The Texas Syndromic Surveillance (TxS2) www.dshs.texas/txs2 is a statewide syndromic surveillance system currently being built by the Texas Department of State Health Services (DSHS) www.dshs.texas.gov for use by local health departments in the state. …Continue reading
NYP OnDemand Rolled Out
New York-Presbyterian www.nyp.org has just rolled out “NYP OnDemand” a new suite of digital health services. The system is designed to improve and expand patient care while extending access to the expertise of New-York Presbyterian’s physicians through their healthcare network. …Continue reading
Software for CDC
CDC www.cdc.gov is developing a bioinformatics pipeline to infer, analyze, and visualize microbial transmission networks for bacterial and viral pathogens. This requires software that would allow joining very large datasets with epidemiological data. …Continue reading
HHS Awards $36 Million to HCCNs
HHS www.hhs.gov just awarded $36 million to 50 Health Center Controlled Networks (HCCN) www.hrsa.gov/healthit/networkguide in 41 states and Puerto Rico that will impact over 1,020 participating health center organizations. Health centers http://bphc.hrsa.gov provide high quality preventive and primary health care even if the patient does not have insurance. …Continue reading
Wound Care Market on the Rise
Corstrata http://corstrata.com a virtual wound management company founded by Katherine Piette and Joseph Ebberwein is celebrating the company’s one year anniversary. The founders’ initial goal was to make an impact in the $33 billion wound care market since both had worked for decades with thousands of patients, practitioners, and administrators who struggled to heal complex wounds. …Continue reading
ONC Announces Phase 1 Winners
The Office of the National Coordinator for HIT (ONC)www.healthit.gov recently announced the Phase 1 winners for two app challenges. The Challenges called the “Consumer Health Data Aggregator” and the “Provider User Experience Challenge” were initially announced last March. The objective was to make electronic health information easier to access for both consumers and providers. …Continue reading
InTouch Provides Cloud Solution
InTouch Health www.intouchhealth.com has invested over $50 million into a cloud infrastructure. This scalable global telehealth platform includes seven U.S hosted data centers covering the Americas plus three additional locations in Asia, Europe, and the Middle East. …Continue reading