plastic surgery

Hospitals

No ear job for you! Germany may ban plastic surgery for kids

According to The Local – Germany’s news in English, Chancellor Angela Merkel’s conservative bloc and the Social Democrats are going to start the new year with a new nanny state effort. The leaders want to ban cosmetic surgery for kids: Jens Spahn, health spokesman for the Christian Democratic Union told the Spiegel magazine: “Youth protection […]

Health IT

Specialty EMR maker expands its “electronic medical assistant” into plastic surgery market

A health IT company that generated some buzz when we wrote about its touch-based EMR-and-then-some for dermatologists, ophthalmologists and optometrists is now launching a similar product for the U.S.’s 6,000 plastic surgeons. Modernizing Medicine’s Electronic Medical Assistant is a cloud-based electronic medical record system with additional capabilities customized for small and midsized specialty practices. It […]