Department of Veterans Affairs www.va.gov Deputy Secretary Sloan Gibson as keynoter opened the AFCEA Washington D.C Chapter’s “Health Summit: Advancing Federal Healthcare through Health Analytics and Connected Devices” http://dc.afceachapters.org held in Bethesda Maryland July 31, 2015. (more…)
HRSA Awards $2.7 Million
The Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) www.hrsa.gov on August 3rd, awarded $2.7 million in grants for two pilot programs to improve healthcare in rural communities. The three year grants will provide rural communities an opportunity to collaborate in training allied health professionals and help expand health insurance coverage. (more…)
First FOA for CHIRP Released
The Uniformed Services University of the Health Science (USU) www.usuhs.mil released the first Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) on July 27, 2015 for the Collaborative Health Initiative Research Program (CHIRP). (more…)
Conducting Courses in Telemedicine
Today, universities are beginning to include telemedicine in their education curriculum by conducting courses to guide students on how to effectively use telemedicine to help rural health and underserved population initiatives. Teams of undergraduates, graduates, and doctorates are being trained to use AMD Global Telemedicine’s www.amdtelemedicine.com equipment to find ways to leverage the technology for collaborative patient care. (more…)
New Legislation Introduced
The “Reducing Disparities Using Care Models and Education Act of 2015” (H.R 3285) http://congress.gov introduced on July 29th was introduced by Representative Bill Pascrell Jr. http://pascrell.house.gov from New Jersey along with additional co-sponsors The bill would enable the Secretary of HHS to arrange with IOM http://iom.nationalacademies.org to do a study on health disparities. (more…)
Dept of Education: Funding Opportunity
The Department of Education’s www.ed.gov new funding opportunity through the Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services, will total up to $20 million over five years. The funding will provide for a pilot demonstration referred to as the “Automated Personalization Computing Project” (APCP. The objective is to help individuals with disabilities have better access to information technologies through automatic personalization of assistive technology. (more…)
VA Secretary Speaks at Summit
Secretary of Veterans Affairs Robert A. McDonald reports that both the number and types of benefits and services has expanded since veterans have many more complex needs and expectations requiring more and more from the VA. He was speaking at the “2015 OSEHRA Open Source Summit http://summit.osehra.org held July 29-31, in Bethesda Maryland. (more…)