The National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded $250,000 to researchers at the University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston (UTHealth) www.uthouston.edu to help mobile health clinics in Houston use geographic, socio-economic, and epidemiological data in the mobile units. …Continue reading
Bills Introduced to Help Rural Areas
Senator Al Franken (D-MN) www.franken.senate.gov Co-Chair of the bipartisan Senate Rural Health Caucus and a member of the Senate Health Committee, recently introduced three pieces of legislation https://www.franken.senate.gov/?p=press_release&id=3514 after conducting nearly 30 meetings with over 300 providers, community members, and rural health experts across Minnesota. …Continue reading
SSA’s Plans to Modernize IT
“SSA www.ssa.gov has plans to modernize the SSA IT environment” according to Robert Klopp Deputy Commissioner of Systems CIO for the Social Security Administration (SSA) testifying before the House http://waysandmeans.house.gov/Subcommittee/social-security on SSA’s progress and future IT plans. …Continue reading
mHealth in Developing Countries
Researchers from 19 countries recently came to NIH www.nih.gov to discuss how to use mobile technologies to improve health in the developing world. The Fogarty International Center at NIH www.fic.nih.gov hosted the session to spur more investigations on the effectiveness of using smartphones, sensors, and other mobile devices to build capacity in Low and Middle Income Countries (LMIC). …Continue reading
Help for Medicaid IT Vendors
CMS www.cms.gov has permanently extended the 90 percent federal match for investments in Medicaid www.medicaid.gov systems. Overall, CMS has made an annual investment in state Medicaid information technology of more than $5 billion which has enabled states to modernize their Medicaid IT systems. …Continue reading
Health Center Opens in the Bronx
When completed, the Brightpoint Health Center will be among the first in the South Bronx community to offer integrated primary care, behavioral health, and health home services for adults and children. The Center will have primary care exam rooms as well as behavioral health counseling rooms and serve up to 36,000 patients by the third year. …Continue reading
Capturing Up-to-Date Info on Zika
Gathering data from the internet, social media, blog posts, news, and government sites is continually ongoing to help develop predictive models to map the spread of Zika. Experts discussed the issue at a House briefing hosted in June 2016 by the AAAS www.aaas.org Office of Government Relations with support from the Dana Foundation www.dana.org and in conjunction with the Congressional Neuroscience Caucus. …Continue reading