Canada Pledges Nearly $4B to Improve Healthcare in Quebec Canada Pledges Nearly $4B to Improve Healthcare in Quebec
Quebec has established 25 indicators and targets in its strategic plan, including improvements to family care, surgical backlogs, and mental health services.Medscape Medical News (Source: Medscape FamilyMedicine Headlines)
Source: Medscape FamilyMedicine Headlines - April 18, 2024 Category: Primary Care Tags: Family Medicine/Primary Care News Source Type: news
BinR-LRP: a divide and conquer heuristic for large scale LRP with integrated microscopic agent-based transport simulation - Deineko E, Kehrt C, Liedtke G.
The holistic optimisation of transportation systems is one of the key challenges in transportation science, because it requires the simultaneous consideration of the numerous interactions between the strategic planning level (e.g., the Facility Location Pr... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - April 15, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Engineering, Physics, Structural Soundness and Failure Source Type: news
NHTSA, DOT: National Emergency Medical Services Advisory Council Notice of Public Meeting
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) will hold a public meeting of the National Emergency Medical Services Advisory Council (NEMSAC) on May 1-2, 2024. Agenda items will include informational sessions, updates on NHTSA initiatives, subcommittee reports, and strategic planning. The agenda and instructions on how to register for the meeting will be posted on the NEMSAC section of the NHTSAOffice of EMS website at least one week before the meeting. Pre-registration is required. (Source: Federal Register updates via the Rural Assistance Center)
Source: Federal Register updates via the Rural Assistance Center - April 15, 2024 Category: Rural Health Source Type: news
RBS: Notice of Funding Opportunity for the Socially Disadvantaged Groups Grant for Fiscal Year 2024
The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Rural Business-Cooperative Service (RBS) announces the availability of up to $3 million in competitive grants under the Socially Disadvantaged Groups Grant (SDGG) program for fiscal year 2024. The purpose of the SDGG program is to provide technical assistance to socially disadvantaged groups in rural areas through cooperatives and Cooperative Development Centers. Technical assistance includes feasibility studies, business plans, strategic planning, and leadership training. Applications are due by June 3, 2024. (Source: Federal Register updates via the Rural Assistance Center)
Source: Federal Register updates via the Rural Assistance Center - April 3, 2024 Category: Rural Health Source Type: news
UCLA Health acquires West Hills Hospital and Medical Center
UCLA Health has acquired the 260-bed West Hills Hospital and Medical Center and related assets from HCA Healthcare. The transaction, which was finalized on March 28, will help address hospital inpatient capacity needs, allowing UCLA Health to provide world-class care to more patients across the region. The hospital has been renamed UCLA West Valley Medical Center. “UCLA Health is focused on enhancing timely and equitable access to health care throughout greater Los Angeles, and this acquisition is an important milestone in our ongoing efforts,” said Johnese Spisso, president of UCLA Health and CEO of the UCLA Ho...
Source: UCLA Newsroom: Health Sciences - March 29, 2024 Category: Universities & Medical Training Source Type: news
New Federal Health IT Strategy Sets Sights on a Healthier, More Innovative, and More Equitable Health Care Experience
Request for comments on thedraft 2024-2030 Federal Health IT Strategic Plan. The Plan includes goals for promoting health and wellness, enhancing the delivery and experience of healthcare, accelerate research and innovation, and connecting health systems with health data. Objectives for achieving those goals include expanding broadband and technology access and research infrastructure for the benefit of rural residents among others. Comments can be made until May 28th. (Source: News stories via the Rural Assistance Center)
Source: News stories via the Rural Assistance Center - March 27, 2024 Category: Rural Health Source Type: news
Mercy Health-Cincinnati market president shares exclusive strategic plan details, talks industry changes and challenges
Mercy Health-Cincinnati Market President Brian Gwyn is giving the Courier an exclusive look at part of his new multiyear strategic plan, along with how industry changes and challenges are playing a role in how patients receive care. (Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Pharmaceuticals headlines)
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Pharmaceuticals headlines - March 20, 2024 Category: Pharmaceuticals Authors: Christian LeDuc Source Type: news
Health-ISAC Supports Health Industry Cybersecurity Strategic Plan
