Application and Funding Trends in Fiscal Year 2023
NIGMS continues to support a broad range of scientific topics and investigators within its research portfolio, including support for investigator-initiated research project grants (RPGs) at institutions throughout the country. As part of its commitment to transparency, NIGMS examines and publishes data on annual trends reflected in its RPG portfolio. In this post, we review and describe investigator-level trends associated with competing R01/R01-equivalent RPGs including those in the Institute’s R35 Maximizing Investigators’ Research Award (MIRA) program.
NIGMS Investigator-Level Trends Research Grants
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Source: NIGMS Feedback Loop Blog - National Institute of General Medical Sciences - March 20, 2024 Category: Biomedical Science Authors: Chrissa Chverchko Tags: Director’s Messages Funding Trends Funding Outcomes Funding Policies MIRA NIGMS Strategic Plan R01 Source Type: blogs
Making AI Models in Healthcare Transparent One Bite at a Time – Regulatory Talk Series
This article is the third in the Healthcare Regulatory Talk series.
New data standards announced last December by the Office of the National Coordinator for Healthcare Technology (ONC) are an extraordinarily significant expansion of regulations around health IT and could hijack product roadmaps for years to come.
For EHRs faced with the daunting task of revamping platform technology and innovation roadmaps, the “Health Data, Technology, and Interoperability: Certification Program Updates, Algorithm Transparency, and Information Sharing (HTI-1)” final rule is like the elephant in the old proverb: too hard to consume all...
Source: EMR and HIPAA - March 4, 2024 Category: Information Technology Authors: Guest Author Tags: AI/Machine Learning Ambulatory C-Suite Leadership Health IT Company Healthcare IT Hospital - Health System Regulations 21st Century Cures Clinical Decision Support Clinical Grade AI DrFirst EHR Certification EHR Development EHR R Source Type: blogs
Strategies and Best Practices for Developing and Nurturing Leadership Skills in Health IT
The new year is a time of personal growth and self-improvement. We all set out with a list of resolutions, determined to become the best versions of ourselves. While we are still in this mindset, let’s talk about how we can also improve as health IT leaders. Aristotle believed that in order to become a virtuous person, you must do virtuous things. So to become a better leader in health IT, we need to figure out what skills and best practices we must do and find out if these skills for health IT leadership is different than other healthcare sectors.
We reached out to our incredible Healthcare IT Today Community to ask...
Source: EMR and HIPAA - February 6, 2024 Category: Information Technology Authors: Grayson Miller Tags: C-Suite Leadership Career and Jobs Health IT Company Healthcare IT Hospital - Health System Arcadia best practices Caryn Hewitt CenTrak CliniComp e4health Health IT Leadership Health IT Skills Healthcare Leadership John Johnson Source Type: blogs
The Business Case for a Biosimilar Company to Bring a Copy of Levemir to Market
My readers may recall that in November 2023, I blogged that Novo Nordisk announced it plans to retire (stop making) its first " Lantus killer " known as Levemir (insulin detemir injection) in the U.S. in 2024 (catch my post at https://blog.sstrumello.com/2023/11/novo-nordisk-to-discontinue-levemir-in.html for more). At the time I learned of the announcement, I was on vacation in Amsterdam, so I just made a note of the development and blogged about it a few weeks later upon my return.Like other patients my age, I have endured the company ' s previous insulin " retirements " . Novo Nordisk ' s time-frame for withdr...
Source: Scott's Web Log - January 25, 2024 Category: Endocrinology Tags: 2024 Biosimilar Levemir Novo Nordisk PBM Source Type: blogs
Healthcare Cybersecurity – 2024 Health IT Predictions
As we kick off 2024, we wanted to start the new year with a series of 2024 Health IT predictions. We asked the Healthcare IT Today community to submit their predictions and we received a wide ranging set of responses that we grouped into a number of themes. In fact, we got so many that we had to narrow them down to just the best and most interesting. Check out our community’s predictions below and be sure to add your own thoughts and/or places you disagree with these predictions in the comments and on social media.
All of this year’s 2024 health IT predictions (updated as they’re shared):
John and ...
