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Who: SacBee.com What: It sounds futuristic, but today Carnegie Mellon University researchers are developing edible electronic devices that can be implanted in the body to improve patient care. “We are creating electronically active medical devices that can be implanted in the body,” said Christopher Bettinger, an assistant professor in the departments of Materials Science and […]
Tagged with: Carnegie Mellon, edible electronics, emr
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Social media is fast becoming a fact of modern life. More and more searches are performed on Facebook, Google maps are used instead of the phone book, and prospective customers look at social media review sites before they decide to patronize a business. What does this have to do with your medical practice? Whether they […]
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Who: News-Medical.Net What: GZS, Inc., a leader in developing disease-specific and condition-specific Electronic Medical Records/Electronic Health Records (EMR/EHR) and patient registry software solutions, has announced the worldwide release of the WebTracker-Hemophilia™ EHR patient registry solution used under the new brand name HemaGlobal™. HemaGlobal is a full-purpose EMR/EHR patient registry system that serves as a stable, […]
Tagged with: ehr, emr, HemoGlobal, hemophilia, patient registry
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Who: SearchHealthIT.TechTarget.com What: At Penn Medicine, the emerging trend of bring your own device (BYOD) was not so much about the “if” as it was about the “when.” With almost 20,000 employees, the organization knew it would not be able to provision enough Penn Medicine-funded cell phones for all essential staff. Additionally, many of the […]
Tagged with: bring your own device, BYOD, computers, information technology, IT, medical practice management
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Who: WorkersCompensation.com What: A short list of trends related to workers compensation includes: 1. Aggressive Total/Partial Joint Replacement Surgeries 2. Increasingly Sophisticated Bionic Implants/Prosthetics 3. Changing Demographics of the Workforce 4. Better Recovery that Limits Risk of Permanent Partial Impairment Why: Employers should be aware that as states tend to use automated processes to streamline […]
Tagged with: disability, employee claims, workers compensation