The House Energy and Commerce Committee http://energycommerce.house.gov has discussed the 21st Century Cures Initiative with providers, consumers, patients, regulators, and experts. Many of the discussions and hearings have centered on precision medicine so the right patient can receive the right treatment at the right time. …Continue reading
$101 Million for Health Centers
HHS funding $101 million to go to 14 new health center sites in 33 states and two U.S. territories to deliver comprehensive primary healthcare services. These new health centers are projected to increase access to healthcare services for nearly 650,000 patients. …Continue reading
Helping Yakama Indians
American Indian and Alaska Native (AI/AN) teens and preteens have the highest rate of newly diagnosed diabetes among all races and are more likely to have complications or die from the disease. AI/AN adults are 2.3 times as likely as non-Hispanic whites to develop diabetes. The type 2 diabetes rate among adults on the Yakama Nation reservation in the state of Washington is double than the rest of the state. …Continue reading
DREAMS Technology Updated
Fifteen years ago, the Liberty County EMS in Texas, was the first to use the Disaster Relief and Emergency Medical System (DREAMS) telemedicine system in a major disaster. The system a $14 million digital ambulance telemedicine research project was developed by the Army Medical Research and Materiel Command http://mrmc.amedd.army.mil and (TATRC) with additional support from the Texas A&M University System www.tamu.edu and the University of Texas Health Sciences Center at Houston www.uth.edu. …Continue reading
Surgeons Use iStent for Glaucoma
After years with few new surgical options to treat glaucoma, ophthalmologists at the University of Maryland Medical Center http://umm.edu are now able to perform a minimally invasive procedure expected to transform glaucoma into a surgically curable disease. …Continue reading
ACCP Issues Request for Applications
The American College of Clinical Pharmacy (ACCP) has issued a Request for Applications (RFA) www.accpri.org/CMMRFA to improve performance in primary care practices by implementing a Comprehensive Medication Management (CMM) grant program. …Continue reading
Google’s Chief Internet Evangelist at NPC
Dr. Vint Cerf serving as Chief Internet Evangelist for Google is well versed on the value and capabilities of the internet. At a luncheon held at the National Press Club in Washington D.C., he voiced concern that the 21st century could become an information black hole unless we find ways to preserve photos, documents, and other digital content. However, this is hard to do because we don’t know how computers of the future will function. …Continue reading