What To Expect When You Are Managing A Population Health Coalition
Collaboration among a litany of health care and community-based organizations (CBOs) has become a popular approach to pursuing health improvements in cities and towns across the United States. Examples of cross-sector coalitions can be found in the work of Way to Wellville, the Institute for Healthcare Improvement’s 100 Million Healthier Lives initiative, and, in many cases, the winners of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation’s (RWJF’s) Culture of Health Prize.
Over the past few years, health care and community-based providers have expressed to me a combination of excitement and fear about integrating their work with t...
Source: Health Affairs Blog - June 13, 2017 Category: Health Management Authors: Lauren Taylor Tags: GrantWatch Hospitals Population Health Public Health community-based organizations Health Philanthropy Health Promotion and Disease PreventionGW Health Research & Educational Trust Politics Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Source Type: blogs
NIH Releases Federal Pain Research Strategy Draft Research Priorities - American Society of Anesthesiologists
On May 25, the Interagency Pain Research Coordinating Committee (IPRCC) and the Office of Pain Policy of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) released draft Federal Pain Research Priorities, which were presented and discussed at a forum and public comment period on June 1. The forum immediately followed the Annual NIH Pain Consortium Symposium, where presentations highlighted multidisciplinary strategies for the management of pain. Following the open public comment period, written comments will be accepted until June 6.The Federal Pain Research Strategy (FPRS) is an effort to oversee development...
Source: Psychology of Pain - June 7, 2017 Category: Anesthesiology Source Type: blogs
The Federal Pain Research Strategy - NIH
The Federal Pain Research Strategy is an effort of the Interagency Pain Research Coordinating Committee and the Office of Pain Policy of the National Institutes of Health to oversee development of a long-term strategic plan for those federal agencies and departments that support pain research. A diverse and balanced group of scientific experts, patient advocates, and federal representatives identified and prioritized research recommendations as a basis for this long-term strategic plan to coordinate and advance the federal pain research agenda. The key areas of prevention of acute and chronic pain, acute pain and acute pai...
Source: Psychology of Pain - May 26, 2017 Category: Anesthesiology Source Type: blogs
The AMA Points Out Some Home Truths On What Is Needed From The National Digital Health Strategy.
This appeared last week.Don ’t-give-us-high-level-give-us-down-earth-ama-says17 Mar 2017The proposed national digital health strategy should be a simple, straightforward list of proposed projects and their benefits, rather than a high-level strategy document, Australia’s peak doctors’ body says.In its submission to the A ustralian Digital Health Agency (ADHA), the AMA says it has long advocated for a strategic plan for digital health.But it warns that clinicians must be involved in both the development of the proposed National Digital Health Strategy (NDHS) and its implementation, saying too many e-health projects a ...
Source: Australian Health Information Technology - March 28, 2017 Category: Information Technology Authors: Dr David More MB PhD FACHI Source Type: blogs
Weekly Australian Health IT Links – 27th March, 2017.
Here are a few I have come across the last week or so.Note: Each link is followed by a title and a few paragraphs. For the full article click on the link above title of the article. Note also that full access to some links may require site registration or subscription payment.General CommentA really quiet week until the Council of Australian Governments leapt in and decided we are all going to be given a myHR. Time will tell how that works out.-----https://ama.com.au/ausmed/national-e-health-strategy-%E2%80%93-don%E2%80%99t-give-us-high-level-give-us-down-earth-ama-saysDon ’t-give-us-high-level-give-us-down-earth-a...
Source: Australian Health Information Technology - March 27, 2017 Category: Information Technology Authors: Dr David More MB PhD FACHI Source Type: blogs
Healthcare Economics: Why This Stuff Doesn ’ t Actually Work The Way You Think It Does
By JOE FLOWER
This is a letter I sent to Gary Cohn, appointed by President Trump to head the National Economic Council and, among other things, come up with a plan for reforming healthcare. Formerly president of Goldman Sachs, Cohn may be a wizard at finance, but healthcare economics are wildly different and famously opaque. So I thought I would help him out.]
Subject: A brief on healthcare economics. (8 minutes)
o Why healthcare economics are different.
o Why the ACA is failing.
o What would work.
Who I am (credentials): Independent healthcare author and analyst since Jimmy Carter’s administration. Speaker, consu...
Source: The Health Care Blog - March 10, 2017 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: John Irvine Tags: Uncategorized Source Type: blogs
Why This Doesn ’ t Actually Work The Way You Think It Does
By JOE FLOWER
This is a letter I sent to Gary Cohn, appointed by President Trump to head the National Economic Council and, among other things, come up with a plan for reforming healthcare. Formerly president of Goldman Sachs, Cohn may be a wizard at finance, but healthcare economics are wildly different and famously opaque. So I thought I would help him out.]
Subject: A brief on healthcare economics. (8 minutes)
o Why healthcare economics are different.
o Why the ACA is failing.
o What would work.
Who I am (credentials): Independent healthcare author and analyst since Jimmy Carter’s administration. Speaker, consu...
Source: The Health Care Blog - March 10, 2017 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: John Irvine Tags: Uncategorized Source Type: blogs
An Open Briefing For the President ’ s Economic Advisors (And Concerned Members of the House & Senate )
By JOE FLOWER
This is a letter I sent to Gary Cohn, appointed by President Trump to head the National Economic Council and, among other things, come up with a plan for reforming healthcare. Formerly president of Goldman Sachs, Cohn may be a wizard at finance, but healthcare economics are wildly different and famously opaque. So I thought I would help him out.]
Subject: A brief on healthcare economics. (8 minutes)
o Why healthcare economics are different.
o Why the ACA is failing.
o What would work.
