Elon Musk demos Neuralink implant in pigs, Ellipsis Health’s vocal biomarker application start and additional digital health news briefs

Hogwash, or a mind action breakthrough? Friday evening arrived with a long-awaited appear at the perform of Neuralink, Elon Musk’s bold brain-computer interface implant startup. In the streamed progress update, Musk ran down a PowerPoint overview of the technology’s capabilities, which he likened to “a Fitbit in your skull.” The coin-shaped implant will read and […]

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What Is HITECH?

HITECH stands for the Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health Act. This legislation became law on February 17, 2009, as part of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009. It promotes the adoption and meaningful use of health information technology. This act represents one component of some of the most significant changes […]

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Healthcare Reform & The Orthopedic Surgeon

Orthopedic Job Outlook About 4% of all 650,000 physicians are specialized in Orthopaedic Surgery according to the Labor Dept.  More than half of the healthcare providers practicing orthopedics are general orthopedics, while eleven percent are spinal, ten% are sports medicine, and the remainder focus in other sub-specializationsof Orthopedics.  The primary issue is that as many […]

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