A $120 million reinvestment program referred to as the CHART program in Massachusetts funded by large health systems and commercial insurers is making phased investments to certain community hospitals that are non-profit, non-teaching, and located in the Commonwealth. (more…)
Army Develops Ebola Lab Test
According to an article appearing in the November issue of the Army’s publication called “Mercury”, http://armymedicine.mil, the U.S Army Medical Research Institute of Infectious Diseases www.usamriid.army.mil is at the forefront to develop a lab test or assay to diagnose Ebola in the U.S. (more…)
Developing Tech for Minority Health
There still continues to be an alarming disproportionate burden of illness among minority and other health disparity populations. Therefore overcoming persistent disparities in healthcare access and health outcomes remains a foremost challenge. (more…)
VA’s Research to Help Veterans
The Veteran’s Administration’s Health Services Research & Development (HSRD) program at their Center for Informatics, Decision-Enhancement, and Analytic Sciences www.hsrd.research.va.gov/centers/ideas2.cfm is involved in post-deployment health using population management approaches to help veterans reintegrate into the community. (more…)
PAHO/WHO Mobilizing to Fight Ebola
The World Health Organization (WHO) www.who.int/csr/disease/ebola/en and the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) www.paho.org/ebola are mobilizing teams specialized in outbreak alerts and responses to help Latin America and the Caribbean prepare for any potential introduction of Ebola. (more…)
Expanding Patient Access to Care
Recently, Xerox www.xerox.com invested in HealthSpot www.healthspot.net to enable patients to have access to care using HealthSpot’s telehealth solution in convenient locations. The Xerox investment will enable HealthSpot to rapidly deploy their stations in retail pharmacies, large employers, emergency departments, and other locations throughout the country. (more…)
GA’s Online Connection to HIV
There are more than 50,000 people living in Georgia who are HIV positive with 45 percent not receiving appropriate care. Also, one out of five HIV positive people in Georgia have no idea that they are HIV positive. Finding sustainable HIV treatment and care is very important for people with HIV, but for many navigating through different systems can become so frustrating, that a connection to care is never made. (more…)