Health and Human Services
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The St. Mary’s Food Bank is using GIS technology to get food to communities, an initiative that plays an increasingly important role as the federal government explores funding changes to benefits programs. -
The state recently reached a rideshare milestone in its partnership with GoGoGrandparent, an on-demand transportation and delivery service platform designed to offer older adults greater independence at no cost.
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The grant, which would have benefitted the Birmingham Biotechnology Hub, led by Southern Research, has been cancelled. The award followed its 2023 designation as one of 31 federal Tech Hubs, setting the stage for funding.
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Data shared between agencies could help turn case workers onto larger problems. But sharing that data comes with hefty considerations.
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The Zoom Latitude programmer, used by doctors to communicate with patients' pacemakers and defibrillators, leaves personal data vulnerable.
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With 8 colleges under fire for online inaccessibility toward disabled students, lawyers and activists are now looking at how The Americans with Disabilities Act needs to be revised for the 21st century.
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A products label is a common form of nudging behavior.
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A law Gov. Jerry Brown signed Monday aims to increase disclosure on drug prices.
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Nikhil Deshpande, Georgia’s chief digital officer, discusses how his state is making its digital strategy more user-friendly at last week’s National Association of State Chief Information Officers meeting in Austin, Texas.
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Rhode Island's new CIO Bijay Kumar is also its chief digital officer in his first-ever public-sector role, bringing two decades of experience to bear.
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New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie announced more than a dozen drug companies would be sharing data with the National Institutes of Health to stem the opioid epidemic.
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Researchers at Virginia Tech, which has a site of FAA-sanctioned drone testing facility, came to the conclusion that there is less than a 5 percent chance of head injury from impact of an UAV.
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Giving us medical information and advice is Amazon's Alexa's new skill.
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SB 17 aims to make drug prices for both public and private health plans more transparent, and now it's awaiting Gov. Jerry Brown's signature.
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Last week, California’s Bureau of Cannabis Control outlined its plans to ban delivering pot by unmanned aerial vehicle.
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What could become the nations most comprehensive drug law is aiming to shed light on prescription drug prices.
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Technological solutions recognized in the Best of California 2017 awards do more than create efficiencies and cost savings for their respective agencies — they benefit members of the public as well.
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Proprietary software code has raised new questions about the accuracy of the New York City crime lab’s DNA results.
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Activists and scientists say the legislation would allow a projected 50,000 new cellular antennas will be installed on public buildings and utility poles, creating a risk to public health.
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The city has a fragmented approach for the recovery of critical IT systems in the event of a major earthquake, fire, terrorist attack or other disasters.
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Cincinnati explores how using police and EMS dispatch data to reveal when and where overdoses occur. Highlighting this data can create an effective early warning system for overdose spikes, identify chronic hotspots to target interventions, and assess performance across units.
