Determining how a service member’s immune system will respond to injury before an injury happens is difficult reports the Naval Medical Research Unit at San Antonio. …Continue reading
Future of Home Healthcare
The Alliance for Home Health Quality and Innovation (the Alliance) http://ahhqi.org on June 30, 2016 conducted a panel discussion on the White Paper published in 2014 developed for the “Future of Home Health Care (FOHH)” Project. The final report is scheduled to be released later in 2016. The Alliance partnered with Avalere Health http://avalere.com to research and develop a vision for the future of home healthcare. …Continue reading
Minnesota Expanding Broadband
The Minnesota Department of Employment and Economic Development (DEED) http://mn.gov/deed will begin taking applications on July 22, 2016 for funding to expand the broadband infrastructure in the state. The $35 million approved for funding during the 2016 legislative session went into effect at the beginning of the 2017 fiscal year which began July 1, 2016. …Continue reading
Maine Focuses on Rural Vets
The Rural Veterans Health Access Program (RVHAP) is one of HRSA’s www.hrsa.gov five telehealth grant programs to provide funding to provide mental health services and other injuries associated with veterans. RVHAP focuses on methods that use regional approaches, networks, health IT, telehealth, telemedicine to deliver services in rural areas. …Continue reading
Studying Children’s Behaviors
Young children with speech delays often visit audiologists to have their hearing checked but might not tolerate wearing headphones, abnormal noises, or exhibit poor eye contact. Researchers at the Madigan Army Medical Center (AMC) www.mamc.amedd.army.mil have found that some of these subtle behaviors presented at audiology screenings can indicate autism in some children. …Continue reading
University’s Precision Health Inititative
Indiana University’s www.iu.edu Precision Health Initiative (PHI) focused on patient-centered precision medicine therapies is the first recipient of funding under the university’s new $300 million Grand Challenges Program www.grandchallenges.iu.edu. The PHI will receive as much as $40 million from the Grand Challenges Program and receive up to an additional $80 million from the IU School of Medicine http://medicine.iu.edu. …Continue reading
MACRA & Medicare Payments
Experts discussed key issues concerning the “Medicare Access and Chip Reauthorization Act of 2015” referred to as MACRA at a briefing for reporters held at the National Press Club on June 30, 2016. Marilyn Serafini, President and Co-CEO of the Alliance for Health Reform www.allhealth.org with Alan Weil, Editor-in-Chief of Health Affairs www.healthaffairs.org moderated the session on MACRA. …Continue reading