The FCC www.fcc.gov is taking steps to address broadband access in Alaska and is in the process of developing an integrated plan for Alaska to address both fixed and mobile voice and broadband services needed in the high cost areas of the State. (more…)
CEO to Participate in HIT Panel
On September 22, 2016, Seong K. Mun PhD, President and CEO of the “Open Source Electronic Health Record Alliance” (OSEHRA) www.osehra.org will participate in a Health IT seminar at the House of Sweden. (more…)
Hearing Held on VA’s Future
Delos M. (Toby) Cosgrove MD, Vice Chair for the Commission on Care and CEO of the Cleveland Clinic http://my.clevelandclinic.org speaking to the House Committee on Veterans Affairs about the Commission on Care’s final report as it relates to the VA’s www.va.gov use of technology within the EHR system. (more…)
White Paper Released on Diabetes
Reported, treatments for diabetics are estimated to cost the U.S healthcare system as much as $322 billion per year and affect nearly 30 million people. To further discuss caring for the diabetic population, leading experts gathered to release the Network for Excellence in Health Innovation’s (NEHI) www.nehi.net White Paper titled “Better Use of Medicines in Diabetes Care: Five Critical Ways to Improve Care”. (more…)
Developing Epilepsy Project
The National Science Foundation (NSF) www.nsf.gov awarded a team at Louisiana Tech University a $6 million grant over four years to investigate the origins and impacts of brain seizures associated with epilepsy. (more…)
State HCA Launches FIMC
Last April 2016, the Washington State Health Care Authority (HCA) www.hca.wa.gov launched their Fully Integrated Managed Care (FMIC) program in partnership with Clark and Skamania counties in Southwest Washington. (more…)
Advancing Startup Companies
A new type of licensing agreement is now available to faculty members at the University of Kansas (KU) www.ku.edu to make it easier to take lab discoveries and spin them out into new startup companies. (more…)