On July 9th, AHRQ www.ahrq.hhs.gov released a notice that the agency is planning to implement Patient-Centered Outcomes Research (PCORI) findings through Clinical Decision Support (CDS) tools. (more…)
eMR-ABC Software Improves Brain Care
Older Indiana adults with dementia or depression are going to be cared for with the statewide roll-out of a unique automated decision-support system enabling their care coordinators to meet their complex biopsychosocial needs. (more…)
DHS S&T Announces Collaboration
The Department of Homeland Security’s Science and Technology Directorate (S&T) www.dhs.gov/science-and-technology is collaborating with Emergency Management Victoria, (EMV) Australia www.emv.vic.gov.au and MIT Lincoln Laboratory (MIT LL) www.ii.mit.edu to provide open source access to emergency management software system that will advance information sharing for public safety. (more…)
Mercom Releases Q2 2015 Report
Mercom Capital Group’s www.mercomcapital.com Healthcare Funding and Mergers and Acquisitions (M&A) Report for Q2 2015 shows that funding for the Health IT/digital health sector came in at $1.2 billion, a 52 percent increase over the previous quarter. For the first time since Mercom began tracking healthcare funding, the amount of capital raised through IPOs outpaces venture capital funding. (more…)
UT Launches Clinical Trials Network
The University of Texas (UT) System www.utsystem.edu recently launched a clinical trials network referred to as “Clinical Trials Xpress” to help ensure that drugs and therapies developed by researchers at UT institutions get to patients faster. (more…)
ClearOne Delivering Communications
ClearOne www.clearone.com is working with American Doctors Online www.adoltelemed.com and PhoneDOCTORX www.phonedoctorx.com through a partnership with the Massachusetts Department of Public Health www.mass.gov/eohhs/gov/departments/dph to provide secure cloud-based communications between the National TeleNursing Center and telemedicine carts used by clinicians in remote locations. (more…)
VA’s eHealth Research Ongoing
The Veterans Administration’s (VA) Quality Enhancement Research Initiative (QUERI) www.queri.research.va.gov/default.cfm# focuses on chronic heart failure, diabetes, eHealth, HIV/Hepatitis, Ischemic Heart Disease, Mental Health, Polytrauma, and Blast-Related Injuries, Spinal Cord Injuries, Stroke, and Substance use Disorder. (more…)