National Salary Information. The BLS reports that the median salary for health information technicians was $32,350 as of May 2010, a number which rose modestly to $33,310 in May 2011. The average salary of a health information technician in the United States was $35,920 a year as of 2011, and the average wage reported was $17.27 an hour. The highest paid 10 percent of health information technicians brought home $55,170 or more per year.
Cyberknife Surgery Cost in India. A Cyber knife operation can cost anywhere between $25,000-$65,000 in the US (http://www.medicaltourismco.com/oncology/Cyberknife-cancer-radiotherapy-overseas.php), which is quite expensive for most of patients.
Oncologists question safety of new âNanoKnifeâ cancer treatment. A new apparatus known as NanoKnife has gotten the attention of some cancer doctors, who worry that the device has not been tested thoroughly for safety and effectiveness in humans. NanoKnife is currently used in just over ten hospitals here in the United States, and each NanoKnife machine costs as much as $300,000. Some hospitals, including the University of Miami Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center, are heavily promoting NanoKnife, despite the fact that it has been tested on a very small number of human patients.