NASA has selected 108 research and technology proposals from small businesses and is now negotiating contract awards as part of Phase II of the SBIR program. The selected aerospace technology and innovation projects have a total value of $87 million supporting 99 U.S firms in 26 states. (more…)
Minnesota’s Demonstration Projects
In 2010, the state legislature mandated the Minnesota Department of Human Services (DHS) to develop and implement Integrated Health Partnerships (IHP) demonstration projects to test alternative and innovative healthcare delivery systems, to include Accountable Care Organizations (ACO). (more…)
Narrowing the Digital Divide
Spread across the Four Corners region of the Southwest, the Navajo Nation is home to 175,000 members of the Navajo Tribe. Tribal members are scattered across more than 27,000 square miles of land stretching from northeast Arizona to northwest New Mexico to southeast Utah. (more…)
Oklahoma Issues Solicitation
The Middle Class Tax Relief and Job Creation Act of 2012, was passed to improve the capabilities of public safety communications by creating a National Public Safety Broadband Network (NPSBN). States are calling for FirstNet’s board to govern the network and to consult with states and local governments to ensure its success. (more…)
Capitol Hill Briefing
Today, big data along with clinical and business intelligence is growing at such a rapid rate that it is extremely difficult to process data using present day management tools. Top Experts in the field participated in the “Capitol Hill Steering Committee on Telehealth and Healthcare Informatics” briefing on April 10th to discuss the challenges and value that big data offers to the public, to patients, and many medical and healthcare professionals. (more…)
USDA Announces Grant Funds
The USDA Rural Business-Cooperative Service (RBS) and the Delta RegionalAuthority (DRA) on April 14th announced that the Delta Health Care Services (DHCS) and the DRA have made funding available and will award grants to help in the rural communities in the Delta Region. The Delta Region consists of the 252 counties and parishes within Alabama, Arkansas, Illinois, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, Missouri, and Tennessee served by DRA. (more…)
DOD’s Progress with Telehealth
Lt. General Patricia D. Horoho, Surgeon General of the U.S. Army, appeared on April 9th before the Senate Subcommittee on Defense to describe how the defense health program is progressing. She described how telehealth is being used by Army clinicians to offer care in multiple medical disciplines across 18 time zones in over 30 countries and territories. (more…)