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AMA, Sling Expand Work to Add Doctor Input into Health IT Innovation

April 17, 2019 - The American Medical Association (AMA) and student-run biotech incubator Sling Health are expanding their joint efforts to include physicians in health IT innovation to improve clinical workflows and patient care. The two organizations are compiling insights from physicians in their clinical problem database, which will become a feature on the...


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