A Doctor’s Best Friend – How Dogs are being Trained to Help Diagnose Illness
McBaine is a one-year-old Springer Spaniel with floppy ears, a sweet face and maybe, the ability to sniff out cancer. This puppy is part of the Penn Vet Working Dog Center at the University of...
Digital Health Records Save Health Care Costs
Dgital health records can reduce healthcare spending
Teamwork Proves Fruitful in Fight Against Parkinson’s Disease
Interdisciplinary teamwork and innovative problem-solving are important parts of tackling today’s medical challenges. With the merging of fields such as medicine and technology, professionals training for a career in healthcare need to be able...
Six Healthcare Changes to Know for 2014
A new year always brings change – and that’s especially true in 2014 as many aspects of the Affordable Care Act (ACA), or “Obamacare,” take effect Jan. 1. Designed to increase health insurance’s quality and affordability,...
Survey: Healthcare Growth Expected to Continue, No Matter What Happens with ACA
As the attempt by congressional Republicans to repeal the Affordable Care Act hangs in the balance, it's worth a quick look back at the relative uncertainty that surrounded the healthcare industry almost from the...
Increasing Medical School Enrollment Openings Provides Opportunity and Challenges
Increased medical school admissions bring challenges and opportunities to prospective students.
American Heroin: Medicine, Crisis, Epidemic – Part 2: Needles in the Haystack
From heroin’s origins to the pathways it takes to enter the country and the effect it has on cities and states around the U.S., this map is intended to give a broad stroke...
Medicaid Expansion May Spark Physician Shortage
The shortage of physicians and other health practitioners will soon be exacerbated as health care reform provides coverage for millions of Medicaid patients. According to the Congressional Budget Office, about 9 million additional Americans are...
Top 10 Health Technologies for 2014 Reference Guide Released
ECRI Institute, a nonprofit organization that focuses on finding the best ways to improve patient care, has created a resource to help hospitals and healthcare executives find the latest and greatest healthcare technologies for...
Need for Physician Assistants Growing as Medical Industry Evolves
Trends in healthcare reported by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) reveal that a growing number of physicians are leaving general practice to pursue specialty medicine. They leave behind openings that are being...