The Rural Telehealth Research Center (RTRC) http://ruraltelehealth.org housed at the University of Iowa, College of Public Health and funded by the Federal Office of Rural Health Policy (FORHP) within HRSA www.hrsa.gov, is working on several projects related to rural telehealth. …Continue reading
NAH Partners with Premier
Northern Arizona Healthcare (NAH) www.nahealth.com the largest healthcare organization in the region with 3,000 healthcare professionals across two hospitals and multiple ambulatory clinics, surgery, and treatment centers, has signed an agreement with Premier Inc., www.premierinc.com. …Continue reading
Blueprint for Europe’s Healthcare
Quality of life for Europeans but especially for older EU citizens is determined in large part by how and if their daily lives support independent living, social connectivity, and enable meaningful social participation. …Continue reading
Aspirin Dosage Study Underway
There are an estimated 15.4 million Americans diagnosed with heart disease. Clinicians often prescribe aspirin to prevent strokes and heart attacks in people living with heart disease, but research has yet to determine the best dose to use, since aspirin can cause serious side effects in some people. …Continue reading
AMD’s New PTZ Camera Controls
AMD Global Telemedicine Inc. (AMD) www.armdtelemedicine.com just announced that the first universal Pan-Tilt-Zoom (PTZ) controls designed for telemedicine consults are available for use in video conferencing cameras. This new technology greatly improves the effectiveness of telemedicine encounters by providing remote physicians the capability to visually and virtually navigate closer to their patient. …Continue reading
Care from Injury to Recovery
The Theater Medical Information Program-Marine Corps (TMIP-MC) www.marines.mil is a medical software enabling access to EHRs in deployed environments. The software was developed by the military’s Joint Operational Medicine Information Systems Program Office. …Continue reading
FDA Awards Grant to UCSF-Stanford
FDA www.fda.gov has awarded the “UCSF-Stanford Center of Excellence in Regulatory Science and Innovation” (UCSF-Stanford CERSI) https://pharm.ucsf.edu/cersi a five year grant with up to $25 million in funding. …Continue reading