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. (more…)

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.  (more…)

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. (more…)