Last November, the Edward Hines, Jr. VA Hospital located in Chicago held a demonstration for their new Tele-ICU which is a sub-hub for the Central VA ICU Telemedicine System operating under the VA Midwest Health Care Network also known as the Veterans Integrated Service Network or (VISN 23). …Continue reading
Smart Anesthesia Monitor Developed
General anesthesia is an integral part of most surgical operations but anesthesia decisions are very challenging. Anesthetic requirements and agent dosages depend critically on the patient’s medical condition, surgical procedure, drug interaction, coordinated levels of anesthesia depth, along with physiological variables. …Continue reading
Update on MHHC’s Plans
The Maryland Health Care Commission (MHHC) http://mhcc.maryland.gov issued an update December 2014 for the Center for Health Information and Innovation Care Delivery http://mhcc.maryland.gov/Pages/overview.aspx. First, the staff was able to finalize the 2015 Maryland hospital health IT survey and plans to distribute the survey electronically to CIOs at all 47 general acute care hospitals in Maryland. …Continue reading
MEDICC Receives Funding from RWJF
Medical Education Cooperation with Cuba (MEDICC) www.medicc.org has received $350,000 in grant funding from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) www.rwjf.org to support the “Community Partnerships for Health Equity (CPHE)” www.medicc.org/ns/?page_id=57 program. The program is working to improve U.S. health outcomes in medically underserved communities based on lessons learned from Cuba. …Continue reading
Software to Help Community Centers
The California Healthcare Foundation (CHCF) www.chcf.org announced a $375,000 investment in Seamless Medical System’s www.seamlessmedical.com software. This was done to provide a low cost digital registration and communication platform to support the tailoring and testing of SNAP® Practice software to use in community health centers. …Continue reading
Telehealth Survey Uncovers Key Ideas
A survey of consumers found that 64 percent of Americans are willing to visit their doctor via video telehealth. The nationally projectable survey of 2,019 Americans age 18 and up was conducted online by Harris Poll on behalf of American Well® last December. …Continue reading
FDA Approves Marketing of Mobile Apps
FDA www.fda.gov has approved the marketing of the first set of mobile medical apps so that diabetics can automatically and securely share data from a Continuous Glucose Monitor (CGM) with other people in real-time using an Apple mobile device such as an iPhone. …Continue reading