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These 11 companies will be featured in the MedCity ENGAGE Innovation Showcase June 5-6 in Washington, D.C.

Do well-rested medical residents actually increase hospital errors?

Do well-rested medical residents actually increase hospital errors?

March 25, 2013 4:28 pm by | 0 Comments

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Restrictions on work hours for doctors-in-training may end up inadvertently limiting their educational opportunities and increasing errors, new research suggests.Long shifts and lack of sleep ... Read more

Go sue yourself! Degree program offers both law, medical degree at once (in six years)

Go sue yourself! Degree program offers both law, medical degree at once (in six years)

March 24, 2013 9:01 am by | 2 Comments

Alexander Heydemann and Dillon Bannis, both University of Miami students -- Heydemann in law school, Bannis in medical -- are learning fast about each other's worlds."As a medical student and ... Read more


A Caribbean remedy for financially sick N.Y. hospitals & the primary care shortage

A Caribbean remedy for financially sick N.Y. hospitals & the primary care shortage

March 6, 2013 1:35 pm by | 1 Comments

By Oleg Pavlov, Ph.D. and Vladimir Gotlieb, M.D., M.B.A.Graduates of offshore medical schools fill some of the most needed physician slots in New York State,and the monetary contributions of offshore ... Read more

Simulation “ventriloscope” puts a modern-day spin on teaching students to use a stethoscope

Simulation “ventriloscope” puts a modern-day spin on teaching students to use a stethoscope

February 20, 2013 9:00 am by | 0 Comments

The stethoscope is of the most fundamental tools for doctors and can be one of the most powerful in initial detection of cardiac or pulmonary illnesses. That’s why Dr. Paul ... Read more

3 incredible technology demos from FutureMed (video)

3 incredible technology demos from FutureMed (video)

February 11, 2013 8:00 am by | 2 Comments

Out of all of the mobile apps, robotic devices and 3D imaging technologies I saw in the FutureMed demo room on Saturday, there were a few that stood out.What you ... Read more

Medical manufacturing jobs are changing. Colleges & industry must innovate education to keep up

Medical manufacturing jobs are changing. Colleges & industry must innovate education to keep up

November 23, 2012 3:38 pm by | 0 Comments

Educating future scientists, entrepreneurs and doctors and nurses is certainly crucial as healthcare sees fundamental shifts in policy and technological advances that not long ago seemed unimaginable.But there’s another group ... Read more

Online education has gotten better. Here are 4 companies that may make you smarter

Online education has gotten better. Here are 4 companies that may make you smarter

August 7, 2012 6:39 pm by | 0 Comments

In the past, online courses and degree programs were viewed as low quality or financially unsustainable, but a variety of factors are now allowing online programs to flourish. Universities throughout ... Read more


How Do Employers View a Nursing Degree Online?

How Do Employers View a Nursing Degree Online?

August 7, 2012 1:25 pm by | 0 Comments

The challenge for modern-day nurses hoping to achieve a higher degree to move into new, more challenging positions with higher earning potential is how to find the time. If you ... Read more

Nursing schools struggling to find professors

Nursing schools struggling to find professors

August 3, 2012 2:03 pm by | 1 Comments

Charlottesville, Virginia - There have been lots of parties this year at the University of Virginia School of Nursing, butDean Dorrie Fontaineis in no mood to celebrate. So far, eleven ... Read more

Healthcare innovation & tech transfer: patriotic duties for universities?

Healthcare innovation & tech transfer: patriotic duties for universities?

July 12, 2012 2:36 am by | 0 Comments

During a freewheeling brainstorming session about how to get more of the research out of hospitals and universities, and into the hands of companies to make them into products, the ... Read more

Online Education and the Healthcare Professional

Online Education and the Healthcare Professional

March 7, 2012 1:35 pm by | 0 Comments

The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics cited that ten of the 20 fastest growing occupations are healthcare related. Healthcare will generate 3.2 million new wage and salary jobs between 2008 ... Read more

Would funding cut for graduate medical education really be so bad?

Would funding cut for graduate medical education really be so bad?

July 13, 2011 1:08 pm by | 9 Comments

The CEOs of two academic hospitals are upset that Congress may reduce the funding for Graduate Medical Education (GME) paid through Medicare. To fight back, they’ve written a scare story ... Read more

Is a Career in Nursing Right for You?

Is a Career in Nursing Right for You?

May 31, 2011 2:31 pm by | 0 Comments

Those hoping to pursue a career in nursing can choose between three different levels of the profession. Each level requires specialized coursework and that graduates, of the various specializations, ... Read more

A list of medical terms, definitions med students can’t live without

A list of medical terms, definitions med students can’t live without

May 22, 2011 10:55 pm by | 0 Comments

Since starting this blog I have had the opportunity to stumble across interesting business terms currently in use in health care.As a service to our graduating medical students and residents ... Read more

NEOUCOM moves a step closer to new (shorter) name

NEOUCOM moves a step closer to new (shorter) name

April 7, 2011 10:05 am by | 0 Comments

The Northeastern Ohio Universities Colleges of Medicine and Pharmacy is closer to a new, shorter name after the Ohio House of Representatives passed a measure that would make the school ... Read more