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Modernizing Medicine: Health Care in the Information Age

As medical records are digitized and information technology becomes more sophisticated, physicians and hospitals face a rapid transformation in the way they treat patients and track diseases

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The Future of Your Medical Data

How health data is becoming better connected, a la Facebook, changing the way patients, doctors and institutions interact

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Researchers aim to prevent identity theft from medical records

Patient information is becoming more widely shared among researchers--which can be a good thing or a bad thing, depending upon who has access to it

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iRegulate: Should Medical Apps Face Government Oversight?

With medical applications for smart phones becoming a more prominent part of doctors' diagnostic tool kits, the FDA is considering how it should regulate the market--if at all

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Medicine goes mobile

Smart phone apps take vitals, track viruses

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