Technology
The launch of a new online investment dashboard now allows individuals to look at how COVID-19 funds are being spent in the state. Just over $1 billion in federal CARES Act investments were approved by the Governor’s SPARK taskforce and…
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Missouri has been recognized as a national leader in digital technology best practices, according to a released 2020 Digital States Survey from the Center for Digital Government (CDG). The CDG is a national advisory and research institute on information technology policies…
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Marc Naughton, last executive member at Cerner Corp. to serve under co-founder and former CEO Neal Patterson, is set to leave next year, according to an announcement from the company this week. After 28 years at Cerner Corp. and the…
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The beginning of a nationwide electronic health record (EHR) system launch for has begun this week for the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs. A Veterans Affairs (VA) center in Washington state is the first to begin the transition from its…
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The latest investment for Missouri rural broadband expansion has brings in $91.5 million from the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA). Grant funding will be distributed through the national ReConnect Program, or Rural eConnectivity Pilot Program, originally launched in 2018. The…
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The City of Overland Park, Kan. has opted to turn down plans to use federal CARES Act funding for a video broadcast system at a soccer complex, according to a Monday afternoon announcement from the city. A city spokeswoman said…
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Missouri Senator Roy Blunt on Thursday commended the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s announcement that it is investing an additional $91.5 million in grant funding through the ReConnect Pilot Program to expand rural broadband in Missouri. The Fiscal Year 2020 government funding bill,…
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The University of Missouri will begin asking all students, faculty, staff and visitors to verify they’ve completed their required daily symptom monitoring by presenting the #CampusClear symptom-checker app before entering select facilities on campus. MU began requiring students, faculty and staff to complete a…
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Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Kansas City (Blue KC), the region’s largest not-for-profit healthcare insurance provider, announced today it will invest in KCRise Fund II, which funds high-growth, early-stage technology companies in the Kansas City area. “Blue KC’s investment…
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This year, hundreds of health organizations have been impacted by large-scale security breaches and cyberattacks to their systems. So far this year, around 412 healthcare organizations reported to the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), reports Becker’s Health IT.…
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