The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Science and Technology Directorate’s (S&T) www.dhs.gov/science-and-technology “Next-Generation Incident Command System” (NICS), is an information sharing tool to help emergency responders. (more…)
Help for Appalachia
The mortality rate in the Appalachian Regional Commission (ARC) www.arc.gov is 27 percent higher than the national average and the region has disproportionally higher rates of cancer, chronic diseases such as diabetes, substance abuse, and obesity as reported in the ARC 2016-2010 Strategic Plan. (more…)
News on Patient Record Sharing
Beginning April 2014, health IT leaders started to make it possible for all types of HIEs to connect to each other. The leaders created Carequality http://sequoiaproject.org/carequality to address the technical, legal, and regulatory hurdles standing in the way of inter-network connections. Now after more than two years of creating the framework and testing it in production, Carequality is now live. (more…)
Trial to Study Diabetic Veterans
The Veterans Administration (VA) www.va.gov estimates that the prevalence of diabetes affects almost 20 percent of VA patients. Poorly controlled diabetes leads to a number of complications requiring veterans to adhere to recommended care which requires effective communication during and after medical encounters. (more…)
Grant Awards for Chronic Diseases
Eight states in the Delta region will receive $10 million in grant funding to reduce chronic diseases that disproportionately affect the region. The funds will support collaborative efforts among healthcare providers to use an evidence-based model to address diabetes, cardiovascular disease, obesity, stroke, and behavioral health. (more…)
Telemetry Services for Hospitals
The Leapfrog Group www.leapfroggroup.org reports that only 47 percent of reporting hospitals meet the recommended standard for intensivists staffing in the ICU. To meet the needs for more efficient monitoring in the ICU, Advanced ICU Care www.advancedicucare.com serving more than 60 hospitals in 22 states on a 24/7 basis, recently launched their new census-variable telemetry offering. (more…)
CRADA Signed with DeltaStrac
The U.S Army Medical Materiel Agency (USAMMA) www.usamma.amedd.army.mil signed a “Cooperative Research and Development Agreement” (CRADA) with DeltaStrac™ last January to start a new cybersecurity pre-assessment process for medical device vendors hoping to do business with the Army. (more…)