The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) awarded a five year contract to the Johns Hopkins Evidence-Based Practice Center (JHU EPC) www.jhsph.edu to help the Center promote evidence-informed decision-making in clinical practice and public health policy. …Continue reading
Telepharmacies: A Call Away
The development of telepharmacies throughout the country began in North Dakota in 2001 as North Dakota was the first state to pass administrative rules allowing retail pharmacies to operate in certain remote areas without requiring a pharmacist to be present. …Continue reading
Supercomputer at the Point-of-Care
BlackBerry www.BlackBerry.com and NantHealth www.nanthealth.com, a cloud-based information technology provider have launched the first secure clinical genome browser that gives doctors access to patients’ genetic data on the BlackBerry® Passport smartphone. This is one of the developments in a series of offerings being developed by both companies. …Continue reading
ONC & CMS Launch eLTSS
The Office of the National Coordinator for HIT www.healthit.gov and CMS www.cms.gov have launched the new Standards & Interoperability (S&I) Framework’s three year “electronic Long-Term Services and Supports” initiative referred to as eLTSS. The initiative’s goal is to identify standards for the exchange of health information across community-based information systems that deliver Long Term Services and Support (LTSS). …Continue reading
China & U.S Discuss Trade Issues
U.S Secretary of Commerce Penny Pritzker and U.S. Trade Representative Michael Froman hosted the U.S-China 25th the Joint Commission on Commerce and Trade (JCCT) meeting held December 16-18 in Chicago. …Continue reading
ElectRx to Restore and Maintain Health
Many chronic inflammatory diseases and mental health conditions involve abnormal activity in the peripheral nervous system which plays a key role in organ function. Monitoring and regulating peripheral nerve signals offer great promise to help patients restore and maintain their health without surgery or drugs. …Continue reading
Portable Retinal Imaging System Approved
Si14, an original design and technology development laboratory announced that their D-EYE Portable Retinal Imaging System www.d-eyecare/com, registered with both the FDA and the European CE Authority is now approved to be marketed in the U.S. and in Europe. Dr. Andrea Russo, an ophthalmologist and PhD candidate researcher with the University of Brescia Italy, partnered with Si14 to develop the device. …Continue reading