Health IT News from Federal Agencies and Capitol Hill – Edited by Carolyn Bloch
As Summer winds down, it’s time to make plans to visit Boston this October 24 and 25 for the tenth annual Connected Health Symposium to be held at Boston’s Seaport Hotel and World Trade Center.
The Center for Connected Health has assembled a wide variety of impressive speakers to address a broad range of health-related issues with a theme of engaging patients to elevate care. (more…)
The continued growth in demand for spectrum for commercial wireless services, unlicensed devices, and government operations is increasing at the federal, state, local tribal, or territorial levels. This need for spectrum focuses attention on how policy makers, researchers, and industry stakeholders are going to identify, relocate, or provide for spectrum sharing opportunities now and in the future. (more…)
The state of Idaho established the Health Quality Planning Commission a few years ago led by eleven individuals selected by the Governor’s office. In July 2013, the Commission published their Annual Report “Creating a Healthy Idaho”. (more…)
Dr. Johnathan Woodson the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Health Affairs and Director of the TRICARE Management Activity administers the $50 billion Military Health System (MHS) budget and serves as Principal Advisor to the Secretary of Defense for health issues. (more…)
New York’s Governor Cuomo recently announced that $75 million in state grant Round 3 funding will be available through Statewide Interoperability Communications Grants (SICG) to help 23 counties strengthen and improve their emergency communication systems. Cuomo said “These grants provide essential funding for improving emergency communications systems across the state”. (more…)
The National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK) on August 9th issued two Funding Opportunity Announcements (FOA). The first Funding Announcement (RFA-DK -13-022) seeks to develop, refine, and pilot test innovative strategies to improve diabetes management in young children with Type 1 diabetes that are five years old and under. NIDDK intends to commit $8 million in FY 2014 to fund 3-4 awards. (more…)
The First Responder Network Authority (FirstNet) an independent entity within the Department of Commerce’s NTIA, has developed a business plan for FY 14. FirstNet has also adopted a $194 million budget to support plans and priorities to develop the nationwide broadband network dedicated to public safety. FirstNet will be built using LTE, the most advanced wireless technology available today. (more…)