Returning home after cardiac surgery can be daunting for patients and families. Without a community support system after discharge, many patients end up coming back to the emergency room for answers and some end up being readmitted to the hospital. …Continue reading
Test Identifies Disease Pathogens
At present bacteria, fungi, or viruses can generally only be detected with certainty by way of elaborate lab tests or animal experiments. The food and pharmaceutical industries would like to have faster tests to check their products. …Continue reading
Clinic Opens for 1st Responders
Qliance http://qliance.com opens primary care clinic in a Seattle fire station to make first responders health a top priority. Qliance, a membership-based primary care company operating in Puget Sound, is able to offer members 24/7 access to high quality doctors and primary care teams during office visits. Telemedicine or virtual care is provided via phones, email, or by secure video chats. …Continue reading
GSA’s Growing Interest in HIT
Health IT services as one of the fastest growing markets in both the government and private sector has an annual growth rate of 7.4 percent. Given the wide range of activities and the federal agencies desire for health IT accessibility, health IT has become a valuable and strategic market for the General Services Administration (GSA) www.gsa.gov. …Continue reading
Help for Underserved Population
Rutgers School of Nursing, http://nursing.ruters.edu and Rutgers Business School, http://business.rutgers.edu have teamed up to pilot the use of telemedicine technology to provide healthcare for underserved populations in Greater Newark. …Continue reading
VA Announces IBM Collaboration
Veterans suffer disproportionately high rates of cancer diagnosis and mortality and as a large integrated health system, the VA serves 3.5 percent of the nation’s cancer patients. The VA www.va.gov has teamed up with IBM Watson Health http://ibm.com/watsonhealth through a partnership arrangement to hopefully increase access to precision medicine for 10,000 VA cancer patients over the next two years. …Continue reading
MO. Governor Signs Legislation
Missouri Governor Jay Nixon http://governor.mo.gov signed bill SB 579 introduced by State Senator Rob Schaaf to be effective August 28, 2016. One area that the legislation addresses is the use of asynchronous store-and-forward technology to provide telehealth services for MO HealthNet participants. …Continue reading