Vice Admiral Raquel Bono, Director for the Defense Health Agency (DHA) www.health.mil/dha recently visited the Naval Health Research Center (NHRC) www.med.navy.mil/sites/nhrc to discuss the transition of the DOD HIV/AIDS Prevention Program (DHAPP) from Navy Medicine to the DHA. …Continue reading
Special to “Federal Telemedicine News”
Author Lee Horner, Stratus Video Telehealth Division
How Healthcare is Improving with VRI
According to the Joint Commission, miscommunication is responsible for close to 3,000 unexpected deaths, catastrophic injuries and other health-related mishaps on a yearly basis. In order to address these problems and follow conditions from The Civil Rights Act of 1964 and Title VI, healthcare has turned its eye to the innovative solutions coming from the tech industry. …Continue reading
Organs-On-Chips Research in Space
Five grants were awarded to study human physiology and disease onboard the International Space Station (ISS) www.iss-casis.org. Data from the research will feature organs-on-chips and will help scientists develop and advance novel technologies to improve human health on Earth. …Continue reading
Zipnosis Forming Advisory Council
Zipnosis www.zipnosis.com, a virtual care company has formed the Clinical Quality Advisory Council (CQAC), a collection of healthcare leaders to provide clinical and strategic guidance to the virtual care industry. As healthcare delivery models shift to improve efficiency while maintaining high-quality standards of care it is important to ensure that clinical guidelines for virtual care are in place. …Continue reading
Medical Home Study for MS Care
Patients with Multiple Sclerosis (MS) typically work with a wide range of specialists to address their health needs. However, specialists don’t always operate as a team. Carlo Tornatore, MD Professor and Chair of the Department of Neurology at Georgetown University Medical Center http://gumc.georgetown.edu and his team will work hand-in-hand with primary care physicians and patients that will be participating in a medical home study for MS patients. …Continue reading
VA & AF Sharing Tele-Intensive Care
The Department of Veterans Affairs Midwest Health Care Network www.visn23.va.gov and the Air Force Medical Operations Agency www.airforcemedicine.af.mil/AFMOA have signed a collaborative Tele-ICU agreement to allow Air Force patients at five military treatment facilities use the VA’s Tele-ICU capabilities through their centralized support center in Minneapolis. This agreement also extends to Air Force patients in Las Vegas, Hampton, Virginia, Biloxi, Mississippi, Dayton Ohio, and Anchorage Alaska. …Continue reading
Developing High-Tech Vest
At Ohio State University’s Richard M. Ross Heart Hospital http://wexmedical.osu.edu/vascular, doctors are testing a high tech vest to measure fluid inside the lungs from outside a person’s clothing. This may be a new way to prevent repeated trips to the hospital for the nearly six million Americans living with heart failure. …Continue reading