Source: EMR and HIPAA - January 3, 2024 Category: Information Technology Authors: John Lynn Tags: Ambulatory C-Suite Leadership Health IT Company Healthcare IT Hospital - Health System IT Infrastructure and Dev Ops LTPAC Security and Privacy 2024 Health IT Predictions Anatomy IT Andrew Bayers ArmorText Claroty CloudWave Ele Source Type: blogs
Building a Culture of Safety in Perinatal Nursing: Insights from The Nurse Keith Show with Guest Jeanette Zocco
This special episode of The Nurse Keith Show titled " Perinatal Safety
Nursing, Evidence-Based Practice, and Fostering a Culture of Safety, " features guest Jeanette Zocco, a perinatal
quality and safety specialist. Zocco ' s experience and passion for
perinatal nursing shine through as she discusses the critical importance
of safety in nursing.Jeanette Zocco delves into the significance of safety protocols in
perinatal nursing. She addresses the necessity of ingraining safety
measures into everyday operations and embracing programs such as team
steps and crew resource management. The dedication to fostering a safet...
Source: Digital Doorway - December 20, 2023 Category: Nursing Source Type: blogs
What Should You Think About When Migrating Existing Healthcare Systems and Applications to the Cloud?
Moving is a very daunting task. The longer you live somewhere the more stuff you have to pack up into boxes and then unpack in your new place. And you’ve kept this stuff for so long that you’re attached to it and don’t want to get rid of anything. Moving your organization to a new system is just the same. All of your data and information is stored away in other systems and applications. And while those systems and applications may not be perfect, your staff have used them for so long that they’re used to them and might be resistant to change. Tragically, for both moving in our own lives and moving o...
Source: EMR and HIPAA - October 27, 2023 Category: Information Technology Authors: Grayson Miller Tags: C-Suite Leadership Health IT Company Healthcare IT Hospital - Health System IT Infrastructure and Dev Ops Anthony Brooke Carenet Health CereCore Clay Posey Cloud Migration CloudWave Dave Mulligan DrFirst e4health Healthcare Clo Source Type: blogs
Automation Drives Optimal Use of Temp Nurses
Staffing has become alarmingly tight in health care, driven by aging and a less healthy population, an aging workforce, bureaucratic demands from payers that disincentivize staff, and the traumas of the COVID-19 crisis and increasing violence against staff. Temps, often traveling long distances, have been making up the difference between supply and demand in staffing. The critical shortage has interfered with well-intentioned regulatory goals.
ShiftMed, though, has been taking a sleeker and friendlier direction in temporary staffing.
On the institutional side, pressures to reduce staff costs intersect with desperate needs ...
Source: EMR and HIPAA - October 23, 2023 Category: Information Technology Authors: Andy Oram Tags: Analytics/Big Data Clinical Health IT Company Healthcare IT Hospital - Health System Craig Allen Ahrens Healthcare Burnout Healthcare Staffing nurse staffing Nursing ShiftMed Temp Nurses Uber UberHealth Source Type: blogs
Hidden Heroes: How Operational Teams Drive Optimal Health IT System Adoption
The following is a guest article by Cynthia Casatelli, Senior Consultant and Project Manager at e4.health
The success of any major IT system change hinges on having the right people working on the right tasks through every step of the process. Each phase of a project, from ideation to activation, demands specific skills and insights.
From pre-planning to strategic plans and rigorous timelines, proper resource alignment is crucial. However, proper staffing for EHR, revenue cycle management (RCM), and other major health IT system transitions go far beyond IT personnel. Operational teams must also be fully engaged and include...
Source: EMR and HIPAA - September 29, 2023 Category: Information Technology Authors: Guest Author Tags: Ambulatory C-Suite Leadership Clinical EMR-EHR Health IT Company Healthcare IT Hospital - Health System Cynthia Casatelli Departmental Directors e4.health EHR Implementation EHR Training End Users Health IT Subject Matter Experts Source Type: blogs
American Lung Association Wants to Keep Smokers Misinformed About the Relative Risks of Different Tobacco Products
Incomments submitted to the FDA in response to the Center for Tobacco Products ' (CTP) draft strategic plan, the American Lung Association expressed its opposition to one of the strategic goals, which was to " inform adults who smoke about the relative risks of tobacco products. " This goal primarily expressed the desire of the CTP to inform smokers that electronic cigarettes are much safer than real cigarettes and therefore may be considered as a safer alternative for smokers who are unable to quit using other cessation methods.The American Lung Association does not approve of this goal, writing: "Remove language from the...
