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Daily Choice: Tuesday, April 27, 2010

Reflection: Dream vs. Focus

Daily Choice: Monday, April 26, 2010

Reflection: Give vs. Receive

Testimony to Senate Aging Committee: National e-Care Plan Needed Now

 Eric Dishman This week, almost 6 years to the day of giving similar testimony to the same Senate Special Subcommittee on Aging, I had the opportunity on behalf of theContinua Health Alliance (www.continuaalliance.org) to reflect on the persistent barriers that prevent the widespread implementation of telehealth, aging-in-place, and what Continua calls “e-care” (for “electronic care”) technologies. In this […]

Daily Choice: Saturday, April 24, 2010

Reflection: Individual vs. Collective

A Letter From Kathleen Casey MD of Operation Giving Back

Dear friends –  Mother Teresa said, “We can do no great things, only small things with great love.” While our efforts of October 2007 preparing the flooded St. Cecilia School for its future as a much needed health clinic in New Orleans’ 9th ward were just a small part of the years of work required to […]

Daily Choice: Thursday, April 22, 2010

Reflection: Action vs. Inaction

Testimony to Health IT Policy Committee on the use of health IT for patient and family engagement

Eric Dishman  Verbal testimony delivered today in Washington DC: “I am honored to testify today about using health IT to facilitate more patient and family engagement in our own health, wellness, and care. My social science career has spanned almost 20 years of doing R&D of patient engagement technologies. These past 11 years, I have […]

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