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Updated curricula should drag doctors into the 21st Century

Professional tribalism--the tendency of various professions to act in isolation from, or even in, competition with each other--is preventing doctors and other healthcare professionals from delivering Read more...

Healthcare economy attracting cross-industry job seekers

With healthcare continuing to add jobs--or at least hold stable and offer positions when people leave--it's become a magnet for skilled people in other professions of late. For example, hospitals Read more...

WI medical society wants malpractice funding back

The Wisconsin Medical Society is fighting to get back $200 million which the state withheld from a fund designed to mitigate the costs of insurance coverage for malpractice suits. The money was Read more...

Pfizer will disclose payments to health professionals

Pfizer has announced that it plans to make data on payments to healthcare professionals publicly available starting in early 2010, including not only physicians, but also researchers and research Read more...

Study: 60 percent of healthcare professionals don't talk about insomnia

Approximately 30 million Americans suffer from chronic insomnia, but six in 10 doctors don't feel that they have enough time to have a discussion with their patients about the problem, according to a Read more...

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King's Daughters Medical Center Selects ProVation® Medical Software for Cardiology Procedure Documentation and Coding

MINNEAPOLIS--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Wolters Kluwer Health, a leading global provider of information for healthcare professionals and students, announced today that King’s Daughters Medical Center has Read more >>

AT&T Allows Healthcare to Use Tablets and Messaging More Securely

New Communications Tools and Infrastructure Improve Efficiencies for Healthcare Professionals and PatientsDALLAS, Jan. 23, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- We live in a world where trillions of messages(1) are Read more >>

Happtique Names Ben Chodor New CEO

Start-Up Expert Brings Wealth of Healthcare Technology Experience to Unique CompanyNEW YORK, Jan. 18, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Happtique, Inc., the first total mobile solution for healthcare, has named Read more >>

EXTENSION, INC. Enhances Nurse-Patient Communications Within the VA

EXTENSION’s dedicated public sector team focuses on expanding its growing client base FORT WAYNE, Ind.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- EXTENSION, INC.’s rapidly growing customer base now includes numerous Read more >>

iMedicor Incorporates NHIN Direct Project Solution

Alliance with MaxMD Integrates Highest Standards of Secure Messaging Into iMedicor's HIPAA-Compliant Social/Professional NetworkNANUET, N.Y., Jan. 10, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- iMedicor (OTCBB: VMCI) Read more >>