The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, through the Health Resources and Services Administration, awarded over $79 million in construction and other capital support for 165 HRSA-funded health centers impacted by Hurricanes Florence and Michael, Typhoon Mangkut, and Super Typhoon Yutu, and wildfires and earthquakes…
After receiving hundreds of applications from healthcare professionals across the country, NMQF has selected 40 thought leaders of the next generation for their work to reduce patient risk by assuring optimal care for all.
In response to the coronavirus pandemic, the Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI) has approved $22.6 million in funding for seven studies assessing various health care approaches to improve outcomes among people infected by the novel coronavirus and lessen the effects of COVID-19 on patients, health care workers and communities.
The Stanford Center for Health Education has launched an online program in AI and Healthcare. The program aims to advance the delivery of patient care and improve global health outcomes through artificial intelligence and machine learning.
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, through the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), is announcing it will begin distributing $10 billion in a second round of high impact COVID-19 area funding to hospitals.
OneClick.chat, an innovative video chat platform, announced that it has been awarded an additional $1.8 Million from the prestigious National Institute of Health Small Business Innovation Research grant, in partnership with researchers from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign.
The Federal Communications Commission’s Wireline Competition Bureau approved an additional 25 funding applications for the COVID-19 Telehealth Program. Health care providers in both urban and rural areas of the country will use this $10.73 million in funding to provide telehealth services during the coronavirus pandemic.
CVS Pharmacy announced that it has developed Spoken Rx, a new feature of the CVS Pharmacy app that can read a specific type of label for patients with visual impairments and those who cannot read standard print labels. Spoken Rx is the first in-app prescription reader application to be developed by a national retail pharmacy.
The Administration for Community Living (ACL) and the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Health launched the MENTAL Health Challenge to combat the social isolation and loneliness that older adults, people with disabilities, and veterans often experience.
The National Quality Forum (NQF) released The Care We Need: Driving Better Health Outcomes for People and Communities, a National Quality Task Force report that provides a roadmap to consistent and predictable high quality care for every person by 2030.
On Tuesday, June 30, 2020, the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions committee will hold a hearing on the federal government’s ongoing response to COVID-19.
The Trump administration announced a final rule from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services that reversed a policy that had banned health care providers from discriminating against LGBTQ patients, women and others.
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