It is certainly beginning to look like the Ipad is becoming a working hardware partner in the medical records business as GE is the latest to announce Centricity Advanced and Centricity Practice Solutions coming to an Ipad soon. Back in January another medical records program also announced their...
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Ok so we get everybody in shape and lose weight, is this going affect the knee and hip business if the number of obese people decreases? Business is still growing in this area but not like it was before and one manufacturer has gone into the major recall business with some of their implants. In...
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If you have been reading here long enough, there’s money in those algorithms, aka mathematical data formulas and in this case it is in the area known as business intelligence. Exactly what area of intelligence is being pursued here is kind of foggy to follow but $42 Million will certainly buy many...
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How long is my knee or hip going to last, everyone wants to know that answer and couple years ago wrote about it here. The FDA gave the stamp of approval to one company today that states their knee should last 30 years. I hope so for all those who have had knee replacements and for those...
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Here goes the same question again, are they being over used. Well this time I’m going to speak out a bit from some personal experience where I worked with a physician’s practice, writing software that connected to the information from the CT scanner, which involved a bit of my time on premise so...
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This is a switch from what has occurred in the recent past, however, there are many questions and doubts from many sides of the potential class action lawsuit. 2 Chinese agencies also tested products and found no formaldehyde. The FEMA trailers after the hurricane gave everyone an education...