Representative Kevin Cramer http://cramer.house.gov just announced that legislation he sponsored called the “Rural Health Care Connectivity Act of 2016” www.congress.gov was signed into law. (more…)
MinuteClinic Treating Vets
MinuteClinic the CVS Health www.cvshealth.com walk-in clinic is expanding their services to veterans in the VA Palo Alto Health Care System www.paloatto.va.gov in California. Through this initiative, more than 60,000 veterans enrolled in the VA Palo Alto HCS can now be referred to 14 participating MinuteClinic for acute health services. (more…)
Survey Shows Gaps in Patient Care
A new Council of Accountable Physician Practices (CAPP) http://accountablecaredoctors.org sponsored Nielsen Strategic Health Perspectives Survey www.nielson.com/us/en.html reveals that only half of patients experience the benefits of coordinated care. It was also found that patients with multiple chronic illnesses who would most benefit from care coordination, receive only slightly more follow-ups and care management as everyone else. (more…)
HRSA’s Home Visiting Program
HRSA www.hrsa.gov within HHS has awarded $345 million to support families through the voluntary home visiting program. The program is administered by HRSA in partnership with the Administration for Children and Families www.acfr.hhs.gov. (more…)
MeHI Grants Help Communities
The Massachusetts eHealth Institute (MeHI) at the Massachusetts Technology Collaborative (MassTech) http://mehi.masstech.org, just awarded $3 million in grants through MeHI’s Connected Communities Implementation Grant program. The goal is to produce community-level collaboration among healthcare providers using innovative technologies such as EHRs and HIEs. (more…)
$64 M for Malaria Research
Researchers at Emory University www.emory.edu, University of Georgia www.uga.edu, and Georgia Tech www.gatech.edu along with national and international collaborators are now going to study the mechanisms behind resilience following malaria infections. (more…)
Autism Program Receives Grant
The Greenwood Genetic Center (GGC) www.ggc.org was awarded a $300,000 grant from the BlueCross Blue Shield of South Carolina Foundation. The one year grant will support the Center’s ongoing work to develop a blood-based diagnostic test for Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD). (more…)