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Reports that Stanford Medical Center is quite literally the birthplace of many architects of the computer revolution. Information on Stanford; Information on leading computer companies; Installations information systems in hospitals; Comments; More information.

Describes how high school students in Washington State use ExPAN, a new computer network being marketed by the College Board, to fill out a college application and send it to colleges of their choice. Numbers of applications prepared on the network; Cost to colleges; How ExPAN operates.

Reports that the Bush administration plans to announce a long-term plan for modernizing the nation's health care system with information technology, bringing patient records and prescriptions out of the realm of ink and paper and into the computer age. Role of the government as setting goals and working with the private sector to establish product and technology standards; Use of the government's buying power as the largest purchaser of health care to accelerate the transition to electronic patient records.

Reports that a study prepared for the US National Science Foundation found strong evidence that publicly financed scientific research plays an important role in the breakthroughs of industrial innovation. Findings of the study; Advocates of federal spending on scientific research as seizing upon the study to bolster their position; Figures on private spending for research, and sources of scientific papers cited on US industrial patents. INSET: Research: Public vs. private..

Presents technology news in the United States as of March 25, 1999. Information on the Residential Gateway technology from Siemens; Decrease in the price of personal computers; Features of the pen called Smart Quill from British Telecommunications.