Chronic illness, already a major and expensive problem in developed countries, is rapidly increasing in developing countries, adding to the longstanding burden caused by high rates of infectious diseases. However, poor countries ...
Feb 20, 2014
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(HealthDay)—Google and Apple have launched developments in health care technology, according to a report published Sept. 20 in Medical Economics.
Oct 2, 2013
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Researchers from five Scottish universities are using ultrasound and MRI technology to build a three dimensional visualisation of tongues in action during speech.
Sep 20, 2013
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(HealthDay)—About half of health care providers are "digital omnivores," meaning they use a tablet, smartphone, and laptop/desktop computer routinely in a professional capacity, according to a report published by Epocrates.
Sep 11, 2013
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An increasing gap between the incidence of thyroid cancer and deaths from the disease suggests that low-risk cancers are being overdiagnosed and overtreated, a study from the Mayo Clinic Center for the Science of Health Care ...
Aug 27, 2013
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(HealthDay)—U.S. hospitals have made major progress in adopting electronic health records systems over the past three years, according to a new report.
Jul 8, 2013
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(HealthDay)—Caregivers of children receiving care in an urban pediatric primary care setting frequently use digital technologies, according to a study published online June 10 in Pediatrics.
Jun 10, 2013
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(HealthDay)—The majority of physicians remain reluctant to adopt health information technology (HIT), according to a report by Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu.
May 20, 2013
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A large randomized controlled study is among the first to rigorously demonstrate that health information technology can improve compliance with patient care guidelines by clinicians in resource-limited countries. The study ...
Mar 7, 2013
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Lower-income patients want to communicate electronically with their doctors, but the revolution in health care technology often is not accessible to them, due to inadequate health information services within the health care ...
Feb 26, 2013
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