The Allegheny Health Network (AHN) and Johns Hopkins Medicine have signed an agreement establishing a five year collaboration between Alleghany and the Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center at John Hopkins to do research, provide medical education, and perform clinical services. …Continue reading
Systems Approach to HealthCare
The President’s Council of Advisors on Science and Technology (PCAST) have reviewed their report “Better Health Care and Lower Costs: Accelerating Improvement through Systems Engineering”. Systems engineering widely used in manufacturing and aviation is an interdisciplinary approach to analyze design, manage, and measure a complex system to improve efficiency, reliability, productivity, quality, and safety. …Continue reading
Projects Helping Disabled Veterans
The Department of Veterans Affairs “Center of Excellence for Rehabilitation Research and Development” houses the “Advanced Platform Technology” (APT) Center. The APT Center located at the Stokes Cleveland Veterans Affairs Medical Center operates in partnership with Case Western Reserve University, and collaborates with clinicians and researchers at University Hospitals Case Medical Center, and the Cleveland Clinic Foundation. …Continue reading
Help for Kentucky’s Rural Areas
Kentucky Governor Steve Beshear and U.S Representative Hal Rodgers announced that two Requests for Proposals (RFP) issued in July, detail a public-private partnership (P3) project to build critically needed high speed broadband internet access to areas all over the state but especially focusing on Eastern Kentucky. …Continue reading
Army’s Secure Messaging a Success
As of March 1, more than 234,000 Army Medicine healthcare beneficiaries and almost 3,000 Army providers have signed up for the Army Medicine Secure Messaging Service (AMSMS). The messaging service allows patients and providers across 52 Military Treatment Facilities (MTF) worldwide to communicate on a secure network regarding non-urgent healthcare concerns. …Continue reading
ACT Partnering on Teleneurology Services
AcuteCare Telemedicine (ACT) located in Georgia continues to expand its presence in the Southeastern region with the addition of new client hospitals. ACT is helping more healthcare institutions gain access to expert neurologists and telemedicine technologies to primarily provide remote emergency neurology consultations. …Continue reading
DOD & VA Healthcare Issues
The “Capitol Hill Steering Committee on Telehealth and Healthcare Informatics” briefing on July 9th sponsored by the Institute for e-Health Policy www.e-healthpolicy.org discussed vital health issues related to the Department of Defense and the Department of Veterans Affairs. Speakers from the Defense Health Agency (DHA and the Veterans Health Administration (VHA) commented on the many advances and challenges military medicine and the veterans’ healthcare systems face. …Continue reading