Roundtable Discussion of Emerging Technology Companies and Transcultural Challenges

Roundtable Discussion

Five experts respected for their work in the development of animal models of alcohol craving offer their perspectives in a roundtable discussion format. The panel members discuss the various definitions and theories of alcohol craving and the benefits and limitations of using animal models to study alcohol craving in humans. Animal models have helped further the understanding of craving by prov...

CPOE, bedside technology, and patient safety: a roundtable discussion.

Neuenschwander: Let me tell you how this roundtable discussion came about. I had a number of conversations with pharmacists at the June meeting about computerized prescriber order entry (CPOE). It occurred to me that, with Leapfrog pressing so hard for CPOE, hospitals are almost feeling guilty or embarrassed for not having CPOE or not being ready to have it. And yet when I would talk to pharmac...

Health information technology--results from a roundtable discussion.

BACKGROUND Health information technology (HIT), notably e-prescribing and electronic health records (EHR), have the potential to improve the quality of care, reduce medication errors and adverse events, and decrease overall health care utilization and costs. However, the United States continues to lag behind other countries in the adoption and use of HIT. OBJECTIVE To review the various issue...

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Genealogies and Challenges of Transcultural Studies

My introductory essay discusses some of transculturalism’s enduring conceptual challenges from the perspective of the history of German cultural and political theory. I am particularly interested in the discursive space between Immanuel Kant’s individualism and Johann Gottfried Herder’s and Moses Mendelssohn’s concepts of cultural identity. My hope is that such a discussion can enrich some of o...