The National Rural Health Association (NRHA) https://nrha.com has joined with the 15 members of the Rural Health Action Alliance (RHAA) to urge Congress to consider the Rural Health Equity Act (H.R. 5848 & S.3149) to establish an Office of Rural Health within the Office of the Director at CDC. …Continue reading
NIA Awards Grant to JHU
Johns Hopkins https://www.hopkinsmedicine.org, recently received a $20 million grant from the National Institute on Aging (NIA) https://www.nia.nih.gov, to encourage the development of Artificial Intelligence (AI) devices to improve the health of older adults. …Continue reading
Managing Sepsis Patients
The Sepsis Alliance https://www.sepsis.org and the Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority (BARDA) https://phe.gov/about/barda/pages/default.aspx announced their free virtual training module called Disaster Medicine: Sepsis https://sepsisinitiative.org/disastermed funded by BARDA is available. …Continue reading
Credit Suisse’s Conference Recap
Credit Suisse https://www.credit-suisse.com hosted 56 companies related to their Annual Healthcare Technology & Distribution coverage and now offers their 12 top key takeaways from the conference. …Continue reading
PCORI Awards FAU $250,000
Florida Atlantic University’s https://www.fau.edu Christine E. Lynn College of Nursing received $250,000 from the Eugene Washington PCORI Engagement Awards program, which funds the Mind Over Matter (M.O.M) program. …Continue reading
Expanding Care at Home
The Advanced Care at Home Coalition http://www.achcoalition.com, is working to advance care to allow more patients to receive acute-level care and recovery services in their homes. …Continue reading
Scanning Patients at the Bedside
The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center https://wexnermedical.osu.edu is one of the first and the only hospital in Ohio to use new portable, real-time Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) technology to evaluate and treat stroke patients’ brains at their bedside. …Continue reading