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Technology is radically improving care for veterans

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

How do frontline military doctors successfully consult with surgeons back home when time is of the essence? Some of the biggest breakthroughs in healthcare delivery, though, have come in the field of 3D printing. Surafeal Asgedom How do you play pool when one hand is paralyzed? VA modernization as transformation engine.

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What is DS4P?

Healthcare Exchange Standards

Sensitive health topics Healthcare is not simple. I am not going to say that other domains are simple, because many other domains are similarly complex (military, social, politics.). So the next concepts are not all that special in healthcare. Healthcare data contain some topics that have various sensitivities.

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Saving Money, Saving Lives: Replacing Emergency Air Transport with Telemedicine

GlobalMed

When a medical emergency hits – say, a car accident or a heart attack – no one’s first concern should be about the price tag attached to the ambulance or medical air transport. Remote research stations, offshore oil rigs and military outposts may also be forced to use air transport for medical events.