The National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences www.niehs.nih.gov within NIH has an ongoing program called “Research to Action” to bring community members and health researchers together to investigate the potential health risks of environmental and occupation exposures. (more…)
MeHI Awards $1.3 Million to Providers
The Massachusetts eHealth Institute (MeHI) at Mass Tech http://mehi.masstech.org announced in December 2015 that MeHI has awarded over $1.3 million in grants to 25 behavioral health providers to advance their use of health IT. (more…)
Stratus Offers CDI on Demand
Today, many hospitals are trying hard to enhance communication with deaf patients but this is not always possible even with ASL interpretation readily available onsite. Without medical professionals understanding patients and their needs, cultural misunderstandings can occur and frustrations can run high. (more…)
ONC Releases FOA
The HHS Office of the National Coordinator for HIT www.healthit.gov released Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) (NAP-AX-16-003) on March 1, 2016 with approximately $275,000 available. The objective is to help develop an app discovery site that will make it easier for developers to publish their apps, be able to discover and compare them, and then integrate the apps into EHRs. (more…)
State Medicaid Expansion Issues
The Alliance for Health Reform www.allhealth.org recently held a briefing for reporters at the National Press Club to discuss Medicaid expansion in the states. Alan Weil Editor-in-Chief at Health Affairs www.healthaffairs.org commented on how much Medicaid has changed since he ran the Colorado Medicaid program several decades ago. Today, Governors must make important decisions related to Medicaid as many states are implementing their own health initiatives. (more…)
Genelex Announces Integration with EPIC
Roughly 75% of the U.S population does not metabolize medications normally since genetics can account for 20-95 percent of the variability in an individual’s response to drugs. The result is that 2.2 million people suffer severe Adverse Drug Events (ADE) in the U.S. every year. (more…)
Digital Health Model Sees Growth
The digital health sector which encompasses mobile health via remote monitoring through smartphone-enabled devices or apps, sensors, and other wireless health solutions has seen exponential growth over the last four years with 2015 venture funding totaling $4.5 billion according to Rock Health https://rockhealth.com. (more…)