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Medical device wiki aids poor and under-served communities
More than 100 medical devices designed to aid poor populations are catalogued online thanks to researchers at the University of Michigan. Dubbed the Global Health Medical Device Compendium, the wiki
Researchers using IT to simulate clinical trials for newborn screenings
New research set to be conducted by the University of Michigan could affect the kinds of tests used to screen newborns for various harmful diseases and disorders, the school announced this week. The
Researchers: One-way sharing of data from EHRs to immunization registries risky for patients
Requiring only communication from electronic health records to immunization registries, but not from the registries back to the providers, impedes data exchange and renders Meaningful Use
U. of Michigan tests new technology that significantly lowers CT scan radiation
New technology developed by GE Healthcare has helped researchers with the University of Michigan Health System perform high-quality CT scans using only a fraction of the radiation typically required.
Software helps to find malignant cancer on digital slides
Researchers at the University of Michigan have developed software that can catch cancer on digital pathology slides, according to a CMIO article. The software, known as Spatially Invariant Vector
Autism program bolstered by $500K telehealth grant
Telehealth may save the day for autistic children in rural Michigan. State officials are hoping a $500,000 grant to Eastern Michigan University's Autism Collaborative Center (ACC) will bridge at
Cell phones help poor diabetics with glucose control
The health of diabetic patients improved with the use of mobile phones, a new study conducted by the Veterans Affairs Ann Arbor Healthcare System and University of Michigan determined. The study will
Efforts to cut hospital readmission rates ongoing in Michigan, Pennsylvania
Michigan and Pennsylvania are both beginning multi-organization efforts to cut unplanned readmissions to hospitals. The larger program, in Michigan, is being managed by Michigan Blue Cross Blue
Second Life finds a niche in health education
Remember Second Life ? It's the community of "virtual worlds" that lets people create their own online alternate realities. It also popularized the word "avatar" long before James Cameron did. I was
SPOTLIGHT: Healthcare bankruptcies rare in Japan
While some say healthcare costs are responsible for the majority of American bankruptcies, apparently such bankruptcies are almost unheard of in Japan, according to one researcher who has studied its
