U.S. Surgeon General Vivek Murthy issued the report “Facing Addiction in America” https://addiction.surgeongeneral.gov, the first comprehensive study compiled by the federal government examining the toll of substance misuse in America. (more…)
Connecting Cancer Patients
One of the biggest impediments to effective treatment for cancer patients is the difficulty in adhering to regimens prescribed by physicians. This has become a growing challenge as chemotherapy administration has shifted from IV infusions at oncology centers to oral medications taken at home. It is estimated that more than one third of all oral chemotherapy patients are not complying with their treatment plans. (more…)
NIH’s Clinical Center Updates
The NIH Clinical Center’s http://clinicalcenter.nih.gov new enterprise scheduling system went live in October. The new system provides real-time, accurate patient appointment information to the Clinical Research Information System (CRIS) http://cris.cc.nih.gov the medical record used for over 4,000 users at the Clinical Center. The system replaces scheduling.com, a third-party scheduling system which has been used in the Clinical Center since 2005. (more…)
Prescribing Apps to Patients
Researchers in the Sinai App Lab http://sinaiapplab.org at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai http://icahn.mssm.edu have developed RxUniverse www.rxuniverse.com enabling physicians to digitally prescribe evidence-based mobile health apps at the point-of-care. With countless mobile health apps available, there is no standardized method for providers to know which ones will clinically benefit their patients and then share the apps with patients directly. (more…)
Hawaii Launches New 911 Service
The Governor of Hawaii David Ige http://governor.hawaii.gov recently announced that Hawaii has launched an enhanced 911 service that allows residents to report an emergency to 911 as a text message. Hawaii is only one of seven states that includes New Hampshire, Vermont, Maine, Indiana, New Jersey and North Dakota where Text-to-911 is available statewide. (more…)
Delivering Care to Rural Vets
The Office of Rural Health (ORH) www.ruralhealth.va.gov within the Veterans Administration, reports that 5.2 million veterans live in rural communities across the U.S and more than 32.9 million rural veterans rely on the VA www.va.gov for their healthcare. The ORH is working to accurately gauge where specific gaps in care for this veteran population exist. (more…)
American Well Signs Agreements
American Well www.americanwell.com, a telehealth company has just announced an industry-led collaboration with NewYork-Presbyterian (NYP) to make it possible to do online visits through NYP’s OnDemand www.nyp.org/ondemmand system to patients from their home. (more…)