Rosa L. DeLauro Congresswoman a keynote speaker at the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) Conference “What Evidence is Essential for New Medical Products—Implications for Patients and Health Policy” on June 13, in Washington D.C., wants to see FDA strengthen some of their policies and funding for FDA increased. …Continue reading
Mobile Obstetric Simulator Wins Award
The 2014 Federal Laboratory Consortium National Award for “Excellence in Technology Transfer” award was made to Lt. Col. Shad Deering M.D, Deputy Medical Director at the Uniformed Services University Medical Simulation Center for creating the “Mobile Obstetric Emergencies Simulator” (MOES). …Continue reading
CDTM Helping Patients
According to the American Society of Health System Pharmacists, nearly half of graduating pharmacists pursue post graduate residency training with this number expected to increase. In addition, clinically trained pharmacists frequently pursue rigorous board certifications in pharmacotherapy, ambulatory care, diabetes management, plus others specialties. So today’s pharmacist is regarded as a medication expert and is well-prepared to collaborate with prescribers to optimize therapeutic outcomes. …Continue reading
Alabama’s Medicaid Actions
The Alabama Medicaid Agency submitted a report on May 13, 2014 seeking approval for a Section 1115 Demonstration Project from CMS. The report, discusses how Alabama’s Medicaid program serving 999,561 enrollees and providing healthcare to 47 percent of the children in the state. …Continue reading
Ideas on Healthcare Transparency
Building on their work to make Medicare cost and quality data more transparent, Senate Finance Committee Chairman Ron Wyden from Oregon and Senior Finance Committee Member Chuck Grassley from Iowa are asking providers, patients, advocates, insurers, entrepreneurs, and others for new ideas on how to improve overall transparency in healthcare. …Continue reading
D2PA Funding Tele-Genomics Program
Pennsylvania Governor Tom Corbett, reports that the Geisinger Genomics Medicine Center part of the Geisinger family is going to receive $100,000 from the “Discovered in PA-Developed in PA” (D2PA) program to help build the infrastructure for a state-of-the-art tele-genomics facility to be located in the Wilkes-Barre area. …Continue reading
Innovation Showcased at Expo
The Military Health System (MHS) at the SmartAmerica Challenge Expo held in Washington D.C on June 11, joined forces with academics and industry to demonstrate how electronic devices can automatically share and analyze information. …Continue reading