FDA https://www.fda.gov and NIH https://www.nih.gov have launched the Critical Path for Rare Neurodegenerative Diseases (CP-RND), a public private partnership aimed at advancing the understanding of neurodegenerative diseases and developing treatments for ALS and other rare neurodegenerative diseases. …Continue reading
ATA Hosting EDGE Policy Conference
The American Telemedicine Association (ATA), http://americanelemed.org, the only organization addressing telehealth policy from all angles, will host the 2022 EDGE Policy Conference, December 7-9 at the Park Hyatt, Washington, D.C to discuss telehealth policy from state and federal legislative priorities as well as international policy perspectives. …Continue reading
Responding to OUDs
CDC https://www.cdc.gov data reports that more than 107,000 Americans died from drug overdoses in 2021, an increase of more than 15% from 2020. In total HHS through SAMSHA and HRSA are awarding more than $1.6 billion in to help communities address the addiction and overdose crises. …Continue reading
$2M Award for Telehealth
AHRQ https://www.ahrq.gov has awarded MedStar Health https://www.medstarhealth.org another grant for nearly a $2 million to enable AHRQ to expand their research collaboration with Stanford Medicine and Intermountain Healthcare in order to focus on telehealth access, safety, and equity. …Continue reading
Enabling Hospital to Home Care
Parks Associates Connected Health Summit https://www.parksassociates.com held October 6, 2022 included a Fireside Chat moderated by Elizabeth Parks President, CMO, at Parks Associates discussing issues with Andy Droney Sr. Director ADT Health. …Continue reading
HRSA Awards Grant to MUSC
The Medical University of South Carolina’s (MUSC), https://web.musc.edu Center for Telehealth has received a three year $1,545 million grant from HRSA seeking to not only support telehealth but at the same time, initiate a workforce development pipeline to address rural health workforce disparities. …Continue reading
Improving Medical Device Interoperability
Representatives Greg Murphy from North Carolina, Mariannette Miller-Meeks, MD from Iowa, and Tom O’Halleran from Arizona, have introduced the Better Interoperability for Devices (BID) Act. (H.R 9067). …Continue reading