Reading and diagnosing chest x-ray images may be a relatively simple task for radiologists, but in reality, it is often a complex reasoning problem which often requires careful observation and knowledge of anatomical principles, physiology, and pathology. These factors make it difficult to develop a consistent and automated technique for reading chest x-ray images. …Continue reading
CMS Innovation Center Seeks Feedback
The CMS Innovation Center (CMMI) https://innovation.cms.gov has issued a Request for Information (RFI) seeking feedback on a new direction that would promote patient-centered care and also test market driven reforms. CMMI is interested in increasing choices and competition to empower beneficiaries. …Continue reading
Medical Device to Determine TBIs
Neuro Kinetics, Inc. (NKI) www.neuro-kinetics.com located in Pennsylvania has developed a device called the “I-Portal Portable Assessment System” (I-PAS) designed to diagnose concussions at the early stage by accurately using a virtual-reality headset to assess brain injuries. I-PAS has received financial support from both the Department of Defense (DOD) and the National Football League and is currently testing the device at a number of military facilities. …Continue reading
First Net Improving Communications
The First Responder Network Authority (FirstNet) www.firstnet.gov was created to equip first responders with state-of-the-art communications tools that are available from FirstNet, the first nationwide interoperable wireless broadband network. …Continue reading
HCUP Provides Hospital Care Data
The Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project https://www.hcup-us.ahrq.gov sponsored by the Agency for Health Research and Quality (AHRQ) www.ahrq.gov within HHS has data on all-payer encounter level hospital care data in the U.S. …Continue reading
Initiating a Prediabetes Patient Registry
Henry Ford Macomb Hospital https://www.henryford.com in partnership with the AMA is piloting a patient registry that could become a national model for enrolling patients with prediabetes into evidence-based diabetes prevention programs. …Continue reading
FCC Chairman Speaks at Conference
FCC Chairman Ajit Pai speaking recently at the Mobile World Congress Americas in San Francisco, discussed the importance of wireless phones in times of disaster, the road to 5G, U.S and the big increase in mobile penetration, but he also discussed the lack of wireless service in many rural areas. …Continue reading