Bristol-Myers Squibb Foundation has awarded $1.6 million in grant funding to the “Walking Forward” http://avera.org/walkingforward program based in Rapid City South Dakota. The program integrated with Avera Health works with Regional Health https://regionalhealth.org located in South Dakota. (more…)
Task Force to Study Broadband
Nebraska State Senator Curt Friesen http://news.legislalture.ne.gov/dist34 has introduced legislature (LB994) to create the “Rural Broadband Study Task Force”. This legislature involving the Task Force would help develop enhanced broadband telecommunications service to unserved and underserved areas in rural Nebraska. (more…)
Orbita Rolls Out Enhancements
Orbita Inc. www.orbita.ai a provider of digital experience management solutions for voice and conversational AI technologies showcased the newest version of their Orbita Voice Platform to enable powerful healthcare applications at HIMSS 2018. Orbita’s newest technology uses voice assistive and conversational IT capable of creating powerful healthcare applications. (more…)
Large Telehealth Hub Takes Shape
The new Penn Medicine https://www.pennmedicine.org “Center for Connected Care” provides a central point for Penn Health System’s telemedicine activities. The new Center was established to provide care for the critically ill and provide a tele-homecare service for the chronically ill. (more…)
Providing Assistance to Rural Areas
In January 2018, HRSA’s Federal Office of Rural Health Policy (FORHP) released a Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) for FY 2018 titled “Rural Quality Improvement Technical Assistance Cooperative Agreement” (RQITA). (more…)
Public Safety Grants to Help FirstNet
The National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) within the Department of Commerce https://www.ntia.doc.gov on March 1, 2018, announced the first award recipients for the “State and Local Implementation Grant Program” (SLIGP) 2.0. The grant funding will enable public safety entities and personnel across the U.S to work with First Net operating as a public safety nationwide wireless broadband network. (more…)
Workers Dealing with Robotics
Today, robot sales are at a record high plus the fact that new types of robots with increased sophistication are being developed and used in the workplace. The National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) https://www.cdc.gov/niosh within CDC, has established the virtual “Center for Occupational Robotics Research” to address the safety and health implications for worker safety and health especially when using robotics. (more…)