The coalition, “Healthcare Leaders for Accountable Innovation in Medicare”, representing patients, hospitals, physicians, and healthcare leaders has provided the new HHS Secretary Tom Price and Congressional leaders with ideas on how to improve the CMS Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation (CMMI) demonstration projects. (more…)
Social Media & AI Fight Cancer
Last year Brandon Welch, PhD, a biomedical informatics researcher with the Medical University of South Carolina’s (MUSC) www.musc.edu Department of Public Health Sciences, received a grant for $867,000 from the National Cancer Institute www.cancer.gov to continue working on his project involving social networking and artificial intelligence to help patients fight cancer. (more…)
Treating Patients in Remote Areas
The company swyMed http://swymedical.swyme.com just introduced the DOT Telemedicine Backpack at HIMSS 17 held in Orlando from February 19th to 23rd. The backpack enables connectivity for real-time mobile video consultations from any location to even the most remote area or even on the go. (more…)
MHS IT Director Speaks at HIMSS
Air Force Col. Richard Terry, Acting Chief Information Officer for the Military Health System (MHS) www.health.mil spoke at the HIMSS 2017 conference www.himssconference.org held February 2017. He told the attendees that MHS wants to take steps to duplicate efforts across each of the services medical systems. Also the goal for the MHS network is to standardize clinical and business processes and to improve access to healthcare information within the military medical community. (more…)
Healthcare Blockchain Summit Coming to D.C.
The Healthcare Blockchain Summit, organized by The Center for Business Innovation (TCBI) and Krysalis Labs, will be held in Washington, DC on March 20-21, 2017. Blockchain technology is poised to transform healthcare services and business models. (more…)
Figures for Health Spending Growth
The Office of the Actuary at CMS project an average rate of national health spending growth of 5.6 percent for 2016-25. This is expected to outpace the average projected growth in GDP by 1.2 percentage points. As a result, the health share of the economy is projected to climb to 19.9 percent by 2025—up from 17.8 percent in 2015. (more…)
Future DHA Funding Possibilities
Defense Health Agency funds are not yet available for the DOD Psychological Health/Traumatic Brain Injury Research program (PH/TBIRP), http://cdmrp.army.mil/pubs/press/2017/17phtbipreann. However, information is being provided via a pre-announcement on possible future details. The final announcement is expected to be posted March 2017. (more…)