Helping Vets with PTSD

The Veterans Administration has made strides in understanding how the brain works as in the case of PTSD, an anxiety disorder often associated with veterans but also occurring in the general population. So far, the VA has established much of the evidence relating to the biological basis of PTSD and how to treat PTSD by using prolonged exposure and cognitive processing therapies. …Continue reading

Penn Med Partners with Teqqa

Penn Medicine and Teqqa LLC a software and analytics company are collaborating on ways to track antibiotics prescribed in clinical settings. They will work together to develop a new software platform and mobile app to encourage appropriate antibiotic use by providing real-time data to clinicians. This will also help minimize the risk of dangerous pathogens capable of developing resistance to life-saving antibiotics. …Continue reading

LA County & Netsmart Launch IBHIS

The Integrated Behavioral Health Information System (IBHIS), within the Los Angeles County Department of Mental Health (LACDMH), is a comprehensive behavioral health clinical, administrative and financial information system. The system recently launched will enable LACDMH to coordinate behavioral services for a county with a population of nearly 10 million. …Continue reading

Mississippi’s Plans for IT

The Department of IT Services recently released their “Mississippi Strategic Master Plan for IT 2014-2016” relating how budgeting and funding of IT within the state government is done on an agency by agency basis. According to the plan, the goal is to find opportunities to develop and implement IT services that are common to multiple agencies and governmental programs. …Continue reading

Qualcomm Expands mHealth

Qualcomm through its Wireless Reach™ initiative and Medical Platform Asia (MedPA), a private corporation, are collaborating on a mobile health management system that will enable doctors and caregivers to use tablets and a cloud application to improve operational efficiencies and deliver more effective patient care. …Continue reading