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. (more…)
Mobile Tool to Help in Emergencies
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. (more…)
Initiative to Improve Genetic Testing
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. (more…)
Data Portal Launched for Alzheimer’s
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. (more…)
eHI Issues Report on Privacy & Security
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. (more…)
Legislation to Improve Diabetes Research
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. (more…)
NITRD Addresses HIT Needs
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. (more…)