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Biotech: Healing One Cell at a Time
Research into tissue and organ engineering using inkjet printers and 3D scaffolds has an undeniable sci-fi quality to...
HHS trend scan will signal potential health IT breakthroughs
The Health and Human Services Department plans to develop and maintain a continuous scan of current and emerging...
Gene insights lead to a risky treatment
A powerful new genetic sequencing technology has allowed scientists to sequence five-year-old Nicholas Volker's DNA...
EHR Incentives Registration Begins January 3
Registration for eligible health care professionals and hospitals who wish to participate in the Medicare electronic...
Web Exclusive: EHR Certification Final Rule Up for Review
The Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology has sent a final rule to establish a permanent...
Web Exclusive: Physicians use photos from patients' cellphones to deliver 'mobile health'
Doctors already use traditional forms of telemedicine -- teleconferencing and videoconferencing -- but Sikka said...
UnitedHealth, McKesson vie for overhaul-driven $11B tech market
    UnitedHealthGroup, Inc., the biggest U.S. insurer, and McKesson Corp., the largest drug...
Web Exclusive: Words Matter When it Comes to Tech-Savvy Patients
Steel yourself for some alarming news: Cyberchondriacs are on the rise, up from 50 million in 1998 to 175 million...
A surgeon’s hands or a robot’s?
Hundreds of thousands of patients across the country to undergo robotic surgery in recent years. Since the first device...
EHRs can’t measure stage 1 meaningful use
As hospitals gear up to meet Stage 1 of the meaningful use requirements under the federal government's electronic...