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WASHINGTON, DC - Amazon on Monday unveiled Transcribe Medical, a medical transcription service the tech giant said is designed to make clinical documentation more efficient.

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WASHINGTON, DC - Giving women with very dense breasts an MRI scan in addition to a mammogram led to fewer missed cancers but also to a lot of false alarms and treatments that might not have been needed, a large study found.

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WASHINGTON, DC - Home health providers will look to significantly expand their telehealth offerings as they curtail their therapy services, according to a new survey.

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WASHINGTON, DC - Soon after getting an OxyContin prescription for back pain and arthritis in 1999, disabled coal miner James Craig started popping three of the narcotic pills daily, instead of the prescribed two, he said in a deposition as part of a lawsuit against the drug’s manufacturer, Purdue Pharma.

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WASHINGTON, DC - A new buzzword has crept into the health sciences lexicon: precision public health.

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WASHINGTON, DC - Nearly three years ago, Valley Health—a regional health system based in rural Virginia—was struggling to recruit critical-care physicians for its flagship hospital and referral center.

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MORGANTOWN, WV - When the massive crane was rolled in next to J.W. Ruby Memorial Hospital earlier this month, Amy Bush’s phone would not stop ringing.

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