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Cleveland Clinic and Doximity join up to make earning CME credits more social, flexible

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Cleveland Clinic and Doximity join up to make earning CME credits more social, flexible

May 21, 2013 7:33 am by | 0 Comments

Digital health startup Doximity and the Cleveland Clinic are collaborating on a new digital platform that would give physicians a more flexible and social way to earn continuing medical education credits on Doximity’s social network.Doximity, which runs a HIPAA-compliant social platform and app where physicians can connect or collaborate on ... Read more
Healthcare jargon gets in the way as patients seek information online

Healthcare jargon gets in the way as patients seek information online

May 21, 2013 12:00 pm by | 0 Comments

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - The importance of health literacy hit home for Lisa Gualtieri when a Cambodian refugee diagnosed with cancer asked her to act as a patient advocate.

She ... Read more

Stock rises for AcelRX as pain management drug device succeeds in late-stage study

Stock rises for AcelRX as pain management drug device succeeds in late-stage study

May 21, 2013 8:12 am by | 0 Comments

(Reuters) - AcelRX Pharmaceuticals Inc said its experimental drug device to treat post-operative pain met the main goal of controlling pain in a late-stage study among patients who had undergone ... Read more
13,000 healthcare workers set to strike University of California hospitals over lack of contract

13,000 healthcare workers set to strike University of California hospitals over lack of contract

May 20, 2013 11:11 pm by | 0 Comments

SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Nearly 13,000 healthcare employees at five University of California medical centers plan to strike on Tuesday in a move that threatens to back up emergency rooms ... Read more
Cheaper radiation treatment just as effective, but costly alternative is new standard

Cheaper radiation treatment just as effective, but costly alternative is new standard

May 20, 2013 4:25 pm by | 0 Comments

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Men who get an older and less costly form of radiation after their cancerous prostates are removed fare just as well as men who get ... Read more
Link-age Ventures raising money for a new fund aimed at tech for seniors

Link-age Ventures raising money for a new fund aimed at tech for seniors

May 20, 2013 3:58 pm by | 0 Comments

Ohio-based private equity firm Link-age Ventures is raising a $20 million to $35 million technology fund this year.The team involved says the fund will invest in everything from early stage ... Read more
A patient simulator for primary care physicians starts with diabetes

A patient simulator for primary care physicians starts with diabetes

May 20, 2013 3:16 pm by | 0 Comments

The brainstorming for how to deal with the impending physician shortage is happening on many different fronts. Some think cutting the length of medical school from four to three years ... Read more
Single sign-on provider is on a mission to “remove excess clicks” from hospital IT

Single sign-on provider is on a mission to “remove excess clicks” from hospital IT

May 20, 2013 2:56 pm by | 0 Comments

While some hospitals claim to be seeing benefits of electronic medical records, others are still complaining that they’re cumbersome and time-consuming. Keeping digitized personal health information private and secure, while ... Read more
GE offers an inside look at how it’s innovating in cancer care (video)

GE offers an inside look at how it’s innovating in cancer care (video)

May 20, 2013 10:34 am by | 0 Comments

Remember back in the fall of 2011 when GE committed $1 billion to cancer research and development? A new video put out by the GE Global Research Center commemorating National ... Read more
From 13 hips to 2: How one hospital is cutting costs now

From 13 hips to 2: How one hospital is cutting costs now

May 20, 2013 6:37 am by | 4 Comments

Payers can take it slow with payment reform and wellness programs, but hospitals need cost-saving changes now. Comments from Ken Paulus of Allina Health stood out in a crowd of ... Read more
Daily phone calls to high-risk patients becoming standard in push to cut readmissions

Daily phone calls to high-risk patients becoming standard in push to cut readmissions

May 19, 2013 4:40 am by | 1 Comments

Stephanie Celani not only knew the phone number of her patient John Pantalone, she also knew his weight to the half-pound when asked one day this month.That's because Celani, a ... Read more
Less education and lower incomes keep cancer rates high among African Americans

Less education and lower incomes keep cancer rates high among African Americans

May 19, 2013 4:40 am by | 0 Comments

To understand both the simplicity of disparities in health care and the complexity of eliminating them, consider this:In the late 1970s and early '80s, black and white death rates for ... Read more
Saudi Arabia has another case of new coronavirus: WHO

Saudi Arabia has another case of new coronavirus: WHO

May 18, 2013 5:42 pm by | 0 Comments

LONDON (Reuters) - Saudi Arabia has reported another case of infection in a concentrated outbreak of a new strain of a virus that emerged in the Middle East last year ... Read more
Never happy: Surgical residents don’t like limits on work hours, many break new rules

Never happy: Surgical residents don’t like limits on work hours, many break new rules

May 17, 2013 3:45 pm by | 0 Comments

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Most surgeons-in-training dislike new rules that limit how many hours they can work, according to a new study that also found the majority said they ... Read more
Here are 9 genetics and genomics thought leaders to follow on Twitter

Here are 9 genetics and genomics thought leaders to follow on Twitter

May 17, 2013 3:22 pm by | 0 Comments

Genetic testing, particularly for cancer, family histories and the decision whether or not to opt for surgery based on family history and genes were the focus of a lot of ... Read more
How a patient-centered content platform could boost health literacy and outcomes

How a patient-centered content platform could boost health literacy and outcomes

May 17, 2013 8:30 am by | 0 Comments

As providers seek to meet the meaningful use stage 2 requirements, finding the best way to identify and address the health literacy levels of their patients is a critical component ... Read more