HHS Regulations Updated to Include Notification of Patient Record Security...
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services recently updated the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (commonly known as HIPAA). The new regulation requires healthcare providers and...
View ArticleMacArthur Genius Grant Goes to Physician/Researcher
One of this year's winners of a "Genius Grant" is Dr. Mary Tinetti, a geriatrician at Yale medical school, who has researched falls among the elderly.
View ArticleCandidate Direct Physician Staffing Offers Easy Search of Locum Tenens and...
Physician job seekers can visit Candidate Direct's new physician jobs board or browse through the company's physician career resources page.
View ArticlePhysicians Key Players During Breast Cancer Awareness Month
October is National Breast Cancer Awareness month and a time when attention to the disease is at a year-long peak. While breast cancer remains the most common cancer among women in the US, the death...
View ArticleHealth Care Technology on the Rise
Google Health was first launched in May 2008, and it has been slowly gaining popularity over the past year and a half. The concept behind Google Health is that it allows patients to take control of...
View ArticlePhysician Salary
Despite the current economic climate, health care positions are still in great need. According to Medical Group Management Association, physician salaries continued to show a modest increase throughout...
View ArticleRetired Physician Career Opportunities with Locum Tenens
Locum tenens is ideal both for doctors in search of 20 or 30 hours of practice and for providers looking to supplement quality patient care. Top salaries are available, along with malpractice...
View ArticleLeapfrog’s Announces Top Hospitals for 2009
The Leapfrog Group released its 2009 list of the nation’s best hospitals. Leapfrog’s top hospitals are determined using information gathered from the organization’s free, voluntary hospital survey. The...
View ArticleSurgeons, anesthesiologists and their patients warm to Bair Paws Flex reviews
It gets cold in the Midwest, but at Arizant Inc., a forced air blanket provider in Minnesota, the heat is on. The company has created a surgical gown called Bair Paws Flex; made of wood fibers,...
View ArticleTherapeutic Hypothermia Offers Increased Survival Rates for Heart Attack...
Since the 1950’s, heart attack survival rates have been on the rise, thanks to new treatments and drug innovations. Among those new treatments is therapeutic hypothermia. Therapeutic hypothermia refers...
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