The Biomedical Research Response to COVID-19: A View from NIAID
NIH COVID-19 SIG Lecture Series NIAID has a long-standing dual mandate to maintain a robust portfolio of research in its key focus areas and to respond to emerging and re-emerging infectious diseases (EIDs). With this mandate, NIAID has also sought to improve EID-response preparedness, working in partnership with other U.S. government research entities, industry, academia, and international public-health organizations. This preparedness planning helped the institute respond rapidly to COVID-19. NIAID tapped existing coronavirus expertise and other assets to stand up research programs spanning basic virology and immunology ...
Source: Videocast - All Events - April 13, 2020 Category: General Medicine Tags: Upcoming Events Source Type: video

Providing high quality care with interoperable approach
University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust, a global digital exemplar in the UK, is prioritizing patient-centricity with an open platform and integrated technology to achieve high levels of digital maturity. (Source: Healthcare ITNews Videos)
Source: Healthcare ITNews Videos - March 4, 2020 Category: Information Technology Tags: Interoperability Patient Engagement Source Type: video

Using ongoing education to drive proficiency, acceptance of EPR systems
Johnathan Pascall, EMEA healthcare sales director at ANCILE Solutions, outlines how reducing clinician burnout can be supported by uPerform, which can ensure that hospitals maximize the potential of their EPR. (Source: Healthcare ITNews Videos)
Source: Healthcare ITNews Videos - February 27, 2020 Category: Information Technology Tags: Connected Health Electronic Health Records (EHR, EMR) Source Type: video

What the Eyes Don ’ t See: A Story of Crisis, Resistance, and Hope in an American City
NIMH Director ’ s Innovation Speaker Series For the fourteenth year, the National Institute of Mental Health is pleased to invite you to attend the fifth of a series of lectures dedicated to innovation, invention, and scientific discovery. Mona Hanna-Attisha, M.D., M.P.H., the pediatrician and scientist who exposed the lead water crisis in Flint, Michigan, will present a first-hand account of her research efforts to discover the truth and her fight for justice in the national spotlight. Dr. Hanna-Attisha is the founder and director of the Michigan State University (MSU)-Hurley Children ’ s Hospital Pediatric Public H...
Source: Videocast - All Events - February 24, 2020 Category: General Medicine Tags: Upcoming Events Source Type: video

Practice makes perfect: Simulators helping surgeons sharpen their skills
In the first edition of the HIMSS TV series " Assimilation, " we take a tour of Inova Fairfax Hospital, where residents in training and physicians use operative simulators and immersive 3D to hone their surgical skills. (Source: Healthcare ITNews Videos)
Source: Healthcare ITNews Videos - February 19, 2020 Category: Information Technology Tags: Medical Devices Quality and Safety Workforce Source Type: video