Physician employment contracts often lack any mention of rewarding physicians for innovation, according to Physician’s Money Digest. In order to maintain an innovation focus, organizations should consider clarifying the expectations surrounding innovation.
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Cloud technology has enabled healthcare organizations to better use and share information with each other, and will continue to transform the healthcare industry, according to The Huffington Post.
Ophthalmologists from the Medford, Ore.-based Medical Eye Center are conducting corrective eye surgeries around the world, according to the Mail Tribune.
GE Healthcare is donating medical equipment to the Rio de Janeiro Paralympic Games in September, according to the Milwaukee Business Journal.
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Prescription data from 38 million Medicare Part D users in 2014 was made available from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services so physicians can use it to conduct analysis of trends, according to a D Healthcare Daily report.
U.S. businesses are lagging in data maturity and hackers are increasingly targeting the healthcare industry, according to Healthcare IT News.
From 2016 to 2020, the global smart wearable healthcare devices and services market is expected to increase at a compound annual growth rate of more than 18 percent, according to a Technavio report.
Gaps in staffing at healthcare facilities are pushing up the average salary for medical professionals, according to a Healthcare Finance report citing eCareers' Healthcare Salary Guide.
CMS proposed moving six procedures off the inpatient only list next year.