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Health IT News from Federal Agencies and Capitol Hill – Edited by Carolyn Bloch

FDA Approves CPR Devices

Mar.18,2015

FDA www.fda.gov has approved the ResQCPR System, a system of two devices for first responders to use while performing Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR) on people whose hearts stop beating. The two devices are intended to be used together to assist in performing CPR on adult patients with out-of-hospital non-traumatic cardiac arrest. …Continue reading

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Mobile Tool to Help in Emergencies

Mar.18,2015

Connecticut Governor Dannel P. Malloy www.governor.ct.gov  and the State Department of Consumer Protection (DCP) www.ct.gov/dcp have launched a new public tool that consumers can use in a natural disasters, storms, or other type of an emergency situations to get information, obtain medicines, supplies, or find sources for medical treatment. …Continue reading

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Initiative to Improve Genetic Testing

Mar.18,2015

Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan www.bcbsm.com and the University of Michigan Health System www.uofmhealth.org are collaborating with physicians and laboratories across the state as part of a new initiative to improve genetic testing practices. …Continue reading

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Data Portal Launched for Alzheimer’s

Mar.18,2015

The NIH-led www.hih.gov public private partnership to transform and accelerate drug development achieved a significant milestone with the launch of the new Alzheimer’s Big Data portal to include the first wave of data to be used by the research community. …Continue reading

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eHI Issues Report on Privacy & Security

Mar.18,2015

The eHealth Initiative (eHI) http://ehidc.org Executive Advisory Board on Privacy and Security has been holding ongoing roundtable meetings to explore the role and effectiveness of cybersecurity in the healthcare sector. …Continue reading

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Legislation to Improve Diabetes Research

Mar.18,2015

Representative Pet Olson (R-TX) http://olson.house.gov reintroduced H.R.1192, the “National Diabetes Clinical Care Commission Act” www.congress.gov to streamline federal funding for diabetes research ensuring that federal tax dollars are targeted for maximum benefit to patients. …Continue reading

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NITRD Addresses HIT Needs

Mar.15,2015

The nation’s primary source for federally funded work on advanced information technologies in computing, networking, and software is under the Networking and Information Technology Research and Development (NITRD) www.nitrd.gov program. …Continue reading

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