The Minnesota Department of Health (MDH) issued an RFP for the “Minnesota Accountable Health Model e-Health Grant Program”. The grant funding is to advance the Minnesota Accountable Health Model and to prepare for potential participation in accountable communities for health. …Continue reading
Alaska’s Broadband Increasing
Alaska has some of the most remote sparsely populated pockets of land in the U.S with many Alaska Natives living in tiny villages with just a few hundred people. The state is more than double the size of Texas and has more than three million lakes, 34,000 miles of shoreline, and 29,000 square miles of ice fields, but yet has fewer than 750,000 residents. …Continue reading
EHRs Helpful to Most Vets
Veterans with online access to their health records report that they communicate better with their doctors resulting in higher levels of overall satisfaction with their care, according to a VA-sponsored study published in the “Journal of Medical Internet Research.” …Continue reading
State Transforming Pre-Hospital Care
To promote effective use of HIE among California’s emergency medical services agencies, the California Health and Human Services (CHHS) Agency awarded a grant to the state Emergency Medical Services Authority (EMSA). Several stakeholders in the state shared some of the lessons learned at the EMSA Summit held in late 2013 on how to effectively use health technology. …Continue reading
CDC Targets Antibiotic Resistance
CDC’s FY 2015 budget request for $11.1 billion includes funds for $455 million to rapidly identify new infectious disease threats. A portion of the funds would support the proposed “Detect and Protect Against Antibiotic Resistance” (AR) initiative to improve surveillance and laboratory capacity at local, state, and national levels to deal with domestic AR pathogens. …Continue reading
MC4 EMR System Upgraded
The Army is fielding a major software upgrade to their EMR system called “Communications for Combat Casualty Care” or referred to as MC4. The software upgrade will produce significant changes when treating soldiers wounded on the battlefield. …Continue reading
FY 2015 Budget to Advance Technology
The National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) within the Department of Commerce is requesting $51 million for FY 2015 to increase wireless broadband access and to coordinate critical telecommunications policy. …Continue reading