Innovation Hub of 10/13/2012: Funding Scientific and Medical Research. Future of Digital Medicine.

Here's the lineup for this week.

Funding Scientific and Medical Research

As the election debate heats up, we consider government spending on scientific and medical research. Our guests talk about some of the breakthroughs from government-funded research and whether or not that funding should continue.

Guests:

• Art Caplan, head of the Division of Medical Ethics at NYU Langone Medical Center
• Steve Goldstein, provost and professor of biochemistry at Brandeis University

The Future of Digital Medicine

What if you could use a smartphone to check your vital signs? What if a doctor could download patient schematics and records instantaneously, issue a diagnosis and order treatment with a few simple tablet taps? Today we're envisioning the future of medicine, from user-friendly preventive care in the home to cutting-edge doctor's offices and operating rooms.

Guests:

• Dr. Eric Topol, author of "The Creative Destruction of Medicine: How the Digital Revolution Will Create Better Health Care," director of the Scripps Translational Science Institute and a cardiologist
• Jonathan Bush, CEO of athenahealth
• Dr. Joel Feinman, president of Valley Medical Group in Western Massachusetts