://www.tn.gov/governor delivered his State of the State address March 4, 2019 to a joint session of the General Assembly in the House Chamber. The FY 2020 recommended budget totals $36.6 billion from all revenue sources, an increase of 1.1 percent or $424 million over estimates for the current fiscal year. (more…)
GSA Seeks to Better Manage IT
The Proposed FY 2020 Budget request for the General Service Administration’s (GSA) https://www.gsa.gov is for $11 billion to invest in strategic innovative solutions to strengthen the U.S cyber and physical infrastructure. GSA is continually interested in investing in ways to support the government’s management of information technology. (more…)
Telehealth Helps Children in CA
Northern California children with cerebral palsy, spina bifida, spinal cord injuries, and other physical disabilities now have access to UC Davis Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation https://health.ucdavis.edu/pmr via a new telehealth program. (more…)
Tracking Flu, Asthma & Allergies
IQVIA is a global provider of advanced analytics, technology solutions and contract research services to the life sciences industry. The company provides quick and easy access to important health related information. Recent data shows that the flu season is hitting hard in several key markets. (more…)
Proposed FY 2020 Budget Request for ONC
The President’s Proposed Budget Request for FY 2020 for the HHS Office of the National Coordinator for HIT (ONC) https://www.healthit.gov includes $43 million for ONC to support interoperability and usability of health IT. In addition, ONC will promote health IT approaches to combat the opioid epidemic through targeted collaborations with HHS partners, health IT stakeholders, including healthcare practitioners, administrators, and physician practice owners (more…)
Proposed Budget Request for VA
The President is proposing a total of $220 billion in the FY 2020 budget request for the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) https://www.va.gov/budget/products.asp The FY 2020 budget request includes $97 billion in discretionary funding. (more…)
NIH Addressing Opioid Crisis
The NIH https://www.nih.gov “Helping to End Addiction Long-term” (HEAL) initiative was established to address the opioid crisis by expanding the number of treatment options available to the more than 50 million American adults affected by chronic pain and the two million suffering from addiction. This effort includes developing new non-addictive medications and medical technologies that would reduce the need for opioids. (more…)