It is estimated that approximately 25 to 30 million Americans suffer from a rare disorder resulting in individuals going for long periods of time without a diagnosis. To make progress in uncovering, understanding, and treating these disorders, NIH established an intramural research program on undiagnosed diseases known as the Undiagnosed Diseases Program (UDP). (more…)
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George Clinical, a leading contract research organization in the Asia Pacific region submitted the following article.
SMARTHealth – Provides Rural Areas with Better Access to Healthcare through a Mobile-Based Tool
Seventy percent of India’s population live in rural areas, where the doctor to patient ratio stands at 1 doctor to 1700 patients. Access to primary healthcare in these rural communities is poor. To improve upon this, a mobile-based system called SMARTHealth, was developed as a point-of-care, Clinical Decision Support (CDS) tool. (more…)
Astronauts in Space
On September 15, 2015, NASA Astronaut Scott Kelly and Russian Cosmonaut Mikhail Kornienko clocked in for their 171st day aboard the International Space Station (ISS) www.nasa.gov/station. Scott Kelly and Mikhail Kornienko are set to come home on March 3. 2016 after spending 342 days in space that will help researchers understand how humans react and adapt to long duration spaceflights. (more…)
State Studying Healthcare Issues
North Dakota’s Health Services Committee www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/63-2013/committees/interim/health-services-committee as part of the legislative branch has been studying several issues including the impact of diabetes on the state, the need for a statewide stroke database, and how to further develop the community paramedic program to serve the needs of the state particularly in rural areas. (more…)
Advancing Technology at Penn Medicine
A study being conducted at the University of Pennsylvania’s Perelman School of Medicine’s www.med.upenn.edu Center for Healthcare Innovation http://healthcareinnovation.upenn.edu is examining how to implement an automated cloud-based system able to interpret long term ICU EEG data to speed response to changes in patient conditions. (more…)
$2.75 Million to Advance HIE
The HHS Office of the National Coordinator for HIT http://healthit.gov announced on July 28, 2015, announced that California’s Emergency Medical Service Authority (EMSA) www.emsa.ca.gov will receive a grant for $2.75 million over two years. (more…)
Subcontractor to Provide EHR
Clinovations GovHealth www.GovHealth.com in delivering technology services announced that the company as part of the Leidos Partnership for Defense Health http://leidosdefensehealth.com team was awarded a subcontract by the Department of Defense www.defense.gov to provide an EHR for the military. The team solution will include an off-the-shelf EHR with the associated services needed to deploy the EHR across the Military Health System www.health.mil. (more…)