Who I am (credentials): Independent healthcare author and analyst since Jimmy Carter’s administration. Speaker, consu...
Source: The Health Care Blog - March 10, 2017 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: John Irvine Tags: Uncategorized Source Type: blogs
Stable Success Rates and Other Funding Trends in Fiscal Year 2016
NIGMS is committed to ensuring that taxpayers get the best possible returns on their investments in fundamental biomedical research. As part of an NIH-wide commitment to enhancing stewardship, we regularly monitor trends in the Institute’s funding portfolio.
One of the most commonly cited metrics when discussing grants is success rate, calculated as the number of applications funded divided by the number of applications reviewed. As shown in Figure 1, the success rate for NIGMS research project grants (RPGs) was 29.6% in Fiscal Year (FY) 2016, the same as it was in FY 2015. Although we funded a record number of compe...
Source: NIGMS Feedback Loop Blog - National Institute of General Medical Sciences - March 2, 2017 Category: Biomedical Science Authors: Dr. Andrew Miklos and Dr. Jon Lorsch Tags: Director’s Messages Funding Trends Funding Outcomes MIRA NIGMS Strategic Plan R01 Source Type: blogs
What Three Decades Of Pandemic Threats Can Teach Us About The Future
Editor’s Note: This post reflects on a speech on pandemic preparedness Dr. Fauci gave on January 10, 2017 in Washington, DC, hosted by The Center for Global Health Science and Security at Georgetown University Medical Center, the Harvard Global Health Institute, and Health Affairs.
One of the most important challenges facing the new Administration is preparedness for the pandemic outbreak of an infectious disease. Infectious diseases will continue to pose a significant threat to public health and the economies of countries worldwide. The U.S. government will need to continue its investment to combat these diseases whe...
Source: Health Affairs Blog - February 9, 2017 Category: Health Management Authors: Anthony S. Fauci Tags: Featured Global Health Policy Ebola HIV/AIDS NIH pandemic preparedness Zika Source Type: blogs
Health Care Worries Top Terrorism, By Far, In Americans ’ Minds
This article was originally published in www.healthpopuli.com on February 8, 2017.
Health care is the top concern of American families, according to a Monmouth University Poll conducted in the week prior to Donald Trump’s Presidential inauguration.
Among U.S. consumers’ top ten worries, eight in ten directly point to financial concerns — with health care costs at the top of the worry-list for 25% of people. Health care financial worries led the second place concern, job security and unemployment, by a large margin (11 percentage points) In third place was “everyday bills,” the top concern for 12% of U.S. adul...
Source: Disruptive Women in Health Care - February 9, 2017 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: dw at disruptivewomen.net Tags: Affordable Healthcare Act Consumer Health Care Coverage Policy Disparities Health Reform Insurance Personalized Medicine Source Type: blogs
Here Is The Sort Of Boundary The ADHA Strategic Planning Process Needs To Address.
Just coincidentally we had some interesting related releases last week.First we had from ADHA the following pair.National Medicines Safety Program Established Created on Thursday, 19 January 2017 The Australian Digital Health Agency is pleased to announce the establishment of a new national Medicines Safety Program.The Agency ’s Executive General Manager Clinical and Consumer Engagement and Clinical Governance, and Chief Clinical Information Officer Dr Monica Trujillo said the program will work with consumers and healthcare providers to explore how digital health can improve the safety and quality of medicines usage in A...
Source: Australian Health Information Technology - January 23, 2017 Category: Information Technology Authors: Dr David More MB PhD FACHI Source Type: blogs
Many think the Cures Act will halt progress. They ’re wrong.
Recently, the U.S. Senate passed the 21st Century Cures bill with an overwhelming vote of 95-4 and was approved by President Obama. Yet, the controversy continues. Some people worry that this act is destroying our scientific process and sacrificing patient safety issues. Others proclaim that this is a win for the big pharmaceutical companies, who are already winning by a landslide. And then, there are the voices shouting out with all their might that this is what patients need. In fact, the 21st Century Cures Act is a huge win for patients.
What changes under the 21st Century Cures Act?
$4.8 billion dollars will be alloca...
Source: Kevin, M.D. - Medical Weblog - January 11, 2017 Category: Journals (General) Authors: < a href="http://www.kevinmd.com/blog/post-author/linda-girgis" rel="tag" > Linda Girgis, MD < /a > Tags: Meds Medications Source Type: blogs
2016 in Review
Many people are yearning for the end of 2016 - too many unexpected deaths of notable people, too many unexpected acts of violence, too many unexpected election results.However, 2016 did have its highlights. In early 2016, I wrote about thefive pillars of the BIDMC strategic plan for the year - social media-like documentation, mobile technologies for patients/providers, analytics for care management, cloud hosted interoperability and and enhanced security. Here ’s my top 10 list from 2016 as to how these concepts actually played out.1. In early 2016, a guiding coalition of developers and provider...
Source: Life as a Healthcare CIO - December 28, 2016 Category: Information Technology Source Type: blogs
Public input for NLM strategic planning
It’s been at least a decade since the National Library of Medicine issued a long-range plan. Significant advances in biomedical informatics, data science, precision medicine, open access to biomedical information, and changes in our country’s health systems, and previous public input have informed NLM’s current strategic planning process.
That’s why NLM is requesting public input for priorities and future directions on four themes:
Role of NLM in advancing data science, open science, and biomedical informatics.
Role of NLM in advancing biomedical discovery and translational science.
Role of NLM in supporting the p...
Source: BHIC - December 7, 2016 Category: Databases & Libraries Authors: Annette Parde-Maass Tags: Health Information Literacy National Library of Medicine News Public Health Source Type: blogs
