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The Telecommunications Giant Appointed Eric Topol, MD, as Chief Medical Advisor.
Feb 14, 2014Add AT&T to the list of high tech companies seeking to increase their visibility in the medical device industry: The Dallas–based telecommunications giant has appointed digital health notable Eric Topol, MD, as its new chief medical ...
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CEO Chris Van Gorder Will Be Honored by ACHE
Jan 21, 2014Scripps Health President and CEO Chris Van Gorder will be honored by the American College of Healthcare Executives (ACHE) with a Gold Medal Award at the opening session of the ACHE's 57th Congress on Healthcare Leadership in Chicago on ...
Tags: Health, Medicine, Health Care
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Topol Has Cred When It Comes to Patient Safety
Dec 11, 2013A "misfire" is the way Eric Topol, MD, describes 23andMe's recent regulatory tussle with the FDA, which resulted in the Silicon Valley-based company halting sales for now of its health-related genetic test analysis. Speaking with MPMN ...
Tags: 23andme, FDA, regulatory tussle
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The Company Is Among 40 Firms Vying to Win The $10-Million Qualcomm Tricorder X Prize.
Nov 26, 2013Scanadu-a Silicon Valley-based startup seeking to commercialize a real-life version of a Star Trek tricorder- has recently raised $10.5 million in a Series A venture capital round, the company said Tuesday. The company is among the nearly ...
Tags: Scanadu, Tricorder Technology, Venture Capital Cash, Star Trek tricorder
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Most Physicians Think You Should Only Be Able to Add Information to EMR
Mar 11, 2013While electronic medical records (EMR) may contain your health information, most physicians think you should only be able to add information to them, not get access to all of their contents. A survey released this week at the HIMSS ...
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Physicians Take a Back Seat in Healthcare in The Not-So-Distant Future
Mar 8, 2013There will come a day in the not-so-distant future when physicians take a back seat in healthcare, and where patients will have the mobile tools to diagnose, and in some cases, treat themselves. That was the summation of a keynote speech ...
Tags: Mobile, Computer Products, Computer
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Scripps Health to Deploy Provation Order Sets
Jan 31, 2013US-based nonprofit integrated health system Scripps Health has chosen Wolters Kluwer Health's order set authoring and management solution to provide its clinicians with evidence-based order sets at the point of care. The ProVation Order ...
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Medline to Hand out Scripps Health's Medical and Surgical Supplies
Nov 27, 2012Medline, a manufacturer and distributor of health care products, has entered into a three-year agreement to distribute Scripps Health's medical and surgical supplies. Under the agreement, Medline will distribute products directly to the ...
Tags: health care products, medical supplies, surgical supplies