Telemedicine

Weekly Pulse: White House Takes Offensive Against Health Care Repeal

The Media Consortium | Posted 05.25.2011

The Media Consortium

By Lindsay Beyerstein, Media Consortium blogger This week, House Republicans will hold a vote to repeal the Affordable Care Act. The bill is expecte...

Telemedicine: The Next Big Thing?

Roy Schoenberg, M.D. | Posted 05.25.2011

Roy Schoenberg, M.D.

Telemedicine is right for a defined scope of medical care, but is not a replacement for the relationship between a patient and her doctor.

Technology Is the Key to Equity in Access to Quality Health Care

Julius H. Hollis | Posted 05.25.2011

Julius H. Hollis

Advanced technologies in our hospitals will improve the well-being of Americans by shortening hospital stays, decreasing re-admissions and providing electronic prescriptions, among other things.

Why You'll Need A Personal Brain Trainer

Alvaro Fernandez | Posted 11.17.2011

Alvaro Fernandez

Substantial gains could be achieved by organizing everyday activities that grow neurological abilities and sustain brain health. If the ordinary citizen is to achieve brain fitness, they'll need to work at it.

Innovation in America: An Autobahn, or a Suburban Street With Speed Bumps?

Gary Shapiro | Posted 05.25.2011

Gary Shapiro

My fear is that my son's future won't include the rapid pace of innovation that we have enjoyed in recent years. What if decades roll by and innovation stands still?

State Prisons Look To Cut Medical Costs With Telephone Doctors

Quad-City Times | Kurt Erickson | Posted 05.25.2011

Hoping to combat rising medical costs, Illinois prison officials have quietly begun investigating a new way to treat inmates....

Advice to Obama at G-20 Summit: A Rising Tide Lifts All Boats

Gary Shapiro | Posted 05.25.2011

Gary Shapiro

I don't know precisely when progressives in this country gave up on free trade. Because when they did, without perhaps even realizing it, they turned their backs on the developing world.

A Presidential Rx to Improve Health in the New Year

Susan Blumenthal, M.D. | Posted 05.25.2011

Susan Blumenthal, M.D.

Our country faces significant health challenges including skyrocketing costs, declining funding for scientific research, and lack of innovation in the government's response to emerging threats.