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NewsGAO: Demanding docs to blame for medical device prices
Some hospitals pay thousands of dollars more than others for big-ticket medical devices, according to Government Accountability Office (GAO) investigators, The Wall Street Journal reported. From Read more...
Researchers: Next generation of virtual endoscopy swims along
Researchers at Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston and Tel Aviv University are pushing forward on efforts to create an MRI-guided capsule that provides images of the digestive tract, a Read more...
A 2011 healthcare IT year-in-review mashup
This time of year there are at least 1 million (or so) year-in-review stories--and it would probably take the better part of 2012 to get through them all. So here's a mash-up of the best of the Read more...
Venture capitalists now view health IT as a good bet
Venture capitalists, recognizing that the healthcare industry is under intense pressure to reduce costs, are investing less in medical device, biotech and pharma firms, and more in health IT and Read more...
CMIOs, nurses want medical device integration with EMRs
HIMSS Analytics has released a research report, sponsored by medical device technology company Capsule, that examines the evolving roles of chief medical information officers and chief nursing Read more...
Hospitals can achieve ACO savings with reprocessed devices
Daniel J. Vukelich, President and CEO of the Association of Medical Device Reprocessors (AMDR), writes in Hospital Impact that the medical technology industry is in a "unique position" to alter Read more...
MIT, GE team to develop new 'disruptive' health technology
The Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), in collaboration with GE Global Research and Analog Devices Inc. (ADI), has launched the Medical Electronic Device Realization Center (MEDRC) to Read more...
AAMI research focuses on technology management in hospitals
The Technology Management Council of the Association for the Advancement of Medical Instrumentation (AAMI) has launched a study of technology management in healthcare facilities and hospitals. The Read more...
Intel-GE gets FDA approval for Intel Health Guide
Intel-GE Care Innovations, a joint venture of Intel and GE, has received U.S. Food and Drug Administration 510(k) clearance for the Intel Health Guide Express. This is a software solution that Read more...
ARRA promotes 'domain-specific' computing at UCLA, while Best Buy joins with cardiac device maker on HIT effort
Though "meaningful use" may be the centerpiece, there's a lot more health IT in the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act than just the Medicare and Medicaid incentives to adopt EMRs. For example, Read more...
| Press ReleasesMiddlesex Hospital Selects Prime-A-Pump to Build and Maintain Evidence-Based Drug LibrariesLOS ANGELES--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Zynx Health Device Network, a developer of clinical decision support for medical devices, today announced that Middlesex Hospital has selected Prime-A-Pump – an Read more >> UBM Canon's Medical Design Excellence Awards Extends Call for Entries to February 8, 2012LOS ANGELES, Jan. 30, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- The Medical Design Excellence Awards (MDEA) program, the medical device industry's premier design awards competition, announced today that is has extended Read more >> Academic Medical Center Selects Prime-A-Pump to Build and Maintain Evidence-Based Drug LibrariesLOS ANGELES--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Zynx Health Device Network, an entrepreneurial developer of clinical decision support for medical devices, today announced that Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston Read more >> US Surgeon Brand Loyalty Varies Widely between SpecialtiesDetails of How Differing Specialties Make Medical Device Purchase Decisions Quantified by Millennium Research Group’s New Perception Pulse Report TORONTO--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- According to Millennium Read more >> UBM Canon, the Global MedTech Authority, Announces Upcoming Webcast Focused on IP Protection in ChinaWebcast will be delivered by Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP Patent AttorneyLOS ANGELES, Nov. 30, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- MD+DI (Medical Device and Diagnostic Industry) and Qmed, UBM Canon's Read more >> |
