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Could we, in the midst of what increasingly appears to be wholesale revamping of healthcare delivery in the United States, be getting to a Call for Craft? Perhaps, but one thing we know for certain: The best way to predict the future is to create it.
Georgia Tech Center for Advanced Bioengineering for Soldier Survivability
Soldiers need new medical devices to treat the strains of a new kind of warfare, but it often takes too long to turn an idea into reality. Fortunately, Georgia Tech has a solution.
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Healthcare reform is moving towards a frantic finish after the Fourth of July congressional recess. The debate about the need for reform is over. The debate now is over winners and losers. Read our update.
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Two new studies, one by Brigham and Womens and BU Hospitals and the other by PearlDiver, tackle the question of TKA cost effectiveness. One says that it's cost effective; the other uncovers high rates of regional variability. Guess which one affects public policy.
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Finished medical school? Now you're a doctor. Done with residency? Now you're really a doctor. Earned your fellowship certificate? Yikes. It's the end of the line. Really. And now all of the highs and lows are yours and yours alone.
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Over confidence, a lack of supervision on the part of the surgeon in charge, and no superstructure to regulate the training...any of these could lead to problems in the appreticeship-like training that is fellowship.
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Cerebral palsy patients traditionally undergo multiple, life-interrupting surgeries throughout their childhoods, but research shows that this is often not the best approach. Are current trends in surgery keeping pace with the research? Find out here.
UAB Emergency Room Rap
Back Surgery for Disc Herniation
Ankle Replacement Gives New Lease on Life
