Health IT News from Federal Agencies and Capitol Hill – Edited by Carolyn Bloch
Geisinger https://www.geisinger.org, an integrated health services organization, and Merck https://www.merck.com, a global biopharmaceutical company have just launched two innovative web-based workflow solutions. (more…)
The VA https://www.va.gov is working with pharmacy services at Walgreens to coordinate patient and pharmaceutical care for VA-enrolled patients. With a click of a button, VA providers will be able to see the entire medication and immunization history for VA-enrolled patients who receive their prescriptions and immunization needs at Walgreens. (more…)
The Wagner Foundation http://www.wfound.org, a private Boston-based foundation has awarded Partners in Health (PIH) https://www.phi.org, an international medical charity, a grant for $15 million. The funding will go toward establishing new healthcare programs. (more…)
Perceptive Navigation http://perceptivenavigation.com, a Johns Hopkins https://www.jhu.edu spinout, was awarded $3 million in funding from NIH’s National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI) https://www.nihibi.nih.gov to commercialize the company’s ultrasound system called VuPath. This system provides medical imaging from within the body. (more…)
The Binational Industrial Research and Development Foundation (BIRD) http://www.birdf.com encourages and facilitates cooperation between U.S and Israeli companies in a wide range of technology sectors and also offers funding to selected projects. (more…)
DOD’s Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency DARPA https://www.darpa.mil is working on a number of research studies related to medicine and healthcare to not only help warfighters maintain their health and safety in the field but also help many others in the general population. (more…)
The company eWellness Healthcare Corporation providing the PHZIO platform for physical therapy http://www.ewellnesshealth.com and telehealth markets, has developed a new way for all general telemedicine providers to treat back pain effectively to help patients. (more…)