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The supercomputer technology that defeated the world's best "Jeopardy!" players is now even smarter, thanks to a collaboration between IBM Research and the Cleveland Clinic.
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Outliers knows there are all kinds of ways to promote healthier eating habits, so we were intrigued to hear about two universities that are putting some solutions right in students' hands.
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The Commerce Department has granted $300,000 in funding to the American Health Information Management Association to develop educational programs, strengthen standards and promote the profession.
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The Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society opened its 30,000-square-foot Innovation Center on Oct. 8 as part of the Global Center for Health Innovation's ribbon cutting in downtown Cleveland.
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If last week's government shutdown left you nauseated, Outliers hopes you were in Pittsburgh. The Steel City had the distinct honor of hosting the first ever international vomiting conference. Of if you want to be formal, “Biology and Control of Nausea and Vomiting 2013.”
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Hospitals and medical groups are the organizations that most commonly see uninsured patients and have a powerful incentive to find a payment source for them. You might think they would play a major role in signing up uninsured Americans for subsidized private coverage through the state insurance...
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Healthcare is reuniting President Barack Obama and former President Bill Clinton. The two are set to appear together Tuesday to discuss Obama's healthcare law at a session sponsored by the Clinton Global Initiative, the former president's foundation.
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John Squire has been named president and COO of Amazing Charts, a North Kingstown, R.I.-based electronic health-record developer. He replaces the company's founder, Dr. Jonathan Bertman, who sold the company last November to Pri-Med, a Boston-based medical education division of Diversified Business...
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On the heels of the Institute of Medicine calling U.S. cancer care “increasingly chaotic and costly,” Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center in New York is starting an alliance of community cancer providers. It named Hartford HealthCare, a five-hospital system in Connecticut, as the...
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Catholic Health Initiatives has signed a letter of intent to partner with the Texas Heart Institute, ending uncertainty over whether CHI would gain control of the asset through its purchase of St. Luke's Episcopal Health System.
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