Twenty percent of physicians are considered "engaged," according to a new athenahealth physician engagement and leadership index survey. Mobile medical app Epocrates conducted the 2,000-physican survey.
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Morgantown, W.V.-based researchers found erroneous provider directories for various Covered California (the state's health exchange) and private market health plans, according to Kaiser Health News.
DJO Global, a medical technologies provider with U.S. headquarters in Vista, Calif., unveiled its new DonJoy Clima-Flex OA Knee Brace, which aims to provide cooling relief for patients suffering from osteoarthritis knee pain.
After suffering a ransomware attack, Langhorne, Pa.-based Ambulatory Surgery Center at St. Mary sent letters to nearly 13,000 patients whose personal information may have been breached, according to Bucks County Courier Times.
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Many healthcare providers are unprepared to "recognize, analyze and learn" from patient safety issues within the intricacies of health information technology, according to HealthLeaders Media. Researchers discussed the industry's transition to HIT at the annual Academy Health meeting in Boston.
Here are the 15 most influential physicians in history, selected by Medscape readers, according to a Medscape report:
Best Doctors, a medical information services company, added more than 1 million new members as well as 50 new clients thus far in 2016, according to Yahoo Finance.
The global healthcare IT market is projected to experience substantial growth through 2020, according to a Research and Markets' report.
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