On June 26th, the Center for Technology Innovation and the Metropolitan Policy Program at Brookings www.brookings.edu invited FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler www.fcc.gov to discuss his broadband-related agenda. (more…)
ONC Issues Funding Announcement
The HHS Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT (ONC) www.healthit.gov posted a Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) on June 30, 2015. The FOA is going to establish ongoing collaboration between ONC and various Standards Development Organizations (SDO). These SDOs support advancements in the technical standards necessary to achieve interoperability among health IT systems. (more…)
Avoiding Alert Fatigue
Currently, clinicians using EHRs encounter numerous alerts as they navigate computerized prescribing for their patients. While these alerts are critical for patient safety, they are often overridden or ignored due to alert fatigue. (more…)
Nortek Acquires mPERS from Numera
Headquartered in Seattle, Numera Inc., http://numera.coom has created the next generation mobile Personal Emergency Response System (mPERS) and cloud-based software platform to provide new safety and health monitoring services. This next generation mobile Personal Emergency Response System (mPERS) platform is able to upload health measurement data in one small easy to wear mobile solution. (more…)
Tool to Study Physical Deformities
Dr. Scott M. Paul, a Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Physician, http://clinicalcenter.nih.gov/rmd/index.html is conducting a clinical trial to evaluate the effectiveness of stereophotogrammetry at NIH’s Clinical Centers Rehabilitation Medicine Department. (more…)
New Bills Introduced
In June, Senators Tom Udall www.tomudall.senate.gov and Martin Heinrich www.heinrich.senate.gov introduced a bill to improve the health and economies of border communities and to strengthen national security. The “Border Health Security Act of 2015” would strengthen binational collaboration to address border health issues and establish grant programs to improve public health infrastructure and infectious disease monitoring. (more…)
Licensure Compact Moving Forward
Leading federal and state policymakers and stakeholders held an event at the National Press Club on June 25, 2015 to listen to panelists highlight the Interstate Medical Licensure Compact’s www.licenseportability.org beneficial impact on the delivery and access for patients in terms of high quality medical care. (more…)