Source: The Rest of the Story: Tobacco News Analysis and Commentary - August 31, 2023 Category: Addiction Source Type: blogs
How Automation Can Help Ease Healthcare Worker Burnout
The following is a guest article by Anna Twomey, Senior Director, Healthcare Providers – Americas at SS&C Blue Prism
With rising staffing shortages and burnout among healthcare workers, digital transformation will be key to overcoming these challenges and protecting patient care. It’s estimated that the U.S. could see a shortage of up to 124,000 physicians by 2033 and will need to hire at least 200,000 nurses per year to meet increased demand and to replace retiring nurses. The healthcare worker burnout crisis in this country began before the COVID-19 pandemic, but the public health emergency m...
Source: EMR and HIPAA - June 28, 2023 Category: Information Technology Authors: Guest Author Tags: AI/Machine Learning C-Suite Leadership Health IT Company Healthcare IT Hospital - Health System Anna Twomey BPM Business Process Management Digital Transformation EHR Healthcare Automation Healthcare Burnout IA Intelligent Automa Source Type: blogs
The Rise of Chat in Healthcare and Remaining Concerns
The following is a guest article by David Dyke, Chief Product Officer at Relatient
Hybrid Chat Facilitates Hands-On Patient Interaction and Eases Administrative Burden through Automation
Chat technology is beginning to be embraced by healthcare organizations to better serve patients, reduce staff burnout, increase internal efficiencies, and improve the overall patient experience. Although widely used in many other industries, its adoption is just beginning to take off in healthcare. In fact, as healthcare leaders increasingly prioritize patient access, chat’s success in other businesses has spurred the rapid onboarding o...
Source: EMR and HIPAA - June 19, 2023 Category: Information Technology Authors: Guest Author Tags: Administration AI/Machine Learning Ambulatory Communication and Patient Experience Health IT Company Healthcare IT Hospital - Health System LTPAC Administrative Burden Administrative Workflows Arkansas Children’s Hospital Auditing Source Type: blogs
Coast Guard Leans Forward in New UxS Strategy but Faces Significant Challenges
The rise of unmanned systems creates a challenging landscape for the U.S. Coast Guard as it endeavors to conduct its diverse missions in the future. To address emerging technologies and prepare for forthcoming threats, the service recently released a strategic plan. (Source: The RAND Blog)
Source: The RAND Blog - May 3, 2023 Category: Health Management Authors: Eric Cooper; Scott Savitz Source Type: blogs
Application and Funding Trends in Fiscal Year 2022
NIGMS continues to support a wide range of topics and investigators, maintaining a broad biomedical research portfolio. In Fiscal Year (FY) 2022, NIGMS received a congressional appropriation of $3,092,373,000. Consistent with the Institute’s mission, a large portion of these funds support investigator-initiated research project grants (RPGs) at institutions throughout the country. As part of its commitment to transparency, NIGMS publishes data on annual trends in its grant portfolios. In this post, we describe investigator-level trends for RPGs and review the trends associated with competing RPGs as well as those in...
Source: NIGMS Feedback Loop Blog - National Institute of General Medical Sciences - April 6, 2023 Category: Biomedical Science Authors: Chrissa Chverchko Tags: Director’s Messages Funding Trends Funding Outcomes Funding Policies MIRA NIGMS Strategic Plan R01 Source Type: blogs
Featured Health IT Job: Vice President, Compliance and Program Development
We like to regularly feature a healthcare IT job that might be of interest to readers. Today, we’re featuring the Vice President, Compliance and Program Development position that was recently posted on Healthcare IT Central. This position was posted by Easterseals Louisiana Inc. and is in Louisiana, New Orleans.
Here’s a description of the position:
EOE Statement
We are an equal employment opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status or any other characteristic ...
Source: EMR and HIPAA - April 5, 2023 Category: Information Technology Authors: Health IT Jobs Tags: Career and Jobs Healthcare IT Compliance and Program Development Jobs Easterseals Louisiana Inc. Health IT Jobs Healthcare IT Jobs Job Seekers Vice President Jobs Source Type: blogs
