The global healthcare nanotechnology market will likely exceed a compound annual growth rate of 12 percent through 2024, based on a Hexa Research report, according to medGadget.
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Francis Collins, MD, PhD, will maintain his position as National Institutes of Health's director with the new presidential administration, for now, according to STAT.
With news circulating over President Donald Trump considering former Gov. Sonny Perdue (R-Ga.) to fill the secretary of agriculture position, Kaiser Health News' reporter Carmen Heredia Rodriguez delves into four key healthcare areas that the U.S. Department of Agriculture impacts.
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President Donald Trump signed an executive order shortly after his inauguration on Jan. 20 directing government agencies to "scale back as many aspects of the Affordable Care Act as possible," according to the New York Times.
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Outpatient total joint replacements are gaining steam; physicians across the country are preforming outpatient total joints in hospitals as well as ASCs. Medicare is also considering removing total joint replacements from the inpatient only list.
The WhiteHouse.gov website reflected the passing of the baton as President Donald Trump was sworn into office today, according to U.S. News & World Report.
There are more than 222,000 licensed nurse practitioners spanning the nation, according to the American Association of Nurse Practitioners' data.
Scott Colquhoun, MD, has been offering outpatient orthopedic surgery to residents in Turlock, Calif., since 2013, according to Turlock Journal.
Simple Admit's CEO, Dan Coholan, discusses how Simple Admit aims to change the way that nurses and patients discuss medical history before a procedure and its impact on the medical industry.