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Cedars-Sinai Hospital to Use FitBit to Measure Patient Mobility

Cedars-Sinai Medical Center is conducting a study to see if using an activity bracelet could help assess if oncologic patients are active enough for chemotherapy.  More...
03 Feb 2016

FDA Issues Cybersecurity Recommendations for Medical Device Manufacturers

The US Food and Drug Administration has issued a draft guidance outlining important steps medical device manufacturers should take to address cybersecurity risks. More...
02 Feb 2016
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Philips Promotes New Telehealth Service in Indonesia

Royal Philips has entered an agreement with Indonesian Sijunjung Regency to provide mobile obstetrics monitoring in the West Sumatra region.  More...
27 Jan 2016
Image: 3D printed model of a human liver showing just the blood supply (Photo courtesy of DNP).

Photopolymer Resin Cuts Costs of Human Organ Printed Models

A new method for creating detailed three dimensional models of human organs could cut costs to one third of current techniques.  More...
20 Jan 2016
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Printed Surgical Tool Upgrades ACL Reconstruction

A surgical tool manufactured using direct metal laser sintering printing technology could enable surgeons to better reconstruct partially or fully torn anterior cruciate ligaments.  More...
17 Jan 2016

“Big Data” Uncovers Real Prices Hospitals Charge Insurers

A new study reveals that the prices hospitals negotiate with private health insurance companies vary considerably within and across geographic regions in the United States.   More...
13 Jan 2016
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Self-Service Kiosk Equips Patients to Share Medical Data

An innovative prototype kiosk allows patients to share medical and radiology reports and output their medical images onto paper, radiographic film, or a USB device.  More...
05 Jan 2016
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The Health IT channel of HospiMedica informs about healthcare information technology for hospitals, clinics, and private practice. Among the subjects covered are electronic medical record environments, document management, HIS, RIS, PACS, LIM, and others.