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Web 2.0 & eHealth

AeA Los Angeles Council

The banking system network, including regional boundaries & security controls, is a great example of what can be done when private enterprise understands a need. The report, entitled eHealth 301: Electronic Prescriptions , builds on two earlier reports analyzing electronic medical records and telemedicine.

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2009, a new year for innovation

AeA Los Angeles Council

A report just released by the Information Technology and Innovation Foundation says that spending $30 billion in taxpayers' money in 2009 on broadband infrastructure, health IT, and electric grid technologies could create or save approximately 949,000 U.S. More than half of those jobs, the report claims, would be in small businesses. (

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INNOVATION - A Scientist's Perspective

AeA Los Angeles Council

With Dr. Drapeau's permission, the AeA Los Angeles Council is furnishing this insightful speech below: I'm sure that all of you understand that what I'm going to talk about today is my own informed opinion, and not the official position nor policy of the U.S. Washington is run by a CEO reporting to a 535-member Board of Directors.