Remember the good ol’ days when taking a single board certification examination from the American Board of Internal Medicine (ABIM) was good enough to call yourself "board certified" in a medical specialty?
Those were the days.
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Remember the good ol’ days when taking a single board certification examination from the American Board of Internal Medicine (ABIM) was good enough to call yourself "board certified" in a medical specialty?
Those were the days.
Many reporters have contacted me today for an IT perspective on the April 15 bombings in Boston.
Within moments of the event, social media became the preferred mechanism for communication and coordination. I was on a plane from Los Angeles to Boston at 36,000 feet when the bombs exploded and received real time twitter feeds, streaming video, and email from staff via GoGo WiFi.
An interesting phenomenon is occurring in media circles these days. No doubt others have seen it, too.
Lately, doctors are being schooled by the media.
By Stewart Eisenhart, Emergo Group
European Commissioners have published recommendations for an EU-wide Unique Device Identification (UDI) system in the Official Journal of the European Union.
By Stewart Eisenhart, Emergo Group
Brazilian Good Manufacturing Practice (BGMP) requirements for medical device manufacturers have been streamlined, potentially making BGMP compliance less complicated.
I recently took my 6-year-old son to a Family Science Day, hosted by the 2013 American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) Annual Meeting in Boston. He was most excited by a model airplane made out of parts that had been generated with a 3D printer.
By Tom Ulrich
At the most basic level, the brain is a collection of wires, albeit a really complex one.
But how during development do nerve fibers thread their way through the growing brain and make the right connections?
By Stewart Eisenhart, Emergo Group
South Korea’s Ministry of Food and Drug Safety (MFDS), formerly the Korea Food and Drug Administration, has released new data showing that medical device approvals increased by nearly seven percent from 2011 to 2012.
By Stewart Eisenhart, Emergo Group
Health Canada official has informed Emergo Group that Canadian medical device manufacturers should consider exports of their products as sales when calculating revenues and determining Medical Device Establishment License (MDEL) fees.
A phone conference had been arranged. They wanted to talk to me about a denial for payment on a portion of a patient’s pre-authorized procedure after the fact. It’s participants: the regional medical director of a large insurance company, his female assistant administrator, and me.