ORMOND BEACH, Fla., March 12, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- a non-profit, member driven organization is pleased to contribute to the " (HIC-SP), recently published by the Healthcare and Public Health (HPH) Sector Coordinating Council (HSCC) Cybersecurity Working Group (CWG). Health-ISAC's , a joint…#ormondbeach #fla #hicsp #healthisac #hscc #cwg #deniseanderson #healthcaresector #juliaannaloro #contacthealthisacorg (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - March 12, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Ethereum Quantum Leap: How Vitalik Buterin Fortifies The Future Of Finance
Ethereum faces the looming specter of quantum computing, but fear not – co-founder Vitalik Buterin unveils a strategic plan to protect user funds in the event of a quantum emergency. Quantum Challenge And Ethereum’s Defense In response to the potential threat of quantum computers, Buterin proposes…#quantum #vitalikbuterin #buterin #ethereum #winternitz #lamport #pixabay (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - March 12, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Food and Drug Omnibus Reform Act (FDORA) of 2022
The Food and Drug Omnibus Reform Act of 2022 (FDORA) requires FDA to develop several different kinds of informational documents, including public reports, reports to Congress, strategic plans, and others. (Source: FDA Center for Drug Evaluation and Research - What's New)
Source: FDA Center for Drug Evaluation and Research - What's New - March 7, 2024 Category: Drugs & Pharmacology Authors: FDA Source Type: news
Food and Drug Omnibus Act (FDORA) of 2022
The Food and Drug Omnibus Act of 2022 (FDORA) requires FDA to develop several different kinds of informational documents, including public reports, reports to Congress, strategic plans, and others. (Source: FDA Center for Drug Evaluation and Research - What's New)
Source: FDA Center for Drug Evaluation and Research - What's New - March 7, 2024 Category: Drugs & Pharmacology Authors: FDA Source Type: news
St. Jude Children's Research Hospital launches commercialization department, hires industry veteran
St. Jude Children ’s Research Hospital has hired Lisa Jordan as the nonprofit’s first senior vice president of technology commercialization.
In her newly created role, Jordan is set to launch and oversee a department at St. Jude that is dedicated to commercializing the research from the hospital's doctors and scientists.
“Part of [the St. Jude Strategic Plan 2022-27], broadly, is to be able to advance the technologies that they create, invent and discover,” Jordan said. “The organization… (Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Biotechnology headlines)
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Biotechnology headlines - March 5, 2024 Category: Biotechnology Authors: Stephen MacLeod Source Type: news
RSNA becomes spoke in ARPA-H healthcare innovation hub
The RSNA has been designated as a spoke in the Advanced Research Projects Agency for Health (ARPA-H) Experience Hub. In its role as a spoke, RSNA can serve as a resource to ARPA-H performers focused on designing and developing imaging-related tools and platforms to accelerate health futures. ARPA-H is a new federal health research and development (R&D) organization within the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. The ARPA-H embraces novel public/private partnership arrangements to address systemic challenges across the health landscape, according to its newest strategic plan.In September 2023, the Medical Imaging a...
Source: AuntMinnie.com Headlines - February 29, 2024 Category: Radiology Authors: AuntMinnie.com staff writers Tags: Industry News Source Type: news
UCLA Data Equity Center aims to provide data expertise to those who need it
The UCLA Center for Health Policy Research has launched theData Equity Center to help ensure that historically marginalized populations and their needs are more accurately represented in the vast pools of information government, business and philanthropy are using to make crucial decisions.The Data Equity Center will provide no-cost assistance to organizations and agencies across the United States by leveraging the experience, skills and knowledge of the UCLA Center for Health Policy Research along with dozens of additional experts in survey and data science.“We’re going to provide consulting services to promote data e...
Source: UCLA Newsroom: Health Sciences - February 26, 2024 Category: Universities & Medical Training Source Type: news
3 strategies to break down barriers to breastfeeding and lower women ’s risk of breast cancer
Key takeawaysEven though the Affordable Care Act requires coverage of “comprehensive lactation support” families are often unclear about what their insurance offers.Parental leave should be longer and paid for both parents, study participants said.Workplace owners, managers and employees should be better informed about family leave rights.When it comes to encouraging women in California to breastfeed, health care providers, insurance companies and employers need to be doing more, according to recommendations in anew report from theUCLA Center for Health Policy Research.Breastfeeding has been shown in studies tolower th...
Source: UCLA Newsroom: Health Sciences - January 31, 2024 Category: Universities & Medical Training Source Type: news
