OpenNotes is a national movement to give patients access to their own visit notes written by doctors, nurses, or other clinicians. OpenNotes is a process change where physicians give patients access to their visit notes through a patient portal or by simply printing them out. …Continue reading
Ideas on Care Delivery
Susan Dentzer, President and CEO, for the Network for Excellence in Health Innovation (NEHI) www.nehi.net moderated a panel discussion at the Annual Datapalooza Conference www.healthdatapalooza.org held April 27-28, 2017 in Washington D.C. presented by Academy Health www.academyhealth.org, HHS www.hhs.gov, plus other supporting organizations. …Continue reading
DOD Awards MeMed Contract
MeMed Ltd www.me-med.com was awarded a contract by the Defense Threat Reduction Agency (DTRA) www.dtra.mil a branch of the Department of Defense. The contract totaling up to $9.2 million will fund the completion of MeMed’s second generation point-of-care platform for distinguishing bacterial from viral infections. …Continue reading
VETS Act of 2017 Introduced
On April 25, 2017, Representatives Glenn “GT” Thompson (R-PA) http://thompson.house.gov and Julia Brownley (D-CA) http://juliabrownley.house.gov introduced the “Veteran E-Health and Telemedicine Support Act” (VETS) of 2017 (H.R.2123) www.congress.gov. …Continue reading
Researchers Studying S-ICDs
Defibrillators detect and correct irregular heart rhythms that if left unchecked could lead to sudden cardiac arrest and death. The Subcutaneous Implantable Cardiac Defibrillator (S-ICD) the newest type of ICD is less invasive than a traditional ICD. …Continue reading
9th mHealth+Telehealth World Congress
World Congress just released the agenda for the 9th Annual mHealth + Telehealth World Conference 2017 to be held July 24-25, 2017 in Boston at the Seaport Hotel. …Continue reading
AHRQ Issues FOAs for HIT Research
The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) www.ahrq.gov as part of HHS has issued two Funding Opportunity Announcements (FOA) seeking proposed projects to implement and evaluate health information technologies. …Continue reading