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Want lower health costs? Get managers to reduce stress26 Jan 2015
Our work can literally make us sick. Long hours, impossible demands from bosses, and uncertain job security can take their... Continue Reading
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Access your medical records more easily26 Jan 2015
Dr. Henry Plummer’s “simple, easily retrievable medical record system” is getting an evolutionary revamp that Mayo Clinic says will last... Continue Reading
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350 Kaiser Permanente Clinics reach HIMSS Stage 726 Jan 2015
HIMSS Analytics has recognized 350 Kaiser Permanente ambulatory clinics with the Stage 7 Ambulatory Award, which represents the highest level of EHR... Continue Reading
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Is bigger medicine better medicine?19 Jan 2015
For better and worse, American medicine is increasingly controlled by large corporate entities and Obamacare is accelerating the transition. Observers... Continue Reading
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How technology will eat medicine19 Jan 2015
The most significant announcement that Apple made in 2014 wasn’t a larger-sized iPhone. It was that Apple is entering the... Continue Reading
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Kaiser, nurses reach agreement, averting strike19 Jan 2015
A planned strike this week by registered nurses at Kaiser hospitals was canceled after a tentative contract agreement was reached... Continue Reading
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How to make data from wearable sensors useful12 Jan 2015
LAS VEGAS — It’s not just about how many steps you’ve taken or how many calories you’ve burned in a day.... Continue Reading
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An old-school fix to doctors’ tech woes: Medical scribes12 Jan 2015
Three years out of residency, Kevin Hopkins, the medical director of a family health and ambulatory surgery center in Strongsville,... Continue Reading
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Kaiser Permanente bracing for strike12 Jan 2015
Kaiser Permanente is bracing for a strike, as National United Healthcare Workers members are expected to hit the picket lines... Continue Reading
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Harvard ideas on Health Care hit home, hard06 Jan 2015
WASHINGTON — For years, Harvard’s experts on health economics and policy have advised presidents and Congress on how to provide health... Continue Reading
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