Medical Research
A number of people have asked me recently if healthcare IT initiatives will receive any funding from the recently passed stimulus package. Here is a nice summary I saw recently: The $787 billion economic stimulus package includes $19...
Came across this post from NY Times Health blog this week. Couple of thoughts: Biopsies required to fix for certain time should need for certain IHC (i.e. HER2) required. Formal guidelines coming on ER/PR as well just as we...
The use of digital pathology techniques without stains or reagents is gaining traction for use in clinical practice, particularly for "gray" diagnostic areas where tride-and-true physical stains and or chemicals may not provide high...
Yesterday I had a post about radiology and pathology merging services. If you look at what is going on in the radiology literature - both research and practical news the reality is that radiology in many ways is increasingly impacting...
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Healthcare IT News (1/26, Merrill) reported that NIH "has awarded three contracts for pilot projects to improve informatics support for researchers conducting small-to medium-sized clinical studies. Officials say the projects will boost...
