The University of Kansas Medical Center will partner with the University of Missouri and University of Oklahoma to create the Heartland Telehealth Resource Center.
KDHE volunteers worked since Saturday to eliminate a backlog of more than 6,000 requests for vital records, ending a problem that began last month with a major computer outage.
Sixteen people have been tapped by Gov. Mark Parkinson to serve on the board of a non-profit corporation that will oversee implementation of a digital, statewide health information exchange.
Families USA chief Ron Pollack, a leading advocate of health reform, will be the lead speaker at a health care forum organized by the Kansas City Chamber.
The Kansas Public Health Association's 67th annual meeting and fall conference is scheduled for later this month.
The new federal reform law will mean an overhaul for the nation's health care system but won't do enough to curb growing health care costs, according to an article published in "Health Affairs," a leading policy journal.
KU has named a director for its Biotechnology and Optimization Center, which focuses on commercializing the products of drug research.
In a message delivered to legislative leaders today, Gov. Mark Parkinson said Kansas will receive about $40 million or $50 million more in federal aid than the Legislature anticipated when it crafted the current year budget.
Annual research funding at the University of Kansas Medical Center for the first time has surpassed $100 million, officials said today.
HMS, a New York-based firm that specializes in cost control and dollar recoveries for government health programs, has been awarded a new contract by the Kansas Health Policy Authority to provide Medicaid subrogation and estate recovery services.