Surgery
3-D-printed bones are helping doctors prepare for surgeries
Orthopaedic surgeons can now get their hands on the bones of patients before they reach the operating table – with the help of 3-D printing.
Oct 25, 2018
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Health
NAM special publication outlines steps toward making health care systems fully interoperable
While health care has made great strides in recent years with the proliferation of electronic health records (EHRs), establishment of regional health information exchanges, and development of data exchange standards and interfaces, ...
Oct 12, 2018
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Health
Smart pills dumb down medical care, experts warn
Enthusiasm for an emerging digital health tool, the smart pill, is on the rise but researchers at the University of Illinois at Chicago have published a paper in the American Journal of Bioethics that cautions health care ...
Sep 21, 2018
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Pediatrics
Researchers develop biometric tool for newborn fingerprinting
Researchers at the University of California San Diego say they have dramatically advanced the science of biometric identification, creating a novel technology that can capture the fingerprints of infants and children, even ...
Sep 17, 2018
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Health
Recommendations issued for enhancing ICU diagnostic safety
(HealthDay)—Identifying and reducing diagnostic errors in the intensive care unit (ICU) should be a top priority, according to a perspective article published in the Aug. 1 issue of the Annals of the American Thoracic Society.
Sep 15, 2018
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Smartphone apps hold promise for electronic medical record matching, study finds
Mobile phones and smartphones apps offer a promising approach to ensure that an individual's medical records when shared between different health care providers are matched correctly, according to a new RAND Corporation report.
Aug 22, 2018
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Infectious diseases treated on the spot
Point-of-care testing developed at Flinders University will be part of the rollout of new services targeting infectious diseases across remote Australia and also the Asia-Pacific.
Aug 21, 2018
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Health
Study shows much work remains to ensure e-health record safety
Four years after their publication by the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC), voluntary guidelines designed to increase the safety of e-health records have yet to be implemented fully, ...
Aug 16, 2018
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Diabetes
Self-managed health care technology should consider chronic disease patients' values
Helping patients better manage their own health is a crucial goal—both medically and economically—but achieving that goal will require health care technologies that are sensitive to patients' values, researchers at Washington ...
Mar 29, 2018
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Health
White House wants user-friendly electronic health records
The Trump administration Tuesday launched a new effort under the direction of presidential son-in-law Jared Kushner to overcome years of problems with electronic medical records and make them easier for patients to use.
Mar 6, 2018
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