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| Good News For Health Care: Medical Connectivity To Grow Over 800 Percent In 7 Years Posted: 12 Jan 2014 07:25 AM PST For example, a brain-injured patient in the ICU breaths with the help of a ventilator, operating according to physician-prescribed parameters. A respiratory therapist draws blood to send to the lab to test the levels of oxygen and carbon dioxide. The lab calls the ICU nurse with the results, who reports them to the physician, which leads to adjusting the ventilator. This happens four to six times a day. Even a layman can see how inefficient this is, and how it could be improved by connecting the procedures. On their own, the medical-device makers have little incentive to overcome this problem. However, both hospitals and insurers increasingly have the right incentives. |
| Gop House Targets Health Care Law; 67 Dems Join In Posted: 11 Jan 2014 07:15 PM PST But Democrats said there had been no breaches at the health care website. The bill was simply a Republican effort to “put fear into the public,” according to Rep. Frank Pallone, D-N.J. Rep. Diane DeGette, D-Colo., described the legislation as a “solution in search of a problem.” In fact, there was at least one breach last year. |
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