The global healthcare information systems market will likely reach $44.8 billion by 2024, based on a Transparency Market Research report, according to medGadget.
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Consumers will now be able to identify which surgeons are among the best and worst for patient outcomes, thanks to a Nonprofit Consumers' Checkbook/Center for the Study of Services analysis.
Vail Valley Medical Center and The Steadman Clinic, both located in Vail, Colo., completed an expansion project, according to VailDaily.
Tyler, Texas-based Texas Spine and Joint Hospital selected Sphere 3D Corp.'s HVE technology to handle its IT issues within the facility's own data centers.
The Winston-Salem Journal reports that Charlotte, N.C.-based Novant Health Inc. and Winston-Salem, N.C.-based Wake Forest Baptist have filed certificates to expand their hospitals to Clemmons, N.C., and Bermuda Run, N.C., respectively.
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Physicians are turning smokers away with increasing regularity, according to The Charlotte Observer.
In 2016, award-winning orthopedic surgeons, Bryan Springer, MD, and Walter Beaver, MD, of Charlotte, N.C.-based OrthoCarolina Hip and Knee Center launched Operation Walk Carolinas, an organization that sends surgeons to developing countries to perform joint replacements.
Kareo and the American Association of Private Physicians conducted a survey to examine alternative payment and practice models for independent physicians.
Patients view full access to their medical records as critical to receiving high-quality care, based on a Transcend Insights survey.
Emory Orthopaedics & Spine Center added Lisa Foster, MD, to the Johns Creek, Ga. location, according to Johns Creek Patch.