Eric Topol: The wireless future of medicine

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VA, DOD to expand virtual EHR program

By Alice Lipowicz Apr 06, 2010 The Veterans Affairs and Defense departments intend to expand their Virtual Lifetime Electronic Record (VLER) pilot program, officials said today. The next series of demonstrations will involve exchange of additional types of data, including lab data, Dr. Steve Ondra, senior policy adviser for health affairs at the VA, said at a Health […]

Daily Choice: Tuesday, April 20, 2010

Reflection: Smart vs. Lucky

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 […]

DAILY CHOICE: Friday, April 16, 2010

Reflection: Confident vs. Insecure

What Is The Meaning of Celibacy? Science and Enforced Sexual Abstinence.

Mike Magee The current crisis and controversy that has enveloped the Catholic Church and its leadership and victimized its most vulnerable parishioners shows no signs of abating. This is largely the result of non-transparency, cover-up, and litigation rather than the result of an open and scientifically rigorous examination of cause and effect. In 1979, while […]