Senator Jon Tester introduced the “Rural Veterans Mental Health Care Improvement Act (S.1155) on June 12, 2013 to provide appropriations for specific information technology at the Department of Veterans Affairs to enable mental health professionals to engage in training or for other purposes. …Continue reading
Special Discount Offer for 10th Annual Connected Health Symposium
It’s been a full decade since the very first Connected Health Symposium. This year, to mark the milestone of its 10th Annual Symposium, Connected Health has selected as its theme, “Collaborations and Innovations to Engage Patients and Elevate Care.”
It promises to be a gathering where innovators in healthcare, technology, and communications can network and learn from industry leaders, debate tough issues in healthcare, and see demonstrations of the latest technologies. …Continue reading
Update on HRSA at ATA Summit
Speakers from several agencies, congressional offices, associations, and industry offered their thoughts on federal policy issues affecting the field of telehealth and telemedicine at the ATA Federal Telemedicine Policy Summit held June 27-28 in Washington D.C. …Continue reading
DHIN 1st with 100% Acute Hospitals
The Delaware Health Information Network is the first health information exchange in the U.S. to have all acute care hospitals in the state delivering medical results to its statewide network. “Reaching 100% acute care hospital participation in just six years is a tremendous achievement for the healthcare community and people of Delaware”, said DHIN Executive Director, Jan Lee MD. …Continue reading
Mobile Medical Apps Discussed
Alan Portela, CEO of AirStrip on June 27, 2013 appeared before the House Committee on Small Business, Subcommittee on Health and Technology to discuss how mobile medical apps are rapidly helping to advance care for patients within the nation’s healthcare system. …Continue reading
ONC Issues Report
ONC recently posted the report “Update on the Adoption of HIT and Related Effort to Facilitate the Electronic Use and Exchange of Health Information” with information on the adoption of HIT from January 1, 2012 to April 30,2013. …Continue reading
NCI Seeks Sources for Cloud Pilots
The National Cancer Institute (NCI) issued a Sources Sought Notice on June 28, 2013 seeking information on the capabilities of qualified sources including small businesses to develop a new model of computational analysis of biological data. This has become a necessity since there is and will continue to be an enormous growth of biomedical data in the future. …Continue reading