2024 LEAP in Health IT Awardees
LEAP in Health IT awardees seek to create methods and tools to improve care delivery, advance research capabilities, and address emerging challenges related to interoperable health IT.
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Talent Tuesday: $65.7 Million for Workforce Enhancement Awards
SAMHSA announced over $65 million in grant awards and notices of funding opportunity to help tackle mental health and substance use crises – two key pillars in the President’s Unity Agenda.
AHRQ Announces Funding Opportunities to Accelerate Health Care Improvement
The AHRQ announced a Notice of Funding Opportunity to establish state-based Healthcare Extension Cooperatives, representing a historic investment to accelerate the implementation and dissemination of patient-centered outcomes research into health care delivery through improvements in…
Ending with a Whimper
By Matt Fisher -The so far long and tangled path for tracking technology and HIPAA in healthcare appears it will end with a whimper. It is being reported that the federal Department of Health and Human Services dropped its appeal of the decision from the United States District Court for the Northern District of Texas…
HHS Begins Enforcement of Information Blocking Rules for Healthcare Providers
By Chris Emper – In December 2016, the U.S. Congress passed the 21st Century Cures Act, in part to mandate that different EHR systems, hospitals, and physician groups share patient data in compliance with new information blocking rules.
Health Worker Burnout
The realities of our health care system are driving many health workers to burnout. They are at an increased risk for mental health challenges and choosing to leave the health workforce early. They work in distressing environments that strain their physical, emotional, and psychological well-being. This will make it harder for patients to get care when they need it.
Highest Number of Health Center Patients in Nearly 60 Year History
Marking National Health Center Week, HHS, through the Health Resources and Services Administration released new data showing over 31 million total patients served at HRSA-funded health centers in 2023—an increase of 2.7 million since 2020.
HHS Launches National Public Education Campaign Ahead of Respiratory Virus Season
HHS launched a new national campaign to inform the public about common respiratory viruses and available vaccines. The campaign, Risk Less. Do More., aims to increase awareness of vaccines that reduce serious illness from influenza, COVID-19, and respiratory syncytial virus in high-risk populations and to limit the spread of these viruses among all Americans.
Health IT Hires, Appointments, and Who’s Hiring
Latest announcements made from companies and organizations on hiring include Brillio, Nashville Biosciences, LLC., DirectTrust, Found, InnovaCare Health, CerebraAI, CenTrak, American Telemedicine Association, HHS, ONC, & more.