Maryland Governor Larry Hogan just announced that the Maryland Department of Human Resources (DHR) was awarded $195 million in federal funding to build a technology platform called “Maryland Total Human-services Information Network (MD THINK) to transform the ability to deliver vital human services to state residents. (more…)
IHI and NPSF to Merge
The Institute for Healthcare Improvement (IHI) http://ihi.org and the National Patient Safety Foundation (NPSF) www.npsf.org announced plans during “Patient Safety Awareness Week” to merge the two organizations on May 1, 2017. (more…)
VA’s Technology Challenges
The Presidents FY 2018 budget emphasizes the need for the Veterans Administration (VA) www.va.gov to invest in IT. The proposed budget would provide sufficient funding for sustainment, development, and modernization initiatives to improve the quality of services provided to veterans and also avoid the costs involved in maintaining outdated inefficient systems. (more…)
Oregon’s HIT Efforts
The Oregon Health Information Technology Oversight Council’s (HITOC) report www.oregon.gov/oha/ohpr/hitocPages/index.aspx provides updates on the state’s health IT efforts. The Oregon Health Authority (OHA) has made progress moving telehealth forward in the state. (more…)
Data to Help Elderly Patients
A new company and tool called “Patient Pattern” founded by Steven Buslovich MD developed by a start-up program in New York was developed in the Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences at the University of Buffalo (UB) www.buffalo.edu. The tool has a cloud-based solution called “LivePAC” to not allow inappropriate treatments to be given to elderly patients in nursing homes. (more…)
Connected Care Initiative Introduced
The CMS www.cms.gov Office of Minority Health and the Federal Office of Rural Health Policy FORHP) within the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) www.hrsa.gov, have introduced the connected care educational initiative to help Medicare beneficiaries with chronic care conditions. (more…)
Campaign to Eliminate Malaria
EXASOL www.exasol.com, an analytic database developer and PATH www.path.org an international nonprofit leader in health and innovation have created a partnership to support the Zambian government’s campaign to eliminate malaria by 2020. (more…)