To help streamline the therapeutic development pipeline, NIH www.nih.gov in collaboration with the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) www.darpa.mil and FDA www.fda.gov, is leading an initiative to improve the process for predicting whether drugs will be safe in humans. (more…)
AHRQ Grant to Study HIT & Patient Safety
The Montefiore Medical Center, www.montefiore.org, and Brigham and Women’s Hospital www.brighamandwomens.org received $300,000 in grant funding from AHRQ to study the impact of health IT on patient safety. The research will directly address “wrong patient” electronic orders, an important clinical patient safety issue impacted by health IT. (more…)
PA’s Allegheny County Issues RFP
Pennsylvania’s Allegheny County Department of Human Services (DHS) at www.allegheny,county.us/dhs issued a Request for Proposals on September 12, 2014 http://alleghenycounty.us/dhs/solicitations.aspx. (more…)
Online Access Gap for Older Adults
Time Warner Cable’s “Research Program on Digital Communications” program released the report “Closing Online Access Gaps for Older Adults” www.twcrecarchprogtam.com September 23 at the National Press Club. The report was produced by John Horrigan PhD in conjunction with Project GOAL, an initiative to get more senior citizens online. (more…)
Center for Telehealth Receives Award
The University of Virginia Center for Telehealth www.healthsystem.virginia.edu/pub/ofice-of-telemedicine/center-for-telehealth.html received the 2014 Governor’s Technology Award for making it easier to access high quality care and health education for patients across the Commonwealth. (more…)
Advancing Military Medicine
The Pacific Joint Information Technology Center (Pacific JITC) located in Maui http://deploytech.dhhq.health.mil/pacificjitc/aboutpacificjitc.aspx supports DOD medical readiness requirements and IT modernization. Pacific JITC also has a test and evaluation laboratory to support software and systems testing related to military continuum care. (more…)
HHS Releases $212 Million in Grants
HHS www.hhs.gov announced that $212 million in grants have been awarded to all 50 states and the District of Columbia to support programs aimed at preventing chronic diseases such as heart disease, stroke, and diabetes. Chronic diseases are responsible for 7 out of 10 deaths among Americans each year, and they account for more than 80 percent of the $2.7 trillion the nation spends annually on medical care. (more…)