The recently released paper by Brookings, https://www.brookings.edu titled “How Artificial Intelligence is Transforming the World”, describes how Artificial Intelligence (AI) is transforming how people are going to rethink how to integrate information, analyze data, and use the resulting insights to improve decision-making. (more…)
Public Health Challenges in States
Major challenges are facing the Association of State and Territorial Health Officials (ASTHO) http://www.astho.org including limited resources but also by emerging health threats and the availability of a skilled workforce. This is reported in the ASTHO “2018-2021 Strategic Plan”, http://www.astho.org/About/2018-2021-ASTHO-Strategic-Plan. (more…)
HHS Grant Forecast Posted
The Administration for Children and Families within HHS has posted their Forecasted Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) (HHS-2018-ACYF-CA-1383) with the FOA estimated to be posted July 03, 2018. The FOA will solicit proposals to develop and expand test and chat-based capabilities for child maltreatment prevention, resource sharing, detection, and reporting. (more…)
Future for Medical Device Safety
FDA’s release of the “Medical Device Safety Action Plan: Protecting Patients, Promoting Public Health” is the vision for the future as related to medical device safety. The plan outlines how the agency will encourage innovation to improve safety, detect safety risks earlier, and keep doctors and patients better informed. (more…)
VA’s Research on Diabetes
Veterans with type 2 diabetes and elevated triglycerides at risk for cardiac events may be eligible to participate in a new study sponsored by the KOWA Research Institute www.knowaus.com. (more…)
ED Psychiatric Consults via Telehealth
As reported in a study published 2016 in “Health Affairs”, https://www.healthaffaiars.org, roughly 13 percent of all Emergency Department (ED) visits require a mental health consult and that percentage is increasing. (more…)
Upgrading Care Delivery for Patients
The Independence Health Group (Independence) https://www.ibx.com headquartered in Philadelphia and the parent of Independence Blue Cross https://my.xfinity.comm, are in the process of launching a patient-centered technology and communications platform with Comcast to improve the efficiency of the care delivery process. (more…)