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23 Mar Remote patient monitoring via smartphones- Apple and Android platforms

Posted at 15:46h in Health

The promise of telemedicine has been around for years, with robotic surgeries, remote monitoring of patients and big city doctors able to care for rural patients over computer networks. But not until Apple IOS devices like iPhone and iPad as well as Android OS smartphones...

21 Mar An Expanded Role for Primary Care in Prevention

Posted at 16:03h in Health

We can all agree that we have reached a point where the status quo in prevention is not enough. Obesity continues to negatively impact adults’ lives and the lives of future generations. Heart disease continues to affect thousands of Americans and is the...

17 Mar Nursing Modernizes to Reflect Modern Times

Posted at 16:11h in Health

As health care evolves, so has the nursing profession. Advanced Practice Registered Nursing (APRN), an umbrella term to include the 4 roles of advanced practice nurses, have been expanding at a rapid rate. There are over 250,500 APRNs in the country, according to the recently...

14 Mar Hope Street Group Teachers Ask President Obama for Bold Changes in Teacher Evaluation

Posted at 01:27h in Publications

Monday, March 14th, 2011 Teachers from Hope Street Group hand-delivered a set of recommendations to the President today that include making student achievement gains a major component of teacher evaluation systems. The teachers attended President Obama’s policy address at Kenmore Middle School in Arlington, Virginia. Leaders of...

02 Mar A New Way to Combat Chronicity

Posted at 16:17h in Health

A prohibition was lifted on human dissection in 3rd century Greece, under one condition, that the anatomists not involve themselves with the corpse’s soul. Body and soul at the time were considered separate entities, thus, the medical model was born. The focus on the symptom...

24 Feb Clinical exam vs Technology

Posted at 15:35h in Health

Check out the debate over clinical exam vs technology and our comments on Kevin MD! How important is a doctor’s skill in the physical exam of a patient? by John Mandrola, MD http://www.kevinmd.com/blog/2011/02/important-doctors-skill-physical-exam-patient.html...