Erik F. Wang, James Yu, DO, MS, John E. Rubin, MD, and Rohan Jotwani, MD, of @WeillCornell, discuss #VirtualReality for pre-procedural #modeling and #practice.
For their 2021 Future of Healthcare & Medicine conference, the MIT Club of Northern California invited founders, technologists, investors, and industry leaders who are working to build the…
Mark R. Chassin, MD, MPH, MPP, president of The Joint Commission, discusses Improving America’s Hospitals, the organization’s 2010 annual report on quality and safety. The Joint Commission compiles…
Mark Chassin, MD, MPH, MPP, discusses The Joint Commission Center for Transforming Healthcare, which works with hospitals and systems across the country to come up with more effective…
Mark R. Chassin, MD, MPH, MPP, discusses the changes at The Joint Commission since he became president in 2008. They are working on improved patient outcomes through hospital…
Jeff Donnell, President of NoMoreClipboard speaks about the impact of Personal Health Records on doctor-patient communication, patient adherence, decreased medical costs, and improved health outcomes. Jeff Donnell will…
Michael Swiernik, MD, Director, Medical Informatics, UCLA, discusses “meaningful use” and the criteria for definition that are not yet defined. There are several key areas that need to…
Michael Swiernik, MD, Director, Medical Informatics, UCLA, discusses IT in medicine, not only relating to EMR but to issues with storage volume and medical imaging. He also talks…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – An iPhone with dedicated software for evaluation of coronary CT angiography (CTA) is highly accurate for detecting and excluding significant stenosis, according to…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – A portable magnetic stimulation device is a promising noninvasive, drug-free treatment for acute migraine with aura, according to a March 4th online report…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Percutaneous extraction of pacemaker or implantable cardioverter-defibrillator (ICD) leads is safe in patients with cardiac vegetations, investigators report. And as long as blood…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – When it comes to preventing atrial fibrillation, not all antihypertensive agents are created equal. New research suggests that angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE) inhibitors, angiotensin…
