by Bruce Brown | April 17, 2017 | General News, Medical
Avoidable hospital readmissions threaten healthcare quality. Unlike most businesses, hospitals don’t like to see customers return for more service. Medicare fines hospitals when readmission rates exceed specified levels, to make sure that hospitals have...
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by Bruce Brown | September 30, 2016 | General News, Health
Most of us take mobile devices for granted, but they can be too difficult to use by people who are not able to manage the interfaces and physical controls. Elderly people and people disabled by various diseases or physical conditions may have difficulty...
by Bruce Brown | August 30, 2016 | General News, Medical
As many parents of small children can tell you, hand a tablet or smartphone to a cranky kid and let them watch a video or play with an app to calm them down. As it turns out, there may be a medical application for this same solution. Pediatric surgery typically...
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by Bruce Brown | June 8, 2016 | General News, Health
Kids hunched over phones and tablets aren’t just a common sight; it sometimes seems like it’s the only view you get of kids unless they’re running up and down a playing field. Bad neck posture can result in neck and back pain. Over time it can...
