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Pay For Hospital CEOs Linked More To Technology, Patient Satisfaction Than Quality, Study Finds
[...] A new study of CEO pay at nonprofit hospitals finds that executives at institutions that have a lot of fancy medical technology and high patient satisfaction are paid more than their peers. But running a hospital that scores well on keeping more patients alive or providing extensive charity care does not translate into a compensation bump. Read More »
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'Biochip' Aims To Quicken Disease Diagnosis, Cut Medical Test Costs
...The Hydra-1K -- which is a silicon chip -- can be used at doctor's offices or points of care, where a disease can be instantly analyzed to determine treatment, said Arjang Hassibi, founder and CEO of startup InSilixa, during a presentation at the Hot Chips conference in Cupertino, California...
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1 Drop Of Blood & 60 Minutes: Breakthrough Device Heralds Future Of Cancer Detection
Early cancer detection can save millions of lives but current diagnostic methods remain costly and invasive. However, a new startup is developing a device which could detect dozens of cancers with a single blood test...
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10 Promising Technologies Assisting the Future of Medicine and Healthcare
Technology will not solve the problems that healthcare faces globally today. And the human touch alone is not enough any more, therefore a new balance is needed between using disruptive innovations but still keeping the human interaction between patients and caregivers. Here are 10 technologies and trends that could enable this...
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3D Printed Virus To Attack Cancer Cells
A genetic engineer at Autodesk ADSK says he can 3D print a virus that one day might be able to attack cancer cells...
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3D Printing Points Way To Smarter Cancer Treatment
British scientists have developed a new use for 3D printing, putting it to work to create personalized replica models of cancerous parts of the body to allow doctors to target tumors more precisely...
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3D-Printed Cast Uses Ultrasound To Speed Healing
A stylish-looking 3D-printed cast for broken bones uses an ultrasonic pulse generator to help stimulate the growth of new bone. The wonderful thing about new ideas is that they are often spun off into combinations with other ideas into something excitingly different.
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8 Factors To Consider Before Taking The Open-Source Software Leap in Healthcare
Affordable healthcare is a major concern today, especially for companies developing solutions to enter emerging markets. Global companies are finding it exceedingly difficult to compete in comparatively less-regulated markets, with locally developed products.
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A Bionic Eye That Restores Sight
By bridging the gap between eye and brain, a new device has the capacity to help the blind regain their vision...
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A Stethoscope That Can See
A new tool lets doctors turn sound waves into graphs.
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An Ultra-Simple Tourniquet That’s Saving Soldiers’ Lives
...[T]he SAM Junctional Tourniquet, which weighs just over a pound and can be deployed in under 25 seconds, a critical benefit where medics only have about 90 seconds to save their patient’s life. Its simple, belt-like appearance belies important innovations...
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Are We Getting Enough Bang For Our Healthcare Buck? Hardly.
The U.S. healthcare system costs each of us about twice as much as those in other wealthy countries. Are we getting our money’s worth? Not by a long shot...
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Are Your Medical Records Open To Theft?
A major criticism of EMRs is the companies that make them have financial incentives to keep them from being easily shared...
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Big Data: Benefits, Drawbacks In Addressing Ebola
An Ebola outbreak showed the importance of public health awareness and meaningful interventions, but big data’s role in this has yet to be seen...
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BrainWriter Helps Graffiti Artist Suffering From ALS To Draw Using OPENBCI
...The Eyewriter was an open source wearable eye tracker that gave Tempt back the creative outlet he had lost. The system was able to trace Tempt’s eye movements and project them onto the side of a building...
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