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FDA wants medical device manufacturers to package their products with a list of their hardware and software components, according to new draft guidance on medical device cybersecurity. https://t.co/MIWzauBZOh
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#Hospitals can save $25.4 billion if they improve their supply chain operations and harness data, according to a new report. https://t.co/jeT9Q5a5Kv
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Food & Drug Administration plans to release new guidance for #opioid prescribing, which it intends to use as the basis of new digital training tools for providers aimed at addressing the addiction epidemic. https://t.co/onhL1P64U0
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From physicians and scientists to businesses and political leaders, these are this year's 50 most influential people in health care. https://t.co/y3BD9eUVhC
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RT @UNCsim: The UNC #Ophthalmology residents & #MedEd students spent time with Dr. Davis doing corneal transplants. Exceptionally good work…
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RT @UNCsim: Simulating muscle surgery on eyes by suturing flank steak pieces to the eyes with #PedsOptho surgeon Dr. Grace.
Excellent #Del…
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Receiving a pectoralis nerve plane (PECS) block before #surgery may have improved #postsurgical #pain relief and reduced #opioid consumption among women undergoing #mastectomy for breast #cancer, https://t.co/TJ0CrhyW2v
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About 65% of #surgeons are either acutely or chronically sleep deprived, study finds. https://t.co/10mq75tmsK
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Despite a flood of news reports on the #opioid crisis, many people still want the potentially addictive painkillers after #surgery, a new survey suggests. https://t.co/PdcVfC1VGY
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