The Emory Heart & Vascular Center now offers Telehealth, a relatively new way to bring healthcare closer to patients. Using videoconferencing technology to transmit live video and medical information, Emory Heart & Vascular specialists can see patients who live in rural Georgia without the patients’ having to travel to Atlanta.

In partnership with Science & the City, the Science & The Arts program at CUNY Graduate Center presents the best-selling author David Ewing Duncan on his forthcoming book, Experimental Man: What One Man’s Body Reveals about His Future, Your Health, and Our Toxic World.
Duncan takes “guinea pig” journalism to the cutting edge of science. His [...]

Björn Fahlgren from WHO explains the World Health Organization’s role in the life science industry and why the WHO decided to participate at MEDICA 2009.

On December 9th I’m going to jail!! Luckily for me, it is only for two hours.
In an effort to raise money for the Red Cross, I have been selected from our leadership group to go to jail for two hours. I have to raise as much money as I can during [...]

Riley, M.
http://medicalstudentblog.co.uk
Introduction & Background
One of the chief concerns in the debate over healthcare reform is the universal need to contain healthcare costs while still providing reasonable healthcare services to the millions of uninsured. As technology advances, tests and treatments are newly available; however, there are only minimal cost controls in place for dictating when and [...]

Riley, M.
http://medicalstudentblog.co.uk
Ethics are a major component of the US healthcare system. As technology advances, laws are developed to govern the developments; however ethics are used to shape and influence the practical application of the processes before the laws are created. Even in fields that are dictated by legal guidelines, ethics are important contributors to the [...]

Dr. Fischbeck of Kachina Family practice in Phoenix, Arizona shares his experience and testimonial of using Practice Partner EMR.

While interesting, talking about new medical technology can be detailed, technical and heavy going. So how do you make the latest in 3D imaging catchy and easy to understand for media and their audience? The trick is to personalise it and let those that benefit from the technology first hand (eg, surgeons and patients) explain [...]