It was found in a survey that due to system and integration challenges, 44 percent of health IT executives are unable to use all available data which is costing health and human services agencies an estimated $342 billion loss per year. (more…)
Grants to Help 911 Call Centers
The National Telecommunications and Information Administration within the Department of Commerce https://www.ntia.doc.gov and the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) https://www.nhtsa.gov posted a grant notice on August 3, 2018. (more…)
State Organizations Sharing Data
Three of Colorado’s clinical health data organizations are partnering with Denver-based BurstiQ http://www.burstiq.com to aggregate, consolidate, and share clinical quality measure data across the state. The partnering organizations include the Colorado Regional Health Information Organization (CORHIO) http://www.corhio.org, Quality Health Network (QHN) https://qualityhealthnetwork.org, and the Colorado Community Managed Care Network (CCMCN) http://www.ccmcn.com. (more…)
Partnership Grants to Improve Care
The Peterson Center on Healthcare https://petersonhealthcare.org is partnering with the Camden Coalition of Healthcare Providers (Camden Coalition) https://www.camdenhealth.org and Health Quality Partners (HQP) https://www.hqp.org to improve care and lower costs for high need patients. (more…)
Management Tool Reduces Hospitalizations
After several hospitalizations a patient with COPD and CHF was connected to a home-based health management tool called vEngagement. Mercy “vEngagement” is targeted to patients with multiple chronic conditions who are frequently in and out of the emergency room and hospital. (more…)
NIH Awards Grant for $17.1 Million
NIH has awarded Avera’s Research’s https://www.avera.org Institute’s Center for Pediatric and Community Research, a $17.1 million grant program to continue to work on the “Environmental influences on Child Health Outcomes” (ECHO) Study http://echochildren.org. (more…)
World Bank Financing Uzbekistan’s EMS
The World Bank’s International Development Association http://ida.worldbank.org will be financing a U.S $100 million credit approved April 2018 to help people in Uzbekistan impacted by accidents and medical emergencies. (more…)