Health Policy
Best Practices
The National Center for Telehealth and Technology
The country’s focus on the invisible wounds of war for more than a decade has dramatically raised the awareness and care for the entire military...
Best Practices
Order Out of Chaos: Emergency Department Integration Software
For as long as there have been emergency departments (EDs), there has been a need to keep track of patients and their status. For most of that...
Government and Regulations
Another Whack at the Backlog; Leveling the Health Care Playing Field; Clearing Up Confusion About the Affordable Care Act; VA Health System Makes the Most Wired List
In the ongoing effort to cut the backlog of disability compensation claims down to size, the VA has added a new online application that allows...
Best Practices
Telemental Health From the "Outside In": Telework Options for Efficient Patient Care
The VA is the largest provider of mental health care in the U.S.(1) On April 19, 2012, Secretary of Veterans Affairs Eric K. Shinseki addressed...
Article
iGEM: A Learning Tool for the 21st Century
In 2007, the elderly accounted for about 13% of the total U.S.