A recent JAMA editorial from two radiologists argues that elective whole-body MRI scan companies are misleading consumers about the benefits of said scans. The radiologists argue the MRIs are more likely to trigger harmful downstream procedures than they are to save lives. Not surprisingly, the three most prominent companies offering these scans denied the charge.
A new study published in the Annals of Family Medicine found family physicians spent 5.9 hours out of their 11.4-hour workday in the EHR, completing tasks ranging from documentation to inbox management.
By reducing administrative burden and redesigning workflows around human needs, it creates space for what matters most: connection between clinicians and patients.
A Michigan startup is using 3D printing technology to help surgeons reconstruct skeletal defects – minimizing the need for bone grafts to fill areas with significant missing bone. Tissue Regeneration Systems is developing porous, bioresorbable scaffolding that can replace itself with natural bone, leaving no residual implanted device. Instead of requiring metal plates and screws, the material is computer […]
More sharing and more partnerships in the world of healthcare. Six major healthcare providers in the state of Wisconsin have reportedly forged a statewide effort “to contract with insurers, improve care and drive down costs,” according to the Wisconsin State Journal. Collectively, the six providers account for nearly 90 percent of the state’s population, and […]
On any given day, about one in every 25 hospital patients acquires an infection. Preventing those infections is ideal, but hospitals don’t seem to be doing a great job of that. The next best thing is detecting and treating them as early as possible. “Everything that’s being used right now (for detection) uses either vital […]
A University of Wisconsin professor’s cancer vaccine spin-off has locked in its first venture round to carry two potential prostate cancer treatments through early-stage clinical trials. Madison Vaccines Inc. began raising its $8 million round at the end of 2013, according to a SEC filing, and closed it in January with participation from Wisconsin-based investors […]
Healthcare payments are no longer about transactions. It’s about controlling the revenue cycle. And increasingly, that control is not sitting with ISOs.
No more sitting with the school nurse, five Kleenex, head tilted back during recess. A startup with University of Wisconsin ties has launched a $25,000 Indiegogo campaign to bring over-the-counter nosebleed relief to patients with a topical gel that claims to stop the nosebleed in one minute. Greg Dockter, a pharmacist, founded ByzMed LLC because […]