The Appalachian Regional Commission (ARC), www.arc.gov the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF), www.rwif.org and the Foundation for a Healthy Kentucky www.healthy-ky.org have announced that PDA Inc. www.pdsconsultants.com a management consulting firm located in Raleigh North Carolina, will be the lead investigator for the regional public health research project called “Creating a Culture of Health in Appalachia: Disparities and Bright Spots.” (more…)
Army Home to Advanced CT System
The General Leonard Wood Army Community Hospital (GHWACH) at Ft Leonard Missouri http://glwach.amedd.army.mil is now home to the Army’s most advanced Computerized Tomography (CT) system able to produce a 3D image of the entire heart in less than one heartbeat. (more…)
Virtual Care for Chronic Care Patients
Jennifer Mallow, Assistant Professor at the West Virginia University School of Nursing http://nursing.hsc.wvu.edu and a Robert Wood Johnson Nurse Faculty Scholar, along with her team, have developed the “Mobile Improvement of Self-Management Ability through Rural Technology” (mlSMART), a web-based program. Patients are able to participate in virtual care to deal with health issues via technology. (more…)
Delivering DB/MH Services via Telehealth
A Clinical Trial http://clinicaltrials.gov sponsored by the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) with PCORI as collaborator, is estimated to be completed by October 2016. The trial is going to test how effective it is to deliver Developmental Behavioral and Mental Health (DB/MH) services into primary care for low-income publicly insured children in the Los Angeles area. (more…)
Connecting Patients with PCPs
Tandigm Health www.tandigmhealth.com works with Philadelphia Primary Care Physicians (PCP) to help reduce duplicate services, improve patient satisfaction, and help prevent health crises that can drive up costs through emergency room visits. (more…)
mHealth Tech to Help Researchers
Mobile health technologies can provide a rich stream of information about an individual’s biology, thoughts, emotions, behavior, and what is going on in the daily environment. The data can yield new insights into factors that lead to diseases and used in real-time to prompt changes in behaviors or environmental exposures. (more…)
Alaska’s Healthcare Environment
Alaska’s Department of Health and Social Services (DHSS) recently published the report “Alaska State Health Care Environment 2015”. According to the report, HRSA in 2015, awarded New Access Point Grants to additional clinic sites which brings Alaska’s total FQHCs to 29 managing organizations and 168 clinic sites. (more…)