- Learn more about Project ECHO.
- Read the press release about the SCAN-ECHO initiative.
- Read Ted Eytan's recent blog post about ECHO and the VA launch.
- Read the Government Health IT article: VA aims to revolutionize veteran care with SCAN-ECHO.
- Read Nancy Barrand's take on the SCAN-ECHO announcement on Pioneering Ideas.
Empower Yourself...Welcome to your future and beyond.... Working together we will build upon our "collective wisdom" to create, for tomorrow, what we can only imagine today...J. Perl, Editor
Project ECHO Expands the Scope of Veterans' Care
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Ethics and HIT
Challenges...
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- patient safety should trump all other values; corporate concerns about liability and intellectual property ownership may be valid but should not over-ride all other considerations;
- transparency and a commitment to patient safety should govern vendor contracts;
- institutions are duty-bound to provide ethics education to purchasers and users, and should commit publicly to standards of corporate conduct; and
- vendors, system purchasers, and users should encourage and assist in each others’ efforts to adopt best practices.