Melinda Buntin PhD, Professor & Chair for the Department of Health Policy and the Community Health Peer (CHP) Learning Program at Vanderbilt University, spoke at Academy Health’s 2016 Consortium https://medschool.vanderbilt.edu/health-policy. She discussed the success of the Community Health Peer (CHP Learning Program www.academyhealth.org/CHPHealthIT especially when dealing with infant mortality in Tennessee communities. (more…)
Improving Emergency Services
California’s Emergency Medical Services Authority (EMSA) www.emsaonline.com and the Local Emergency Service Agencies (LEMSA) www.emsaac.org/about/lemsas are working together to improve the quality and completeness of Emergency Medical Services (EMS) and specialty care data. (more…)
Cancer Moonshot Goals
The National Cancer Institute www.cancer.gov has accepted the recommendations of a Blue Ribbon Panel (BRP)www.cancer.gov/brp on the ten scientific approaches most likely to make progress against cancer in five years under the Cancer Moonshot Initiative. (more…)
Transforming In-School Care
For eight years, Sevier County Schools www.sevier.org in partnering with Cherokee Health Systems www.cherokeehealth.com in Tennessee has been using telemedicine to bring high quality healthcare to thousands of students in the largest rural district in Tennessee. (more…)
Young Adults with Chronic Diseases
Speaking at “Concordium 2016” hosted by AcademyHealth www.academyhealth.org in the Washington D.C area, Dr. Bhagat Founder of the grassroots voluntary charitable organization “Physician-Parent Caregivers” (PPC), took part in the Opening Plenary session. She discussed in-depth the serious problem of transitioning young adults with chronic conditions into the adult medical care system. (more…)
eICU Conference Held
White River Medical Center’s (WRMC) critical care staff recently attended the “2016 Baptist Health eICU Care Collaborative Conference” held in Little Rock to discuss the topic “Partnering with You for Improved Patient Care”. The conference participants discussed how telehealth services can improve patient access to care especially for gravely ill patients. (more…)
App to Measure Hemoglobin
In the developing world, anemia is a staggeringly common health problem that often goes undiagnosed. As it happens in hospitals, children and adults with leukemia and other disorders require frequent blood draws to determine if they need blood transfusions. (more…)