Category: General
Medical Scribes: Helping or Hindering Physician Communication and Documentation?
Medical scribes are the way of the future… or are they? This emerging career is experiencing a surge in demand, thanks to increased administrative and clinical workloads on physicians caused by new legislation (ACA, HITECH, etc.) and EMR requirements, as well as an aging population and added documentation and insurance hurdles. … Read Full Post […]
CAQ AWARDS FUNDING FOR FOUR INDEPENDENT ACADEMIC RESEARCH PROJECTS
As a part of its continuing commitment to foster independent academic research, the Center for Audit Quality (CAQ) has announced funding for four new academic research projects. The projects focus on audit committee effectiveness, professional skepticism, accounting estimates, and the auditor’s reporting model. The CAQ received 36 research proposals in response to a December 2013 […]
Illuminating Neuron Activity in 3D
Researchers at MIT and the University of Vienna have created an imaging system that reveals neural activity throughout the brains of living animals. This technique, the first that can generate 3-D movies of entire brains at the millisecond timescale, could help scientists discover how neuronal networks process sensory information and generate behavior. The team used […]