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High-tech healthcare for seniors not always effective, necessary
Enthusiasm for technology is rampant in healthcare, particularly when it comes to seniors. Proponents insist it can extend quality of life for the elderly, allowing them to remain independent and
MIT: More emergency room spending lowers mortality
It's a hotly contested debate on whether more money equals better care, but a new study in the American Economic Journal: Applied Economics reveals that spending more on emergency room patients can
MIT, GE team to develop new 'disruptive' health technology
The Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), in collaboration with GE Global Research and Analog Devices Inc. (ADI), has launched the Medical Electronic Device Realization Center (MEDRC) to
Hackers, peer-to-peer networks, human error all threaten health data security
The great thing about the Internet is that it's global. The bad thing about the Internet is that it's global. Just ask Dr. John Halamka, CIO of CareGroup Health System in Boston. "I spend about $1
Economist: Smart HIT use could transform industry
To transform healthcare, it's high time that providers adopt the same practices economically healthy industries do--and that includes automating processes whenever possible. To date, however, the
Tobacco giants funding MA universities' research
It's discomforting--the more you look, the more you find tobacco companies funding medical research. Last week, we learn that a 2006 study concluding that 80 percent of lung cancer deaths could be
