by Megan Hueter | Jan 5, 2018 | Blue Ribbon Panel, Health IT, Health Policy
The Cancer Moonshot initiative began with $195 million in new cancer activities at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) in Fiscal Year 2016. The National Cancer Institute (NCI) received $300 million in FY 2017 for Cancer Moonshot through the 21st Century Cures Act....
by Megan Hueter | Jan 4, 2018 | Blue Ribbon Panel, Health IT, Health Policy
We have been hearing a lot about brain cancer lately, especially in light of John McCain’s journey down that road. Joe Biden has offered a message of hope through his Cancer Moonshot initiative results. I will post articles on the progress of this initiative in the...
by Megan Hueter | Jan 2, 2018 | Health IT, Health Policy, Telemedicine, The Scripts Research Institute , Wearable Technology
During the past several decades, it has become apparent that a person’s “health” is influenced by many more factors than health care alone. These other “determinants” are defined by the environment- where we are born, live, work, and age. The financial, social,...