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Publication: Healthcare Global

First reported 8 hours ago - Updated 8 hours ago - 1 reports

The Future of Health care: Personalized, Population-Based, and Pervasive

As digital technology transforms the practice of medicine, Dr. David Levin believes the "three P's" is the future of healthcareTAGS: healthbeat 2013, healthcare, healthcare technology, medicine, technologyThe Healthcare industry is on the edge of major ... [Published Healthcare Global - 8 hours ago]

Entities: David Levin, Health Care, Electronic Medical Record, Cleveland Clinic

First reported 8 hours ago - Updated 8 hours ago - 1 reports

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Healthcare Workers Go On Strike at Five California Public Hospitals

Nearly 13,000 healthcare employees in California went on strike on TuesdayTAGS: Healthcare, healthcare hospital, healthcare workers, hospital employees, Hospital strikeThousands of healthcare workers walked off the job at the University of California’s ... [Published Healthcare Global - 8 hours ago]

Entities: Workers, Health Care, American Federation of State, County and Munici..., University of California

First reported May 16 2013 - Updated May 17 2013 - 1 reports

The Role of Nurse Practitioners May Expand

With the need for patient care expanding, will nurse practioners be given the right to expand their role?TAGS: health care reform, nurse practitioners, patient care, primary care physiciansThe U.S. is facing an extreme shortage of primary care physicians ... [Published Healthcare Global - May 16 2013]

Entities: David Blumenthal, Health Care Reform, Commonwealth Fund, Health Policy

First reported May 16 2013 - Updated May 16 2013 - 1 reports

New Cancer Tools Help Patients Reconsider Chemo

The "one-size-fits-all" days of cancer treatment might be overTAGS: cancer diagnoses, cancer treatment, chemotherapy, cures, radiation treatments, right-sizing treatmentDoctors are using new tools to help decide when their patients can completely skip ... [Published Healthcare Global - May 16 2013]

Entities: Cancer, Chemotherapy, Patient

First reported May 09 2013 - Updated May 09 2013 - 1 reports

The May Edition Of Healthcare Global Is Now Live!

This month in Healthcare Global we take a look inside the largest hospital in South Africa, the Chris Hani Baragwanath Hospital. We considered the institutions quest for operational excellence, the importance of training and efficient people management ... [Published Healthcare Global - May 09 2013]

Entities: Health Care, Chris Hani, South Africa

First reported May 09 2013 - Updated May 09 2013 - 1 reports

Harvard University

Top 10 Medical Schools In The World 2013

#1. Harvard School of MedicineIt goes without saying that Harvard is on of the most prestigious brands to reckon with, and in terms of research, it is the most trusted institution. The Academic Ranking Of World Universities, an annual ranking of the world's ... [Published Healthcare Global - May 09 2013]

Entities: Harvard University, John Hopkins, Internal Medicine

First reported May 03 2013 - Updated May 03 2013 - 1 reports

FDA To Outline mHealth Guidelines In 2..

Mobile health apps are gaining momentum and saturating the healthcare market, so it's no wonder the FDA is looking to set guidelines in place to regulate this booming sector. Many consumers are beginning to trust these applications as much as they would ... [Published Healthcare Global - May 03 2013]

Entities: Medical Devices, Invention, Taxes, Smartphone, Health Care

First reported Apr 23 2013 - Updated Apr 23 2013 - 1 reports

Could Hospitals Benefit From Personali..

A new company named Secure Threads has designed a range of hospital gowns with the intention of reducing medical errors. The comfortable gowns are personalised for individual patients and have information such as a patients name, blood type, allergies, ... [Published Healthcare Global - Apr 23 2013]

Entities: Patient, Evidence Based Medicine, Institute of Medicine, Patent Pending, emergency

First reported Apr 22 2013 - Updated Apr 22 2013 - 1 reports

RegPak Launches Herbal Medicine For Ca..

Netherlands company, RegPak Bio-Pharma today announced its collaboration with Taiwan based firm Meriyana International Biotechnology to sell Chinese herbal medicine for cancer treatment in India, through its Indian subsidiary CanCure.Announcing this, ... [Published Healthcare Global - Apr 22 2013]

Entities: Cancer, Taiwan, Chandigarh, Pancreas, SPLEEN

First reported Apr 16 2013 - Updated Apr 16 2013 - 1 reports

Humber River Hospital: A New Vision For Canadian Care

The new Humber River Hospital is on schedule to open its doors to patients in Toronto in 2015. Healthcare Global takes a look inside the new hospital, which could change healthcare provision in Canada for the better – setting an industry standard for ... [Published Healthcare Global - Apr 16 2013]

Entities: Health Care, Toronto, CBC News, Canada, Video Chat

First reported Apr 15 2013 - Updated Apr 15 2013 - 1 reports

Wristband Could Improve Hygiene In Health Institutions

According to a recent study by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, nearly two million cases of hospital-acquired infections are reported each year. Germs can easily be spread by doctors, nurses and technicians during routine contact or invasive ... [Published Healthcare Global - Apr 15 2013]

Entities: Health Care, Georgetown Emergency Response Medical Service, Radio-Frequency Identification, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

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"We weren't surprised that there were differences in their opinions, but we were surprised by the magnitude of the difference" said lead researcher Karen Donelan, a senior scientist at the Mongan Institute for Health Policy at Massachusetts General Hospital, in Boston

The Role of Nurse Practitioners May Expand [Published Healthcare Global - May 16 2013]

...Swain, medical director of the Cancer Institute at Washington Hospital Center and president of the American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO). "We've tried the approach of big, nonspecific treatments ... We have found that throwing chemo at patients has not (necessarily) cured them."

New Cancer Tools Help Patients Reconsider Chemo [Published Healthcare Global - May 16 2013]

"The InstituteInstitute of Medicine calculates medical error accounts for 98,000 deaths in the United States each year"

Could Hospitals Benefit From Personali.. [Published Healthcare Global - Apr 23 2013]