Device at Sinai Hospital Helps Save Lives of Stroke Patients
Sinai Hospital has begun use of a new device that provides timely live-saving treatment for acute stroke patients. It is called the Solitaire FR revascularization device, and it is designed…
Australian Providers Now Have Access to TotalExam
Some of the best new of my week came from “Down Under.”The Australian version of the FDA, the ARTG, gave GlobalMed approval to sell the TotalExam™2 Exam Camera in that…
Outsourcing Cloud Computing Security
Considering outsourcing security management of your data vs. keeping it in-house? InformationWeek.com and DarkReading.com’s report on Finding the Right Security Outsourcing Balance sheds some light on the benefits and potential…
Alzheimer’s and Exercise
Individuals with higher levels of daily physical activity may have a decreased risk of developing Alzheimer’s. A study in Neurology was conducted to establish a link between daily exercise and…
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…
