Four-fifths of the nation’s hospitals, and 41% of office-based physicians, currently intend to take advantage of federal incentive payments for adoption and meaningful use of certified electronic health records (EHR) technology, according to survey data released by the Office of…
Day: January 17, 2011
Organizations Team Up to Send 14 Teens with Amputations to Colorado for Annual Ski Trip
A special group of Texas teenagers will soon hit the ski slopes in Winter Park, Colo., for a week, as American Airlines and Texas Scottish Rite Hospital for Children team up for the 30th annual ski trip. This year, 14…
Micro-RNAs Could Potentially Increase Risk of Amputation in Diabetics
New research has found one of the smallest entities in the human genome, micro-RNA, could increase the risk of limb amputation in diabetic patients who have poor blood flow. The study by Andrea Caporali, MSc, PhD, research assistant and colleagues…