HRSA’s Federal Office of Rural Health Policy posted funding announcement (HRSA-16-017) on November 3, 2015 seeking applicants for the “Rural Health Network Development Planning Grant Program” (Network Planning Grant) to be funded at $2,400,000 with up to 24 awards. …Continue reading
CMS & NY State Coordinating Care
CMS www.cms.gov is partnering with the New York State Department of Health’s (NYSDOH) www.health.ny.gov Office for People with Developmental Disabilities (OPWDD) www.opwdd.ny.gov. The partners will test a new model to provide Medicare and Medicaid enrollees with a more coordinated person-centered care experience. …Continue reading
PCORI Seeks Letters of Inquiry
The Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI) www.pcori.org helps people to make informed healthcare decisions to improve healthcare delivery and outcomes by producing high integrity evidence-based information that comes from research guided by patients, caregivers, and the broader healthcare community. …Continue reading
Mobile App Helps Patients & Providers
TouchCare www.touchcare.com has just announced a major update to their software with several new features to make physicians’ day-to-day operations even more efficient. This updated TouchCare app is available via a simple download from the App Store www.appstore.com and Google Play http://play.google.com/store/apps?hl=en. …Continue reading
Gaps in Using Digital Technology
The event “Better Together: High Tech & High Touch” sponsored by the Council of Accountable Physician Practices (CAPP) http://accountablecaredoctors.org and the Bipartisan Policy Center (BPC) http://bipartisanpolicy.org held in Washington D.C., focused on a new consumer healthcare survey just released. The survey points out that a majority of Americans are unaware or simply don’t have access to the technology needed to communicate with their doctors. …Continue reading
Funding to Develop EMSC
The Health Resources and Services Administration’s (HRSA) Maternal and Child Health Bureau (MCHB) http://mchb.hrsa.gov plans to establish an Emergency Medical Services for Children (EMSC) Innovation and Improvement Center for FY 2016. The federal EMSC program is now accepting applications funded at approximately $21 million to ensure that every child has access to optimal pediatric emergency care no matter where they live or travel. …Continue reading
Sensors Help Smoking Cessation
The Center of Excellence for “Mobile Sensor Data-to-Knowledge” (MD2K) https://md2k.org team is going to turn the wealth of mobile sensor data available through new and rapidly evolving wearable sensors into reliable and actionable health information to greatly contribute to predictive, preventive, personalized, participatory, and precision medicine. …Continue reading