Topic: Medical Technology

Biotechs Look Overseas to Launch a Stem-Cell Revolution

According to one small biotech, the best way to launch a stem-cell revolution is to do it overseas.READ MORE›

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SmartHand: Cyborg Limbs Will Feel Like User's Own

SmartHand is a European collaborative project to develop a next-generation robotic prosthetic limb, and as part of the project Swedish researchers have successfully demonstrated a neat psychological trick that makes wearers feel like ...READ MORE›

How to Increase Information Security Revenue with the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA)

3 Ways Information Security Companies Can Make More Money Now...READ MORE›

NJ Plastic Surgeon | Silicone Breast Implants | Jersey Shore

Are silicone breast implants safe? NJ best plastic surgeon, Dr. Anthony Lombardi, answers.READ MORE›

A discussion on HealthGrid technology and Private Equity with Dr. Jonathan Silverstein

 As we continue to search for value in the highly volatile market, it's clear that the value will lie in areas that don't have electronic price quotations which can be delivered at lightspeed by fingers adept with command ...READ MORE›

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EMR Packages Can Help Chiropractors

A busy chiropractic practice can benefit from electronic medical record software packages in significant ways.READ MORE›

John Yee - Fast 50 2002

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President Obama Continues to Push for Electronic Medical Records

Since he was candidate Obama, the new President has been calling for a comprehensive electronic medical records system with the U.S. Health Care juggernaut.READ MORE›

President Obama’s Call for Universal EMR

Barack Obama’s call for pervasive computerization and electronic medical records is ambitious and focused, but implementation issues remain challenging.READ MORE›

Obama's Healthcare Agenda Highlights EMR Software as Cost Saver

President Barack Obama's healthcare agenda epitomizes business intelligence with its stressing of increasingly pervasive EMR software.READ MORE›

Obama's Stimulus Package May Lead to a Medical Records Bonanza

A two-year window spurred by the new Administration's providing economic stimulus funding for purchasing EMR software could lead to a veritable "bonanza" as clinicians rush to take advantage prior to January 1, 2011, when the money kicks in.READ MORE›

Why Electronic Health Records Are Worth the Hype -- and the Price

The push for electronic medical records has stirred controversy -- but their potential is immeasurable.READ MORE›

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Defective Medical Products - Implantable Cardiac Defibrillators

Guidant had an idea to develop an implantable cardiac defibrillator that captured the world by storm, but ended up in a nasty recall of 7 models of their medical product.READ MORE›

An Artificial Knee, for Just $20

High-tech prosthetics can easily cost $50,000. They're a luxury usually afforded only to Westerners. But an engineer at Stanford has just unveiled an artificial knee that costs a mere $20. Last year, Joel Sadler was presented ...READ MORE›

Bionic Legs, i-Limbs, and Other Super Human Prostheses You'll Envy

Save your tears for Tiny Tim. A boom in sophisticated prostheses has created a most unlikely by-product: envy.READ MORE›

Reimagining the Prosthetic Arm

Students at New York's School of Visual Arts rethink what a prosthetic arm can be.READ MORE›

Body Fluid-Powered Fuel Cell Could Turn Pacemaker Patients Into Steve Austin

Fuel cell technology is hyped as a possible future power system for electric vehicles, but it's actually got a plethora of uses: The latest, and perhaps greatest, is a glucose cell for medical devices that could get its "fuel" from your body.

Dell Could Make Your Doctor's Handwriting Legible Again With Practice Fusion

Dell might not be the first firm that leaps to mind when you think "high-tech medical practices" but maybe it should be: the company just introduced an all-in-one system for making digital medical records cheap and easy for doctors, ...READ MORE›

Those Electronic Medical Records Obama So Loves? A Bit Clunky

President Obama has pledged $19 billion to encourage physicians and hospitals to adopt electronic medical records and similar systems. The assumption is that recycling paper-based patient records and turning to more advanced, ...READ MORE›

Granny 2.0

Your cyborg grandma and her defibrillator implant may need a software patch.READ MORE›

Hospital & Healthcare Management Suppliers Profile - Hill-Rom

http://www.hhmglobal.com/SuppliersProfile/Hill-Rom/Hill-Rom specializes in hospital and home health care equipment. As an innovator in medical technology, we specialize in hospital bed design, hospital equipment, and medical care ...READ MORE›

It's Not the Suit, It's the Sizzle: What Tony Stark Can Teach Medical Companies

The true function of medical devices may be to keep you alive, but the purpose is to enable you to live--to really live.READ MORE›

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Fox Meadows Software Packages Certain to be Federally Complian

Fox Meadows plans to continue its proven track record of diagnostic and treatment efficacy while meeting all ARRA standards.READ MORE›

Fast Talk: Bush's Record Collector

Dr. Robert Kolodner National Coordinator for Health Information Technology Department of Health and Human Services Washington, D.C. Dr. Robert Kolodner, 59, advises HHS Secretary Michael Leavitt on health IT initiatives and ...READ MORE›