Trade Mission Going to Peru

Deputy Secretary of Commerce Bruce Andrews announced that he will lead a healthcare trade and investment mission to Lima Peru on March 7-9, 2016. The trade mission will focus on pharmaceutical producers, medical device manufacturers, hospital operation and management services, hospital information systems, telemedicine systems, along with other eHealth solutions. (more…)

Concussion Registry Launched

The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center’s www.utsouthwestern.edu  “Texas Institute for Brain Injury and Repair” (TIBIR) www.utsouthwestern.edu/research/brain-injury  has just launched one of the nation’s first concussion registries to help student athletes and others receive improved treatment for concussions. An estimated 3.8 million recreational and athletic concussions occur in the U.S each year according to CDC www.cdc.gov(more…)

RWJF Issues RFP for Studies

The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) www.rwjf.org issued a Request for Proposals (RFP) for studies to identify system innovations aimed at improving the reach, quality, efficiency, and equity of health services. This is important particularly as collaboration and integration is needed among healthcare and other systems affecting healthcare such as transportation, education, and urban design. (more…)

HIT to Help Patients with HF

Patients with Heart Failure (HF) experience four million hospitalizations per year in the U.S. However, about three million of these hospitalizations annually are for causes other than for HF. Patients with HF hospitalized for other causes are at high risk for post-discharge mortality possibly in part because they are less likely to receive guideline-recommended care than patients that are hospitalized primarily for HF. (more…)