Nov 8, 2017
The U.S. House of Representatives unanimously voted to pass the Veterans E-Health and Telemedicine Support (VETS) Act of 2017 on Tuesday, which will allow Department of Veterans Affairs’ providers to cross state lines to practice telemedicine. The bipartisan...
Nov 8, 2017
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC) today announced the winners of the Patient Matching Algorithm Challenge. SOURCE – READ THE FULL ARTICLE AT:...
Nov 8, 2017
Veterans Affairs Secretary Dr. David Shulkin has called for a new approach to dealing with the department’s vast array of compensation programs while stressing again and again that he is not looking to cut benefits. A new Veterans Benefit Advisory Board would...
Nov 7, 2017
Valneva SE (“Valneva” or “the Company”), a fully integrated, commercial stage biotech company focused on developing innovative, life-saving vaccines, announces today the signing of a $39.6 million one year contract with the US Government’s Department of Defense...
Nov 7, 2017
A new study finds that the cost of health care in the United States increased nearly $1 trillion from 1996 to 2013 and measures the causes behind this immense growth. The study, published today in JAMA, reveals that price and “intensity” (variety and...
Nov 7, 2017
Fitbit has been tussling with Apple and Xiaomi when it comes to market share in the wearables field and quarter to quarter, each has held the top spot at one point or another over the past year. But it turns out Fitbit is the favorite wearable producer in the medical...
Nov 6, 2017
Twelve awards totaling $9 million in Fiscal Year 2017 will launch a National Institutes of Health Data Commons Pilot Phase. A data commons is a shared virtual space where scientists can work with the digital objects of biomedical research, such as data and analytical...
Nov 6, 2017
The Department of Veterans Affairs is working with Congress to improve its financial management. The agency also plans to roll out a series of initiative to improve its veterans’ benefits services. SOURCE – READ THE FULL ARTICLE AT:...
Nov 3, 2017
The House Committee on Veterans Affairs introduced legislation today that would strengthen congressional oversight of the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs’ transition from its legacy VistA EHR to the Cerner platform. Introduced by committee Chairman Rep. Phil Roe,...
Nov 3, 2017
Anniversaries are a time of reflection, evaluation and motivation. These moments provide an opportunity for us to look back upon our successes, as well as our shortcomings, and make commitments to better ourselves as we progress forward. Nearly one year ago today, the...
Nov 2, 2017
You might think that if you send an email with the delivery receipt option and the delivery receipt comes back, the email was delivered. But when an offeror submits a proposal by email, does a delivery receipt mean that the agency necessarily received the proposal in...
Nov 2, 2017
Introduced earlier this fall by the VA Secretary, the bill would override state licensing restrictions for telemedicine for the agency’s providers. The House Veterans Affairs Committee passed a bill Thursday that supports a program introduced by VA Secretary David...
