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Doximity says it has signed up 50 percent of all U.S. physicians

Doximity, a startup that positions itself as a “LinkedIn for doctors,” today said it has signed up more than 50 percent of all U.S. physicians in three years. After doubling in 2013, San Mateo-based Doximity said it’s growth accelerated in 2014 to now over 400,000 members, making it “the largest secure network of doctors ever […]

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Devices & Diagnostics

Time for a staycation? Some American medical tourists may need only to hop county or state lines

The NYTimes points toward areas of the United States where surgeries may be much cheaper   for some patients, in part due to programs trying to drive down costs, in a comment-driven follow-up to the newspaper’s article on medical tourism and the medical device industry. The California Public Employees’ Retirement System (CalPERS) program is the exemplar […]

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LinkedIn now has its own version of celebrities: You can ‘follow’ thought leaders like Obama, Cosgrove

What celebrities are to Facebook, “thought leaders” now are to LinkedIn. The professional networking site has a few noteworthy new users, in the form of thought leaders like President Barack Obama, Arianna Huffington, Pete Cashmore and Cleveland Clinic CEO Delos “Toby” Cosgrove. LinkedIn announced today in a blog post by Ryan Roslansky, the head of […]