A New Decade Resolution: 50% of Care to the Home by 2020
I’m not usually one for New Year’s resolutions. Either they are so small in scope so as not to rise to the level of “resolution” status or so big that they will take far more than one year to...
View ArticleHealthcare Reform: Too Big To Fail
Rumors of the demise of healthcare reform have been greatly exaggerated. After Scott Brown’s upset victory for the Massachusetts Senate seat, the news media and blogosphere are abuzz. Ah, folks, we...
View ArticleNew Jobs for New Healthcare: 5 Ideas for Growing a Careforce for the 21st...
In a blog entry months ago, I wrote about how Baby Boomer women—and creating a new “careforce”—are critical for healthcare reform to succeed. And I promised back then to put out some ideas the...
View ArticleIntel Celebrates Data Privacy Day
On January 28, Intel celebrated Data Privacy Day, a day in which events are held around the world to recognize the importance of protecting the privacy and security of personal information. Intel...
View ArticleHealthcare Reform: We Can’t Wait for Washington
“Well, I guess you are done blogging since healthcare reform is dead now?” Ouch! This comment came from a friend—from someone who says he actually likes some of my blogs and is eager for healthcare...
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Flemish Government delegation visiting Intel Headquarters
On February 16th, a government delegation from Flanders (a region within Belgium) lead by its Minister President Kris Peeters and the Minister for innovation, Ingrid Lieten, visited Intel’s...
View ArticleBe Engaged, not Entertained, by the National Healthcare Debate
I’ve been sneaking in and out of meetings all day to catch snippets of the President’s “Healthcare Summit” (insert flying graphics and dramatic theme music here!) with Congressional members at Blair...
View ArticleThe European Union Takes the Next Step in Realizing the Energy Efficiency...
As climate cognoscenti undoubtedly know, Europe has pledged itself to meet a goal of reducing both EU climate emissions and energy consumption by 20 percent by 2020. Certainly the European Union has...
View ArticleHome-Based Health Leaders, Unite!
I like to think of myself as being a lot like George Clooney. Okay, okay, more like Ryan Bingham, the airport- and airmile-addicted character he plays in the recent movie, Up in the Air. (Except I...
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Intel Joins Forces to Increase Home Broadband Adoption in U.S.
By Margie Dickman, Senior Policy Counsel at Intel Intel has joined forces with non-profits, leading tech companies, and broadband service providers to form the Digital Adoption Coalition, which will...
View ArticleAmerica’s Next Generation of Innovators
After Intel hosted The Innovation Economy Conference last December, I’ve been thinking about one of the four key pillars identified as essential to innovation. People. More specifically, the critical...
View ArticleIntel Joins Advocacy Groups and Other Tech Companies to Recommend Updating...
Intel today is joining a broad coalition of privacy groups, think tanks, technology companies, and academics to issue recommendations for updating the key federal law that defines the rules for...
View ArticleChanging Our Perspectives on Healthcare Reform
This has been a hard—occasionally embarrassing and even frightening—time to be an American. The healthcare reform and reconciliation bills have ushered in some of the nastiest political bickering and...
View ArticlePoll Reveals Increased Awareness of the Importance of Investment in...
Last week saw publication of a new Zogby poll that surveyed U.S. voters on the role of innovation and technology in America’s future growth. The poll was unveiled by TechNet, a national, bipartisan...
View ArticleBringing Innovation Home – Smart Energy Use
This week, Intel co-signed a letter to President Obama, calling for the Administration to adopt the goal of giving “every household and business access to timely, useful and actionable information on...
View Article“Think Big” as We Engage Patients & Families in a Healthcare System for the...
Next week is an “Eric Goes to Washington” adventure, where I have the honor of testifying before the Senate Special Committee on Aging about “aging-in-place” technologies and policies. I also have the...
View ArticleTestimony to Senate Aging Committee: National e-Care Plan Needed Now
This week, almost 6 years to the day of giving similar testimony to the same Senate Special Subcommittee on Aging, I had the opportunity on behalf of the Continua Health Alliance...
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National Lab Day: Bringing Innovation in Math & Science to the Classroom
By Peter Cleveland, vice president of legal and corporate affairs and director of Global Public Policy Today marks the celebration of National Lab Day, a nationwide initiative which seeks to connect...
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Moore’s Law, Less Carbon – Energy Efficiency Leadership in Texas
By John Skinner, Director of Development and Policy Support, Intel Eco-Technology Right: Intel’s Drew Peterson and Brian Dietrich present award to Representative Anchia An area of concern for many...
View ArticleMy Opinion: E-Care Is Ethical, Effective, and Economical Care
I make it a general rule not to discuss Intel’s products in this blog, and in so doing, have erred on the side of rarely even mentioning our Intel® Health Guide. Which also means that I haven’t been...
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