Health Care Is Where The Jobs Are. But What Kind Of Jobs?
The health care industry adds thousands of jobs to the economy each month. While they arenāt all doctors and nurses, they arenāt all paper pushers either.
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In Grandmaās Stocking: An Apple Watch To Monitor Falls, Track Heart Rhythms
The new-generation gadget is designed to alert and protect wearers from falls and heart problems, expanding Appleās target audience beyond the usual, tech-savvy, early adopters to those with older tickers.
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Like Clockwork: How Daylight Saving Time Stumps Hospital Record-Keeping
One of the most popular electronic health records software systems used by hospitals, Epic Systems,Ā can delete records or require cumbersome workarounds when clocks are set back for an hour, prompting many hospitals to opt for paper records for part of the night shift.
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Paper Jam: Californiaās Medicaid Program Hits āPrintā When The Feds Need Info
Amid the buzz over apps and electronic medical records rescuing modern medicine, Californiaās Medicaid program still clings to 1970s-era technology. A reboot may cost half a billion dollars.
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Hoping To See Your Doctor Via Telemedicine? Hereās A Quick Guide.
All private health plans, Medicare, state Medicaid programs and the VA now cover some e-visits ā albeit with restrictions.
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As Proton Centers Struggle, A Sign Of A Health Care Bubble?
Companies pushed proton machines and counted on advertising, doctors and insurers to ensure a steady business treating cancer. But the dollars havenāt flowed in as expected.
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Applying Silicon Valley Smarts To Age-Old Diseases
Customized iPhones are just one example of devices that can be used to combat health threats in developing countries. They are helping scientists in California and Cameroon attack the parasite that causes river blindness, an African scourge.
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Without Context Or Cushion, Do Online Medical Results Make Sense?
In some cases, information now available to people without talking to a doctor can be a source of confusion and alarm and the cause of more work for doctors because it comes without adequate guidance.
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Reporterās Notebook: The Tale Of Theranos And The Mysterious Fire Alarm
Health care tech startup Theranos was riding high back in 2014. But when a reporter raised questions, its media reps circled the wagons.
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J.P. Morgan Health Conference All About The Deals Amid Uncertainty For Millions
The lofty ideas floated and billion-dollar deals sealed at J.P. Morganās elite annual conference stand in stark contrast to the uncertainty that clouds health care outside its confines.
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Telemedicine For Addiction Treatment? Picture Remains Fuzzy
One Indiana addiction specialist doesn't shy away from telemedicine, but he still requires in-person visits to begin and maintain his patients' Suboxone prescriptions.
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Can Apps Slay The Medical Bill Dragon?
A handful of Silicon Valley start-ups are trying to usher medical billing into the 21st century by creating smartphone apps to help consumers navigate their health insurance paperwork.
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Molina Healthcare, A Top Obamacare Insurer, Investigates Breach Of Patientsā Data
āItās unconscionable that such a basic, security 101 flaw could still exist at a major health care provider,ā says one cybersecurity expert.
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In Remote Idaho, A Tiny Facility Lights The Way For Stressed Rural Hospitals
In a region where bears outnumber people, a small medical facility sets a modern example for rural hospitals on life support.
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Los Angeles County Scores An E-Success In Managing Specialist Care
An electronic consulting and referral system adopted by the countyās safety net public health system in 2012 has reduced waiting times for appointments with specialists and eliminated the need for such appointments in a significant number of cases, according to a new study in the journal Health Affairs.
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Merger May Revitalize Californiaās Flagging Effort To Pool Medical Records
An Obama administration veteran will take the helm of Cal INDEX as it combines with the Inland Empire Health Information Exchange, creating a database covering nearly 17 million patients.
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California Has High Aspirations For Lowering HIV Infections
The stateās five-year-plan ā focused on prevention and ensuring rapid and equal access to treatment ā is nothing if not ambitious.
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Covered California Resolves Pregnancy Snafu
Officials at the state exchange say they have fixed their computer system to stop switching some low-income pregnant women into Medi-Cal without their approval.
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Can We Conquer All Diseases By The End Of The Century?
According to the neurobiologist heading a much-publicized effort funded by Facebookās Mark Zuckerberg and his wife, Priscilla Chan, putting scientists and engineers under one roof will be key.
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Licensing Logjam For California Nurses
A big backlog of applications at the stateās licensing board is holding up hiring by hospitals and making it difficult for recent nurse graduates ā and experienced nurses from out of state ā to work.
By Eryn Brown