“I get a lot of electronic newsletters and emails that go right into the virtual trash, but today’s Communications Daily (Volume 29, Number 178) had a headline that made me literally jump for joy: “TELEMEDICINE KEY to meeting president’s goals on health care reform, federal CTO tells FCC workshop.” This refers to an excellent presentation about telehealth given at an FCC meeting yesterday by the President’s Chief Technology Officer, Aneesh Chopra, who is quoted as saying: “We cannot move forward in advancing our nation’s healthcare reform goals without the appropriate use of technology in health care and telemedicine is a key component.” Citing the government’s $150 billion investment in R&D in this country, he goes on to say: “Rest assured healthcare IT will include telemedicine….We are going to apply all levers to drive innovation in this space”.”
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Eric Dishman, Healthcare@Intel, 16 September 2009
