CDC is making the effort to speed the process for correct information to get to health departments quickly to recognize disease outbreaks. The agency recently announced in their newest issue of “Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR) that getting the lab information to the right place at the right time is beginning to pay off. (more…)
State’s Rural Health Grant Opportunity
The North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) on September 19, 2013 announced that DHHS is going to fund the “Rural Health Center Operational Grant Program”. The State’s Office of Rural Health and Community Care (ORHCC) will award the grants to assist underserved communities and populations and help this population develop innovative strategies to use to improve access, quality, and cost effectiveness. (more…)
NIH to Accelerate Innovations
NIH has launched a major initiative to improve how basic science advances and discoveries are translated into commercially viable products to improve patient care and advance public health. (more…)
FIC’s mHealth Future Funding
The Fogarty International Center has future plans to publish Funding Notice (NOT-TW-13-011) seeking research and development on adapting mobile health technology to use in Low and Middle Income Countries (LMIC). Also needed is information on the health-related outcomes that will result when the technology is implemented. (more…)
Pediatric Health Moving Forward
Cerner Corporation and the Children’s National Health System have formed the first exclusively Pediatric Health Informatics Institute in the nation to be called the “Bear Institute” due to be operational in January. (more…)
Medical Device Prices Trending Lower
A new study released at the Advanced Medical Technology Association (AdvaMed) Med Tech Conference held September 23-25, points out that pricing trends for implantable medical devices show that average prices have declined significantly for major categories of implantable medical devices from 2007 through 2011. In that period, the seven largest categories of implantable medical devices saw substantial declines in average selling prices paid by hospitals on both a nominal and inflation-adjusted basis. (more…)
$14.5M in Funding for Hospitals
Massachusetts Governor Deval Patrick announced that the state is providing $14.5 million to go to 57 hospitals across the state. The funding will be used to help hospitals including critical access hospitals and community health centers to transition to integrated delivery systems. The funding was included in the FY 13 state budget and the awards are supported by federal matching funds. (more…)