The House Energy and Commerce Committee has been actively examining healthcare cybersecurity issues to identify common factors and potential strategies. (more…)
Funds for Disaster Response System
The Office of the Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response (ASPR) within HHS https://www.phe.gov on June 14, 2018, posted the funding notice titled “Partnership for Disaster Health Response” (EP-HIT-18-001). The total funding will provide two awards for an estimated $6,000,000 in total program funding. (more…)
Delivering Usable Information
Physicians need nearly a decade of training to understand complex patient data such as lab results and genomic data. New research recently published in AcademyHealth’s “eGEMS” https://egems.academyhealth.org open access peer reviewed journal, highlights how this information can be delivered to patients and providers in ways that they can understand and use. (more…)
Hospitals Using Command Centers
The Yale New Haven Hospital (YNHH) https://www.ynhh.org recently launched their Capacity Command Center (CCC) to combine real-time data analytics with the physical co-location of key operational services to improve the coordination, safety, quality, timeliness, and efficiency in taking care of patients. The CCC was jointly developed by the Yale New Haven Health https://www.ynhhs.org Clinical Redesign Initiative, the YNHH Analytics Staff, and Epic in Verona Wisconsin. (more…)
ONC Posts Funding Notice
On June 29, 2018, HHS Office of the National Coordinator posted the grant opportunity titled “Leading Edge Acceleration Projects (LEAP) in Health Information Technology” (NAP-AX-18-003) with an award ceiling for $1,000,000 due August 17, 2018. (more…)
FDA Commissioner Keynoter at Summit
FDA Commissioner https://www.fda.gov Scott Gottlieb MD., keynote speaker at the National Comprehensive Cancer Network’s (NCCN) https://www.nccn.org “Oncology Policy Summit” at the National Press Club on June 25, 2018, discussed FDA’s approaches to providing real world data to support changes in the 21st century. (more…)
Lab To Showcase Technology
Smart Health Innovation Lab https://smarthealthinnovationlab.com, a market adoption accelerator for healthcare technologies located in Pennsylvania, opened their first state-of-the-art facility to showcase the innovative technologies that the lab plans to market by establishing a 12 week certification program. (more…)