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ER scribes handle EMRs, free up doctors
St. Louis Post-Dispatch reporter Michele Munz has found that some emergency rooms are easing the transition to electronic medical records…
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Food safety law boosts tracking technology sector
In The Washington Post, reporter Lyndsey Layton digs into the industry spawned by a requirement in last year’s food safety…
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The health highlights of two years of Guardian data
In two years, the Guardian’s data blog has published more than 600 data sets. I know this because, thanks to…
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Australian journal says no to pharma ads
Emergency Medicine Australasia, an Australia-based medical journal, has declared that it will no longer accept paid advertisements from pharmaceutical companies.…
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Rennie urges changes in science journalism
In the Guardian, former Scientific American editor in chief John Rennie adds his two cents to the meta discussion of…
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DocumentCloud opens a window into inspection reports for readers
While doing a comprehensive investigation of the quality of care in hospitals for the Las Vegas Sun, Marshall Allen wanted…
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NIH, CMS chiefs to speak at Newsmaker Briefings
Francis S. Collins, M.D., Ph.D., director of the National Institutes of Health, and Donald M. Berwick, M.D., M.P.P., administrator for…
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45 nursing homes added to CMS program to improve care
On Jan. 20, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services released the most recent list of nursing homes in its…
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Research: Local television encourages fatalistic view of cancer
Writing for Miller-McCune magazine, Tom Jacobs puts together the results of two studies that conclude local television teaches viewers over-the-top…
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VA’s new position on Agent Orange an opportunity for more coverage of veterans’ health issues
Vietnam veterans can now seek health care benefits for illnesses related to exposure to Agent Orange as the result of…
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