VA switching to DOD’s health record system
The move will result in a common system for patient data that will “enable seamless care between the departments," Secretary David Shulkin said.
Social media helps officials spot public health threats -- but only for the rich?
Knowing the demographic and socioeconomic breakdown of social media-generated data can better shape the design of research studies and public health surveillance systems.
Warfighter health monitoring via smartphone sensors
DARPA wants a way to keep tabs on the health of warfighters to ensure readiness, identify weaknesses early and avert compromises to missions.
VA enlists Energy’s super powers for health research
The VA-DOE Big Data Science Initiative joins the forces of Energy’s national lab system and the VA’s Million Veteran Program’s digital health and genomic data to advance health care and drive next-generation supercomputing designs.
Mapping neighborhood-level health indicators
The CDC’s 500 Cities website maps chronic disease indicators at both the city and census-tract level.
Debunking the myths on VistA
We need an honest assessment of whether a commercial off-the-shelf electronic health records system can deliver a better result than continued investment in the successful existing platform.
A clean bill of health for data security
Government health care institutions and agencies can safeguard their confidential information and lower their risk of data breaches by following best practices around people, encryption and security policies.
HHS funds states’ fight against opioids
The Department of Health and Human Services will distribute $485 million in grants to all 50 states to support evidence-based prevention, treatment and recovery services.
Can IT help cure the opioid crisis?
Government agencies and public health organizations are working to develop new tools to share pertinent health care data among providers and, in some cases, to predict the path of a user about to return to a life of opioid abuse.
Fully digitized credentialing for health professionals
The Indian Health Service wants a standardized, scalable solution to increase efficiency.
Health monitoring for K9 workers
Dogs in high-pressure jobs with Customs and Border Patrol agents may be wearing special technology that tracks their vital signs and physiological data.
Making graphics accessible to the visually impaired
New tools are making it easier for agencies to comply with content accessibility requirements.
Facial recognition tech helps with disease diagnosis
Researchers at the National Institutes of Health have successfully used facial recognition software to diagnose a rare, genetic disease in Africans, Asians and Latin Americans.
Researchers build VistA interoperability into digital health platform demo
With 21 standardized application programming interfaces, researchers could exchange health information among several different systems.
The new building block(chain) of health care records management
A scalable, secure data exchange ecosystem can support high-quality research while safeguarding against breaches of sensitive patient data.
Absent state action, Missouri localities launch opioid prescription database
In addition to preventing patients from “doctor shopping” for pills, the online prescription drug tracking systems have been used to detect doctors who overprescribe the dangerous medications.
Los Angeles County scores an e-success in managing specialist care
eConsult has reduced wait times and eliminated the need for some patients to see specialists at all.
CDC wants better data to manage global communicable diseases
Aviation intelligence data on flight schedules and passengers will help public health analysts understand how global diseases are spread through air travel.
Dashboard visualizes health of urban populations
The City Health Dashboard gives four pilot cities more accurate and actionable health metrics so officials can better target policies addressing their cities’ risk factors.
In search of better flu forecasting
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is working with 21 research teams to develop flu forecasting capacity in the United States.
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