Tag: 21st_Century Healthcare

• 2018 Bodes Well for Telehealth and Remote Patient Monitoring By Mario Romao, Global Director, Health and Data Policy If 2017 ended on a high for telehealth and remote patient monitoring, the start of 2018 also did not disappoint. Indeed, on Feb 9, the Bipartisan Budget Act of 2018 was signed into law. This bill, which provides a budget agreement for 2018-2019, also includes a number of policy provisions in support...
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• Winds are Changing for Remote Patient Monitoring In my last blog post I referenced the launch of the Intel® Health Application Platform for remote healthcare and also the recent solicitation for comments on “Current Year 2018 Revisions to Payment Policies under the Physician Fee Schedule” (PFS), in which the Centers for Medicare 7 Medicaid Services (CMS) asked for input on how to pay for remote patient monitoring...
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• Intel launches the Health Application Platform to Provide Better and More Efficient Care Intel announced the launch of the Intel® Health Application Platform, software that, when coupled with an Intel-architecture-based design specification implemented by a third-party hardware vendor, can help enable healthcare solution providers to securely and reliably deliver distributed healthcare services and a new standard for remote patient care[1]. As digitization of healthcare systems progresses, more data about patients’ conditions are routinely...
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• One Giant Leap for Precision Medicine: One million research cohort to help millions of Americans who suffer from disease By Eric Dishman, Intel Fellow and General Manager for Health and Life Sciences for Intel On January 20th, President Obama launched the Precision Medicine Initiative (PMI) to accelerate our understanding of individual variability and its effect on disease onset, progression, prevention, and treatment.  One of the key components in bringing this initiative to life was the creation of a large...
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• Need for a 21st Century Immigration Policy Intel's CEO, Paul Otellini, along with other members of the President's Council on Jobs and Competitiveness, wrote a joint op-ed on the need for a 21st Century immigration policy. Check out the op-ed, which is posted belowAmerica needs a 21st century immigration policyMay 19, 2011 11:47 EDTFrom members of the President’s Council on Jobs and Competitiveness President Obama’s recent focus...
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• Intel’s Op-Ed in Support of Privacy Legislation Today, The Hill's Congress Blog published an op-ed written by David Hoffman, Intel's Director of Security Policy and Global Privacy Officer.  In the op-ed, David argues that putting in place a legal and regulatory system that provides for strong privacy protections is key to consumer adoption of technology and thus to the growth of our business.  The op-ed also discusses the recent...
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• Intel Supports Kerry-McCain Privacy Legislation and Administration’s Call for Legislation Today, Intel, along with eBay, Microsoft and HP, issued a joint statement supporting the introduction by Senator John Kerry and Senator John McCain of the Commercial Privacy Bill of Rights Act. Intel has long advocated for comprehensive federal privacy legislation, which we believe will promote innovation and ensure consumer trust in the use of technology. We support the Kerry-McCain bill’s...
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• The American Research and Competitiveness Act of 2011– Driving Jobs and Innovation This month we welcomed Noushin Jahanian as Intel's director of Tax Policy and Government Relations and newest member of our Washington, DC office. Noushin joins us from the Washington Tax Group and before that she was the Chief Counsel and Policy Director for Senator Stabenow of Michigan.Below is Noushin's first post on Policy@Intel. We are very excited she has joined...
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• Attention DC: Watch the PDT (Public Displays of Technology) I'm sure that no one in DC's policy world has an obsession with checking their mobile devices. Right? A recent survey commissioned by Intel found that nine out of ten American adults claim they have seen people misuse mobile technology, and 75 percent say mobile manners are becoming worse compared to just 1 year ago. With so many small and...
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• Today’s West Wing Week or Don’t Bump My Atoms Many in Washington and throughout the county look forward to the White House's regular “West Wing Week” video. These are typically posted on Fridays and include footage from the President’s travels and events from the preceding week.Today, the West Wing Week humorously subtitled “Don’t Bump My Atoms” (a quip from President Obama while Intel's Barbara Miner explained the workings of...
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