Meghan Jaremczuk a nurse manager at Palomar Medical Center at www.PalomarHealth.org located in Escondido California has found that life just got a lot easier since her patients are able to wear a lightweight wireless vital sign monitor on their wrists called ViSi Mobile®. (more…)
Serving Veterans in Rural Arizona
The Veterans Administration’s Office of Rural Health (ORH) has always supported strong community partnerships geared towards improving healthcare access for rural veterans. On January 7, 2014, the Northern Arizona VA Health Care System (NAVAHCS) and the Tuba City Regional Health Care Corporation (TCFHCC) signed a collaborative partnership agreement to establish a VA staffed Primary Care Telehealth Outpatient Clinic (PTOC). (more…)
Sources Sought Notice Issued
CMS is looking for small business sources to develop a market strategy to help CMS plan their strategy. CMS currently contracts with General Dynamics Information Technology operating and maintaining a large data warehouse containing Medicare and Medicaid data. Researchers find this valuable to use to identify chronically ill individuals which helps with a variety of health services and comparative effectiveness related topics. (more…)
Briefing on Connected Health
Karen DeSalvo MD, the newly appointed HHS National Coordinator for HIT, and keynote speaker at the briefing to unveil the February 2014 issue of the Health Affairs Journal titled “Early Evidence, Future Promise of Connected Health”. The Journal examines the successes and missing links in connected health that includes telehealth, telemedicine, and health IT. The articles focus on best practices along with the gaps in adoption and use. (more…)
AMP Partnership Launched
As a result of technological revolutions in genomics, imaging, and in other areas, researchers have been able to identify many changes in genes, proteins, and other molecules that predispose individuals to disease and influence disease progression. (more…)
RFP Issued for Claims Database
In 2013, the state of Connecticut’s General Assembly enacted a Public Act directing the Connecticut Health Insurance Exchange doing business as Access Health Analytics to establish and operate the Connecticut All Payer Claims Database (APCD). In January 2014, Access Health Analytics issued an RFP to find qualified applicants to provide APCD data management services. (more…)
ONC Offers Challenge
Health plans and covered healthcare providers are required to develop and distribute a HIPAA notice that provides a clear, user friendly explanation of rights and practices. However, the HIPAA Privacy Rule can be difficult to read and comprehend and as a result online privacy policies are often not read or well understood by the general public. (more…)