Friday, April 13, 2007

Intel's Andy Grove wants to change the U.S. health care system (CNET News.com)

Andy Grove, co-founder, former CEO and president of Intel as well as a numerous award-winning and best-selling author, gave a speech at the University of California at Berkeley's School of Public Health on how information technology could change the U.S. health care system.

He thinks internet health files and online tracking of patients' medical conditions being treated at home can lower the costs of health care, which today stands for 16 percent and the largest segment of expenses in U.S. economy.

An example of how innovation can contribute to different fields.

Link to story:

http://news.com.com/2061-11204_3-6176094.html

Link to video:

http://news.com.com/1606-2-6175070.html