Duke University www.Duke.edu received $9.75 million for an initiative that is going to focus on harnessing massive amounts of information. Launched in 2013, the Information Initiative at Duke (iiD) http://bigdaa.duke.edu brings faculty and students together to make sense of “Big Data” that is needed to address a wide range of issues. …Continue reading
Funds to Support Health Tech Expansion
Senators Tom Udall and Martin Heinrich announced that New Mexico State University (NMSU) www.nmsu.edu will receive $488,000 in grant funding from the Economic Development Administration (EDA) www.eda.gov within the Department of Commerce. …Continue reading
Brazil HIT Trade Mission Coming
The Department of Commerce’s Commercial Service/Brazil http://export.gov/brazil is organizing a Health IT trade mission to Sao Paulo to take place August 17-20, 2015. Brazil the largest country in Latin America and fifth largest in the world with 202 million people, is the world’s sixth most populous nation. …Continue reading
Telehealth at Madison VA Hospital
The “Telehealth Education Delivered” (TED) vehicle came to the William S. Middleton Memorial Veterans Hospital in Madison Wisconsin www.madison.va.gov in May to demonstrate how telemedicine can be effective. TED is equipped with technologies to enable any facility to provide education and training on a range of telehealth and patient care solutions. …Continue reading
HHS Awards $112 Million for Heart Health
HHS www.hhs.gov just awarded $112 million to regional cooperatives to work with 5,000 primary care professionals in 12 states to improve the heart health of nearly eight million patients. These awards are aligned with the Department’s “Million Hearts” National initiative to prevent heart attacks and stroke. …Continue reading
Capitol Hill News
Senate Finance Committee members Mark R. Warner (D-VA www.warner.senate.gov) and Johnny Isakson (R-GA) www.isakson.senate.gov have formed a bipartisan working group to explore solutions on how to improve outcomes for Medicare patients requiring chronic care. …Continue reading
Telepsychiatry Program Honored
The South Carolina Department of Mental Health (DMH) and the South Carolina Hospital Association with assistance from The Duke Endowment in 2009, developed a statewide telepsychiatry program for all hospitals operating emergency departments. This has enabled psychiatric consultations to be available in all state emergency departments at any hour. …Continue reading