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On any given day inside Carmichael, Calif.-based Mercy San Juan Medical Center's neuro-intensive care unit, a 5-foot-6-inch-tall robot with a computer screen can be seen roaming the halls. The robot is equipped with videoconferencing capabilities so doctors can beam in when there is an emergency.
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Carousel Industries, which consults, integrates and manages information technology solutions for its clients, has named Philip Wolford director of healthcare.
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Telemedicine is nothing new, but advancements in technology have made it even more widely available. Neurologists can now treat Parkinson's patients from miles away, therapists can reach service members overseas, and general practitioners can work in rural areas without actually going there at all.
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MedeAnalytics, which provides healthcare performance management solutions to ensure accountability and improve outcomes, has named Andrew Hurd CEO.
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Medical-device maker C.R. Bard Inc. agreed to pay $48.3 million to resolve allegations that the company illegally rewarded physicians and other customers for using its radiation seeds in the treatment of prostate cancer.
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State College, Pa.-based Mount Nittany Health joins a rising number of healthcare facilities nationwide in implementing a robust telemedicine program aimed at improving patient care and satisfaction, as evidenced by two programs that rolled out recently—TeleBurn and TeleStroke.
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Two North Carolina hospitals recently reported operating losses that they say are attributable in part to projected revenue that has been delayed related to problems rolling out their version of the Epic EHR system, particularly with billing, procedure coding and collections.
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Convergent Revenue Cycle Management, which offers healthcare providers revenue-cycle management and patient access services, last month named Greg Rassier COO.
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The New York eHealth Collaborative has announced the three winners of its Patient Portal for New Yorkers Design Challenge, launched earlier this year in which designers submitted portal prototypes for the not-for-profit organization.
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Four physician informaticists and the leader of a health information exchange have been named winners of the 2013 annual awards for outstanding achievement in applied medical informatics given by the Association of Medical Directors of Information Systems, the organization for physician...
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