Eric Goes To Washington: “Think Big” as We Engage Patients & Families in a Healthcare System for the 21st Century

Eric Dishman Intel Fellow Next week is an “Eric Goes to Washington” adventure, where I have the honor of testifying before the Senate Special Committee on Aging about “aging-in-place” technologies and policies. I also have the great opportunity to testify before the Health IT Policy Committee on the use of health IT for patient and family […]

Electronic Health Records and Clinical Trials: An Incentive to Integrate

GUEST CORRESPONDENT Chris Thorman As we wait for the federal government to finalize important sections of the Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health Act (HITECH), there is a lot of talk about the financial incentives for implementing electronic health records (EHR). And understandably so. Practices that implement an EHR under the federal government’s […]

Federal Telemedicine News

Grant Applications Available The USDA’s Rural Utilities Service just announced the Distance Learning and Telemedicine (DLT) grant program application window for FY 2010 is now open. Funding for FY 2010 is $30,255,000 with the maximum grant to be $500,000 and the minimum grant to be $50,000. So far there is no budget authorization for the […]

Medical Diagnostic Imaging Coming To A Home Near You?

In 2006, I predicted that much of what currently occurs in the doctor’s office would eventually be done by devices in the home with data transmitted automatically and wirelessly to one’s care team. OK you say for blood work and vital signs, but never diagnostic imaging. Well as you can see below in a piece […]

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