Recently, a bill introduced by Representative Kevin Cramer (R-ND) http://cramer.house.gov , with co-sponsors Representatives Leonard Lance (R-NJ) http://lance.house.gov and Dave Loebsack (D-IA) http://loebsack.house.gov to increase broadband accessibility to skilled nursing homes in rural areas has been passed by the House Energy and Commerce Committee http://energycommerce.house.gov. …Continue reading
HHS Awards $260 Million
HHS Secretary Sylvia M. Burwell announced that over $260 million in funding is going to 290 health centers in 45 states, the District of Columbia, and Puerto Rico. The funding will be used for facility renovation, expansion, or construction. …Continue reading
Telehealth Helps to Rehabilitate
According to an article appearing in the Veterans Administration’s (VA) Office of Rural Health www.ruralhealth.va.gov publication “The Rural Connection”, the VA has a successful program to effectively use telehealth to bring physical, occupations, and speech therapy into the homes of veterans. …Continue reading
Dental Medicine May Yield Cures
Interesting projects are taking place at Rutgers School of Dental Medicine (RSDM) http://sdm.rutgers.edu. Researchers are working on the idea that possibly dentistry and oral healthcare could yield potential treatments for systemic diseases such as leukemia, tuberculosis, and MERS. …Continue reading
SRT Model to Treat ASD
A clinical trial to use a “Screen-Refer-Treat” (SRT) Model to study Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) concerns is being performed at the University of Washington within the Department of Psychology www.psych.uw.edu in four communities across the state. The trial is being supported by NIH’s National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) www.nimh.nih.gov until 2019 with $849,173 in funding for grant (R01MH104302-01). …Continue reading
MRI to Serve Rural Communities
Scientists at Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL) www.lanl.gov have created a portable Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) machine for use in remote and underserved locations such as in the battlefield and in remote hospitals that lack large medical facilities found in rural areas in New Mexico. …Continue reading
Cost Information at the POC
Financial data is now readily available to physicians to make the best care decisions through a new joint venture introduced by Texas Hospital Association www.tha.org “THA Smart Ribbon” www.tha.org/smartribbon powered by IllumiCARE. …Continue reading