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NewsWinning the war on obesity
Obesity rates have doubled in the last 30 years, according to three news studies published in the British medical journal Lancet. Among developed nations, Americans were the fattest worldwide. That's Read more...
Healthcare fraud prevention system adopted in North Carolina
Traditional methods of trying to nab healthcare fraud are like "fishing with a cane pole," North Carolina Health and Human Services Secretary Lanier Cansler told Businessweek. But a new software Read more...
Dan Drawbaugh - 9 People to Watch in Healthcare
Name: Dan Drawbaugh Location: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania Profession: Chief Information Officer at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center Fast facts: Drawbaugh has served as the CIO at UPMC since Read more...
U of OK, IBM team to build EHR
The University of Oklahoma announced Thursday that its medical school will build an electronic health record pilot in conjunction with IBM. The program will include 355 doctors, and will help to Read more...
Mayo, IBM look to open source to promote EMR extraction efforts
The ongoing push to make electronic medical records mandatory isn't the easiest nut to crack, but biomedical informatics researchers with the Mayo Clinic and at IBM have figured out a way to make it Read more...
UnitedHealth tests medical home model in AZ
Joining a fast-growing trend, health plan operator UnitedHealth Group is partnering with medical groups in Arizona to test the "medical home" model of patient care. All told, 26 physicians will offer Read more...
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