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Robots: Surgeons’ Little Helpers
Researchers at Johns Hopkins have unveiled a snakelike robot that might, one day, slither in patients’ throats to make incisions and tie off sutures. Another…
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Aetna Offers Online Cultural Sensitivity Training
Health insurance provider Aetna hopes to use the Internet to make doctors and nurses more culturally sensitive. The company on Nov. 17 announced that clinicians…
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Medicare Explores How to Pay Doctors for More Effective Care
Under a new program from the Centers of Medicaid and Medicare, doctors in solo and small medical practices will soon be eligible for up to…
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Survey: Few Doctors Use Electronic Records, Fewer Use Adequate Systems
Just under one in four community physicians are using electronic health records; fewer than one in 10 are using EHRs that perform at least four…
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GAO Report: Medicare Patient Data Vulnerable
The personal data of Medicare patients is at risk because Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services has not held its network contractor to its own…
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Study: Few Physicians Use IT at Work
The low adoption of electronic medical records and e-prescribing is well known. Now, a new study has worse news: most physicians do not use inexpensive,…
