HHS brings medical and public health relief to US territories recovering from Hurricanes Maria, Irma

27. September 2017 EHR, EMR, Health, HIPAA 0
As part of the Trump Administration’s government-wide hurricane relief efforts in impacted U.S. territories, hundreds of medical personnel from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services are on the ground in Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands to help survivors of Hurricanes Maria and Irma. HHS personnel have set up a medical base ...

HHS advances point-of-care diagnostic test for anthrax

27. September 2017 EHR, EMR, Health, HIPAA 0
A point-of-care diagnostic test that may be able to determine within 15 minutes whether a patient has been infected with the bacterium that causes anthrax is moving forward in research and development with the support of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ Office of the Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response (ASPR). A ...