In his role as both a physician and director of the Cleveland Clinic Epilepsy Center, Imad Najm, MD, saw epilepsy patients struggle with finding appropriate, reliable information for managing their condition.
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A new report from the White House Big Data Working Group outlines patient privacy concerns regarding the use of big data in predictive medicine and calls for new laws governing the data.
Many economic development professionals and consultants are not satisfied with their communities' broadband capabilities and believe their current internet speeds could not support video-based telemedicine, according to a recent study based on the results of a U.S. survey from the International Economic…
A new study from Accenture, a management consulting and technology services firm, has found 51 percent of patients with chronic health conditions believe the benefits of accessing their medical records online outweighs the privacy risks.
As an emergency room physician, I'm completely in favor of new payer-provider partnerships that try to control costs while improving care quality and patient satisfaction. The road to the ER is often paved by failures in care coordination and lapses…
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Hospira has issued a Class I recall on the Abbott Acclaim Infusion Pumps and Hospira Acclaim Encore Infusion Pumps, due to faulty door assemblies.
The patient diagnosed with the first U.S. case of Middle East Respiratory Syndrome is improving and "doing quite well," according to Alan Kumar, MD, chief medical information officer at Community Hospital in Munster, Ind., where the patient is being treated.
Physicians specializing in pain medicine report more feelings of professional burnout than physicians in other specialties, according to a MedPage Today report.
The implementation of a physician incentive program often takes a "crawl, walk, run" approach.
Up to one-third of new CEO appointments at the world's largest companies will be women by 2040, based on findings from the 14th annual Chief Executive Study from Strategy&.