Get a new body part and go home the same day: the rise of the ‘bedless hospital’
(By Casey Ross for ST A T) RECKSVILLE, Ohio — Get in, get a new knee, go home. As treatments
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Medical Technology
HHS awards over $87 million for health centers’ IT enhancements
(Source – www.hhs.gov) Today, Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Sylvia M. Burwell announced more than $87 million in funding
Read MoreDoctors Test Drones To Speed Up Delivery Of Lab Tests
(By Esther Landhuis for NPR) Three years ago, Geoff Baird bought a drone. The Seattle dad and hobby plane enthusiast
Read MoreInsurers May Insist On Counseling Before Genetic Tests For Breast Cancer
(By Michelle Andrews for Kaiser Health News) Health care providers and insurers agree that it’s in everyone’s best interest to
Read MoreAdministrative Complexity in Health Care Examined
Ian Morrison, in a post on Hospitals & Health Networks website, takes a critical look at the complexities of American
Read MoreMedicare Payment Advisory Commission’s (MedPAC) Comments on High-Risk Medical Devices
A Medicare Payment Advisory Commission’s (MedPAC) session examination of the process for approving high-risk medical devices produced discussion on the
Read MoreElectronic health records ‘inflict enormous pain’ on doctors. It’ll take more than stopwatches to learn why
(By Jonathan Bush for ST A T) E lectronic health records slow doctors down and distract them from meaningful face
Read MoreRaising an alarm, doctors fight to yank hospital ICUs into the modern era
(By Usha Lee McFarling for ST A T) The first thing you notice are the alarms. Walk into the intensive
Read MoreGene therapy for sickle cell moves closer as scientists clear unexpected obstacle
(By Sharon Begley for ST A T) R esearchers have cleared the last scientific hurdle to a clinical trial of
Read MoreAs brain maps proliferate, scientists aim to sync them up
(By Anna Vlasits for ST A T) Brain maps seem to come out in rapid succession these days. They take
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