Medicine

Practice of Defensive Orthopaedic Medicine Costs U.S. $2 Billion Annually

9 Feb 2012

Vanderbilt University Medical Center researchers estimate that U.S. orthopaedic surgeons create approximately $2 billion per year in unnecessary health care costs associated with orthopaedic care due to the practice of defensive medicine. Defensive medicine is the practice of ordering additional but unnecessary tests and diagnostic procedures that may later help exonerate physicians from ...

Vanderbilt study shows high cost of defensive medicine

9 Feb 2012

( Vanderbilt University Medical Center ) Vanderbilt University Medical Center researchers estimate that US orthopaedic surgeons create approximately $2 billion per year in unnecessary health care costs associated with orthopaedic care due to the practice of defensive medicine.

Recombinant Data Named Finalist in Personalized Medicine World Conference 2012 "Most Promising Company" Competition

8 Feb 2012

NEWTON, MA-- - Recombinant Data, a healthcare data warehousing and clinical intelligence solutions provider, today announced that it was a finalist in the Most Promising Company Competition at the Personalized ...