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Rise Of Superbugs Threatens Antibiotic Crisis
Lethal drug-resistant organisms mean threat must be listed on register of civil emergencies, says chief medical officer Read More »
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Robotic Surgery Opens Up
If the open-source approach to building robot surgeons can cut costs and improve performance, patients will increasingly find them at the other end of the scalpel Read More »
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Rochester RHIO Plots Value Of HIEs And Imaging
When the Rochester RHIO was established in 2006 to improve the quality and efficiency of care in the greater Rochester, NY, area, one of the requirements from a local matching grant was to enable diagnostic-image sharing among healthcare providers. Read More »
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ROI On EMR Not Being Measured Sufficiently
Most healthcare C-suite members are dissatisfied with their organizations' efforts to measure return-on-investment from clinical IT systems, according to a new report from Beacon Partners. Read More »
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Role for Skype Proposed in Telemedicine Push
To improve healthcare services in the remote parts of the country, the Planning Commission has suggested adopting telemedicine by using software applications such as Skype in its report on health for the 12th Five-Year plan. Read More »
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Royal Berks Finances Hit By Cerner's Millennium
[UK's] Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust is facing significant operational and financial pressures after implementing Cerner Millennium and expects to spend another £6.2m implementing the system this year. Read More »
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RTX Joins Continua Health Alliance To Boost Healthcare Communications
RTX, a leading provider of wireless communications solutions, today announces that it has become a member of the Continua Health Alliance, a global consortium establishing an ecosystem of interoperable personal connected health systems. Read More »
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Ruben Rosario: We're Quick To Send Them Off To War, But Slow To Help
The following is an ongoing national disgrace: According to a weekly monitoring of government data by the Center for Investigative Reporting, there are 820,514 veterans -- including 11,488 here in Minnesota -- awaiting a response to claims of a disease, injury or illness suffered in the military. Read More »
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Rural Hospitals Rule On Leapfrog List
For the second consecutive year, rural hospitals stood out, with 22 hospitals making the Leapfrog Group’s 2013 Top Hospitals list – a 69 percent increase from last year. Rounding out the list are 55 urban hospitals and 13 children’s hospitals. [...] Read More »
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SAGE's Open Access Medicine And Engineering Journals: Now Open For Submissions
SAGE today announced that all three of their latest open access journals are now open for submissions – SAGE Open Medicine, SAGE Open Medical Case Reports and SAGE Open Engineering. Read More »
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SAIC Awarded Contract By Defense Health Services System
Science Applications International Corporation (SAIC) (NYSE: SAI) announced today it was awarded a prime contract by the Defense Health Services System (DHSS) to provide ongoing sustainment, operation and maintenance of the TRICARE Online (TOL) system and expand Blue Button capability in support of the Program Executive Office (PEO) Clinical Support Division. Read More »
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SAIC To Provide HIS Support To U.S. Coast Guard
The U.S. Coast Guard (USCG) has awarded a $17 million contract to Science Applications International Corporation (SAIC) to provide services and operational support for USCG's Integrated Health Information System (IHiS), officials announced this month. Read More »
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San Diego Beacon Cites Success In Linking Paramedics To Hospital EMRs
Paramedics can transmit EKGs ahead to cardiologists, who can marshal resources for the patient even before the ambulance arrives, thanks to technology from the San Diego Beacon Health Information Exchange. Read More »
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Save the Dates! National Health Code-A-Thon Calendar
The Department of Health and Human Services is interested in the development of innovative applications and solving critical social and health problems, and to help you optimize the opportunity you have to solve some of the most critical health issues this country faces we have developed HealthData.gov... Read More »
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Saving Lives One App At A Time
Although health and fitness apps have been featured at CES for some time, this year, Humetrix will showcase two medical apps designed to save lives and improve health outcomes: ICEBlueButton [...] and iBlueButton [...]. Read More »
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