Robots as Doctors
The number of robot-assisted devices has exploded. Last year, 360,000 procedures were robot-assisted around the globe, up 29% from 2010, according to Intuitive Surgical, the sole manufacturer of surgical robots.…
InVivo Therapeutics Protects And Regenerates The Spinal Cord Resulting in Functional Improvement Below the Injury
Frank Reynolds, of InVivo Therapeutics (NVIV), says the company is on the verge of unprecedented technology for the treatment of the spinal cord. The Massachusetts-based medical device company is developing…
Request for Submissions to the Next Edition – “The Mobile Edition” of the #HCSM Review!
All Hands on KeyBoards! The Next Edition of the HCSM Review will be up next week on HealthWorks Collective and I am asking you for your submissions Now! I am…
Electronic Medical Records: Structured vs Non-Structured Data
Have you ever wished that instead of choosing a single answer on a multiple choice exam you could write an essay instead to show how you are thinking about the…
Striking Physicians in UK Express Anger at Government Balk over Pensions
Scores of physicians in the United Kingdom are striking today at what they are claiming is a balk by the government negotiated deals they had in place just a few…
An American Med Student Student Learns New Skills in Nepal
by Sara TeichholtzFirst posted on Teich Does Medicine on 6/19/2012 by Sara TeichholtzFirst posted on Teich Does Medicine on 6/19/2012Sara Teichholtz, 2nd year med student, Charles E. Schmidt College of…
13 Tips for Fighting Mobile Device Threats in Healthcare
I've been on a bit of a roll lately with data security and lately it is focused on mobile devices. Here is another article, this one with 13 tips for…
Value of Rural Hospitals
Consultants in Portland, Maine, have concluded the value of rural hospitals is linked to ED utilization. I agree but not in the way you might think. Consultants in Portland, Maine, have concluded the value…
Age is not equal to wisdom
A doctor criticised a comment I had made in one of my posts. I had written - '' It’s easy for doctors to “ do something “- this is what…
New Ways to Lose Weight
It’s no secret that obesity is huge health issue in this country, along with rising numbers of Americans with diabetes and heart disease caused in large part to poor eating…
