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Telehealth Alone Won't Increase Health Care Access for the Underserved
Lori Uscher-Pines, Ateev Mehrotra @Ateevm
Dec 16, 2016
Health Affairs Blog
Telehealth can bring care into communities that have limited access to providers or facilities. But it must be integrated into a well-functioning system that can address the added needs that telehealth generates.
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Telemedicine
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Paying for Telemedicine
Shira H. Fischer @ShiraFischer
Sep 3, 2015
The RAND Blog
Telehealth, delivering health services and information via technology, holds great promise. But more information is needed to determine what works and what doesn't.
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Emerging Technologies
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Snapchat CEO Discusses App's Appeal, Future of Digital Communication
Nov 20, 2014
With technology a persistent theme throughout RAND's biennial Politics Aside event, it was only fitting that the proceedings closed with a conversation on social media between Michael Lynton, CEO of Sony Pictures, and Evan Spiegel, the 24-year-old co-founder and CEO of Snapchat.
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Health Information Technology
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How Technology Can Help Save Health Care Dollars
Jeffrey Wasserman
May 6, 2014
InsideSources
Devising methods to stimulate patients' use of computers, smart phones, and other technology to become more engaged in their health care could usher in an era in which better health is just a click or tap away.
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Health Information Technology
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Physicians' Concerns About Electronic Health Records: Implications and Steps Towards Solutions
Mark W. Friedberg @MWFriedberg, F. Jay Crosson, Michael Tutty
Mar 12, 2014
Health Affairs Blog
If practicing physicians are correct, the current state of EHR technology has introduced several impediments to providing patient care, undermining physician professional satisfaction. Many of these problems also should be of great concern to patients.
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Health Care Workforce
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Is There Really a Physician Shortage?
David I. Auerbach
Dec 6, 2013
The Health Care Blog
Large coverage expansions under the ACA have reignited concerns about physician shortages. These estimates result from models that forecast future supply and demand for physicians based on past trends and current practice. While useful exercises, they do not necessarily imply that intervening to boost physician supply would be worth the investment.
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Telecommunications
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Paul Baran Named Internet Hall of Fame Pioneer
Apr 25, 2012
Paul Baran, who helped develop the building blocks of the Internet during the 1960s while working as a researcher at the RAND Corporation, was inducted into the Internet Hall of Fame. He was honored posthumously in the Pioneers Circle with others who were instrumental in the early design and development of the Internet.
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Telecommunications

Telehealth Alone Won't Increase Health Care Access for the Underserved

Paying for Telemedicine

Snapchat CEO Discusses App's Appeal, Future of Digital Communication

How Technology Can Help Save Health Care Dollars

Physicians' Concerns About Electronic Health Records: Implications and Steps Towards Solutions

Is There Really a Physician Shortage?

Paul Baran Named Internet Hall of Fame Pioneer

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