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San Diego opens wireless health institute
Drawing on the region's strong life sciences and wireless industries, San Diego is now working to get wireless healthcare inventions out to the public. Thanks to a $45 million gift from a pair of philanthropists, the West Wireless Medicine Institute—the first of its kind in the nation—opened this week. Institute researchers will develop biosensors to measure body functions, and also work with outside companies that have already developed wireless medical technology to ultimately determine whether these devices will save lives while reducing healthcare costs. [Read More]
With too few doctors trained on it, surgical robot sits unused at Texas hospital
The $1.75 million da Vinci surgical robot at JPS Diagnostic & Surgery Hospital of Arlington (TX) has gone largely unused, as doctors there either simply do not know how to use it or are hesitant to learn. The physician most proficient at using the da Vinci robot left the JPS Health Network in January, and hospital officials are now working to train more doctors to use the equipment. The technology is used as a training tool for residents, and allows surgeons to perform procedures using incisions that are about the diameter of an ink pen. [Read More]
Doctors raise doubts on digital health data
Despite the many benefits found in using electronic health record systems, recent studies in the New England Journal of Medicine point out problems in implementing them, as well as with improving patient care and costs. Some doctors are now questioning federal policies that would make EHR adoption mandatory, as the federal government plans to spend $19 billion to push the use of computerized patient records. [Read More]
Nebraska telehealth network gets federal support
As part of the $410 billion healthcare spending package approved by President Obama, the Nebraska Statewide Telehealth Network is set to receive $95,000. The funding is administered to the network through the Nebraska Hospital Association Research and Educational Foundation, and will be used to improve patient access to care and to provide patient, professional, and community education through established communication technologies such as teleconferencing. [Read More]
Are You Part of a Top Leadership Team?
HealthLeaders Media is gearing up for its fifth year of the Top Leadership Teams in Healthcare program that recognizes the best in senior leadership teamwork at hospitals, health plans, and medical group practices. This year's winners will be honored during HealthLeaders Media '09: The Hospital of the Future Now, an event planned for October 15-16 at The Palmer House in Chicago. If you and your organization have an outstanding teamwork story to share, go to the Top Leadership Teams site to learn more about the six categories, download an entry form, and submit your entry. The deadline to submit is April 30. [Learn More]
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Tech Headlines
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Coming soon: Comparative effectiveness research for biotech
Wall Street Journal Health Blog - March 30, 2009
Most Sacramento-area hospitals quickly shifting to electronic records
Sacramento Bee - March 31, 2009
Polypill 'could become a reality'
BBC News - March 31, 2008
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Events & Product News
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Collaborative Communications Summit
Healthcare Internet Conference
Webcasts
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May 12, 2009: Service Lines Strategies Workshop: Cardiovascular Physician Alignment
April 29, 2009: Marketing Neurosciences: Service Line Strategies for Marketers
April 28, 2009: Compensation Packages to Recruit and Retain Physicians in Today's Economy
April 20, 2009: Service Lines Strategies Workshop 2009: Joint Replacement
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SOS: Public Hospitals
On the brink even during good economic times, many public hospitals are operating in technical insolvency amid a painful recession. But they can take heart from following the example of two that have managed well. [Read More]
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| Service Line Management |
Beyond ObstetricsA changing female demographic has created new opportunities for hospitals to grow the women's health service line into much more than just labor and delivery. [Read More]
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