Senators Shelley Moore Capito (R-WV) https://capito.senate.gov, Jacky Rosen (D-NV), Dan Sullivan (R-Alaska), Jon Tester (D-MT), Ben Ray Lujan (D-NM) and Lisa Murkowski R-Alaska) have joined together to introduce the Rural and Frontier Telehealth Expansion Act. (more…)
HHS Unveils New Partnership
HHS https://www.hhs.gov unveiled a new type of public private partnership to enable investments using venture capital practices. The Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority (BARDA), https://phe.gov/about/barda/pages/defauot.aspx has launched the partnership with the Global Health Investment Corporation (GHIC). (more…)
ATA 2021’s Opening Thoughts
Ann Mond Johnson, CEO ATA welcomed conference attendees to American Telemedicine Association’s (ATA) 2021 Virtual Conference to hear and chat with top level speakers. (more…)
Deep Dive Into Several Issues
Credit Suisse https://www.credit-suisse.com hosted a virtual small group meeting with Jackie Harder, Former VP, Product & Solutions Management at Trizetto (Cognizant). (more…)
Telehealth Results at VHA
Rural veterans with type 2 diabetes face limited access to specialty care and diabetes education. Many rural veterans maintain an elevated HbA1c because they lack access to effective diabetes management approaches that are amenable to rural delivery. (more…)
CWRU Receives $3.6 Million
The Ohio Department of Mental Health and Addiction Services https://mha.ohio.gov announced that Case Western Reserve University (CWRU) in the Center for Innovative Practices CIP) at the Begun Center for Violence Prevention Research and Education https://case.edu/socialwork/begun/center-innovative-practices-cip has been awarded a two year $3.6 million contract. (more…)
U of Utah’s COVID Clinic
To provide more comprehensive and coordinated care for COVID-19 patients who continue to endure lingering effects of the disease, the University of Utah Health https://healthcare.utah.edu program opened a post COVID-19 Care Clinic on June 1, 2021. (more…)