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NewsSurgeons tout Twitter use at hospitals to enhance training
Although some hospitals are limiting social media use among their physicians in fear of possible legal repercussions, the University of Buffalo is encouraging its surgeons to tweet, according to an Read more...
Senate seeks investigation of physician-owned distributorships
Five Senators called on the Inspector General of the Health and Human Services to investigate surgeons who have ownership in medical device distributions that may violate anti-kickback statues, Read more...
Surgeon availability linked to better trauma survival rate
Better distribution of surgical care throughout the U.S. could promote better health outcomes--especially with trauma related to motor vehicle crashes, one of the leading causes of death nationwide, Read more...
BBC Video: Simulators 'make surgeons better'
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Government plans investigation of devicemaker kickbacks to surgeons
Federal health officials and prosecutors are mounting an investigation designed to identify doctors how accept kickbacks from drug and devicemakers for using their products. The investigation focuses Read more...
Should doctors send patients to another hospital?
We know from numerous studies that surgeries, especially very specialized ones, can have dramatically different outcomes depending on where they are performed. So, do doctors have an ethical Read more...
Study: Specialists seldom show empathy
In medicine, there's certainly one school of thought that holds that a doctor's job is to be detached and impartial, not break down with patients when he or she has to give them bad news or hold Read more...
| Press ReleasesAvailability of Surgeons Tied to Survival Rate of Motor Vehicle Crash VictimsNew study shows direct correlation between motor vehicle deaths and access to surgeons WASHINGTON, Oct. 4 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Having more surgeons working in a geographic area has a direct Read more >> |
