Issues in Vendor/Library Relations -- Promises, Promises

Promises, promises.

In the target article I argued that cognitive neuropsychologists have increasingly deviated from the original goals and methods of the subject. In this reply to the commentators, I argue that future progress using neuropsychological approaches to understanding behaviour is most likely to be made by the use of converging sources of evidence that are garnered by an interdisciplinary methodology. ...

Promises, promises.

It’s easy to think that there is no problem facing medicine that information technology can’t solve. Experience in the US gives little reason for optimism. Huge investments havemostly failed to solve old problems and have created new ones. US doctors report spending two hours on computer tasks for every hour with patients (doi:10.7326/M16-0961). Poor usability and limited interoperability of el...

Therapeutic cloning: promises and issues

Advances in biotechnology necessitate both an understanding of scientific principles and ethical implications to be clinically applicable in medicine. In this regard, therapeutic cloning offers significant potential in regenerative medicine by circumventing immunorejection, and in the cure of genetic disorders when used in conjunction with gene therapy. Therapeutic cloning in the context of cel...

Electronic medical records--promises, promises!

Medicaid Disease Management: Issues and Promises

More than half of all adult Medicaid enrollees have a chronic or disabling condition, according to some estimates. Many states are adopting Medicaid disease management programs as a way to improve health care quality and reduce costs for these enrollees. This issue paper presents information from nine states that have developed and implemented disease management programs for adult Medicaid enro...