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Text messaging bolsters HIV med compliance
A new study on HIV antiretroviral therapy (ART) shows that weekly text messages can help patients better adhere to their often complicated drug regimens. Patients who received the weekly text
New burn app continues Johns Hopkins' long app-development run
Researchers at Johns Hopkins Medical School have created an app to help physicians better treat burn victims, both in the hospital and in the field, according to a recent announcement from the
Cheap 3D sensor could test for HIV, malaria
Researchers at the University of Texas at Austin have created an inexpensive 3D paper sensor that has the potential to test for deadly diseases like HIV and malaria. According to an announcement from
Diabetes, HIV the focus of new innovation challenge efforts
In addition to the follow-up care innovation challenge issued by the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services, two more health IT challenges were announced at yesterday's Care Innovation Summit
Emerging EHR module caters to treatment of HIV
The government's push for the adoption and Meaningful Use of electronic health record systems has, for the most part, focused on EHRs for primary care physicians--to the consternation of many
VA, DoD now can share more sensitive medical records
The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) is loosening a rule that unduly restricts it from sharing information about certain sensitive medical conditions with the Department of Defense (DoD),
Physician sued for revealed HIV status to hospital patient's mother
A patient at Wisconsin's UW Hospital last week filed a civil lawsuit against his physician and the UW Board of Regents after he said the doctor disclosed his HIV-positive status to his mother,
States cutting AIDS drug assistance programs
Many states are cutting their drug assistance programs to AIDS patients, reports Kaiser Health News. Patients without access to such drugs are far more likely to become seriously ill as a result of
VA hospital will test more than 500 veterans for HIV, Hepatitis
A Dayton, Ohio veterans hospital will offer free HIV and Hepatitis tests to more than 500 dental patients to determine whether they were infected between 1992 and 2010 by a dentist who failed to
Unsterile endoscope puts patients at risk for deadly diseases
Pittsburgh-based St. Clair Hospital sent letters to 75 patients after officials discovered that improperly cleaned equipment may have exposed them to blood-borne diseases like HIV or Hepatitis B or
