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Companies Collaborate on EHR Adoption
January 28, 2010 12:06 PM by Amanda Koehler

McKesson, San Francisco, and HP, Palo Alto, CA, recently announced they are collaborating to accelerate and simplify electronic health record (EHR) adoption at independent physician practices across the country. The companies will offer physicians McKesson's Read More...

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Rightful Place
January 23, 2009 11:36 AM by Kerri Penno

"We will restore science to its rightful place, and wield technology's wonders to raise healthcare's quality and lower its cost." President Barack Obama made this promise just 3 days ago during his inauguration address and, as with his plans to examine Read More...

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Artificial Blood Risks
April 29, 2008 3:28 PM by Kerri Penno

The FDA is under fire today, in the wake of a report released in JAMA yesterday, detailing the organization approved artificial blood substitute trials even after studies showed the products increased risk of heart attack and death. "It's hard to understand," Read More...

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YouTube and Vaccines
January 18, 2008 1:54 PM by Amanda Koehler

YouTube.com has become an Internet hotspot since its creation almost 3 years ago. Web surfers can go to the site to watch music and comedy videos, along with personal videos posted by members. A new study found people are also getting vaccination information Read More...

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What Will the Future Bring?
January 4, 2008 11:14 AM by Kerri Penno

As I was browsing some of the other ADVANCE blogs, I was struck by the commonality of themes between healthcare professions. It seems the different disciplines face many of the same issues (e.g., staffing problems, budget crunches, boosting productivity Read More...

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Stem Cell Breakthroughs
December 12, 2007 3:00 PM by Kerri Penno

In November, a team of researchers reported they had genetically reprogrammed human skin cells to create cells indistinguishable from embryonic stem cells. Time magazine recently called this and other stem cell breakthroughs the top scientific discovery Read More...

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Bookmark This: The Fritsma Factor
November 12, 2007 12:08 PM by Matthew T. Patton

George Fritsma , MS, MT (ASCP), lab practitioner, associate professor and author, recently launched an online, interactive hemostasis resource known as The Fritsma Factor . Designed for laboratory practitioners to share information and knowledge, the Read More...

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