FirstNet partners with medical center for rural emergency response
An agreement between FirstNet and the University of Mississippi Medical Center will help deliver potential life-saving support to rural residents in real time.
FDA explores blockchain to secure drug supply chain
A Food and Drug Administration pilot is looking for technologies to verify and trace prescription drugs.
GAO highlights need to better match patient records
Better matching of patients’ electronic health records would enhance the quality of that care and help reduce costs.
Blockchain to speed medical research
A bill proposes a pilot project to get more and faster access to secure clinical data on valley fever.
Treating health care's cyber ills
A new HHS report offers practical, understandable and implementable cybersecurity guidelines for health care organizations of all sizes.
Advanced digital networks look a lot like the human nervous system
Software models help medical researchers understand the structure and function of the human nervous system and, along the way, make telecommunications networks and services faster, more reliable and secure.
Creating an 'AI ecosystem' for government health data
A Feb. 7 demo day will showcase the results of the TOP Health initiative’s 14-week sprint.
Improving the VA patient journey with data transparency
Actionable, transparent data can help the Department of Veterans Affairs improve veterans’ care and significantly eliminate waste.
When the numbers aren’t enough: How different data work together in research
Important questions almost always can be answered better with a combination of quantitative and qualitative research.
High-speed delivery of critical health data
The Department of Veterans Affairs’ My HealtheVet portal now gives veterans near-immediate access to their medical images and reports.
Stick-on health sensors for emergency response
Researchers at the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory have developed a wearable suite of sensors first responders can use track multiple victims' medical data.
Paper jam: California's Medicaid program hits 'print' when the feds need info
Stuck with decades-old technology, the nation’s largest Medicaid program forces federal officials to sift through thousands of documents by hand rather than sending electronic files.
Bringing better data to states' prescription drug monitoring
Software that powers a cloud-based prescription drug monitoring program has been acquired by NIC, which will use it to expand its own PDMP efforts.
CDC tests blockchain for data transparency
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is running a pilot that uses blockchain to secure health record data and give the data lifecycle far more transparency.
NIH enlists Google Cloud for biomedical research
The National Institutes of Health's STRIDES Initiative aims to partner with commercial cloud providers to reduce economic and technology barriers to biomedical research.
How analytics helps reduce opioid use disorder among Medicare patients
Using spatial economic modeling on a high-powered analytics platform, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services has been able to identify high-risk clusters of patients.
How VA's telehealth moves care closer to patients
Between point-to-point consultations in clinics and an app that lets veterans teleconference with physicians and specialists from their homes, the Department of Veterans Affairs is leveraging technology to improve outpatient care.
Putting AI to work for veterans’ health
Artificial intelligence can be leveraged to predict future health complications and the interventions that will reduce risk, thereby greatly increasing veteran health and fiscal efficiency.
Harnessing blockchain for electronic health records
The CDC’s National Center for Health Statistics is testing how blockchain can be used to provide access to data in electronic health records.
Making drone deliveries a reality
North Carolina's pilot program will use drones to fly medical supplies between hospitals.
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