News | Cardiovascular Business | Jeff Zagoudis

Rep. Tom Price was confirmed by the U.S. Senate as the new secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) by a 52-47 vote early Friday morning.

Home February 10, 2017
Home
Technology | Enterprise Imaging

Vital Images Inc. will feature its Vitrea Modular Enterprise Imaging interoperability solutions at the 2017 Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society annual meeting (HIMSS 2017), Feb. 20–23 in Orlando, Fla.

Home February 09, 2017
Home
Sir Peter Mansfield, early MRI trials, obituary, University of Nottingham
Feature | Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) | Jeff Zagoudis

February 9, 2017 — Sir Peter Mansfield, FRS, whose research aided the development of magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) in ...

Home February 09, 2017
Home
Videos | Medical 3-D Printing

When a pediatric patient at Children’s Hospital Los Angeles needed a custom-build stent to repair his pulmonary artery ...

Home February 09, 2017
Home
Technology

eHealth Technologies and HealtheConnections, a Syracuse-based regional health information organization (RHIO) supporting health information exchange (HIE) for the 11 counties of central and northern New York, have teamed up to share medical images across the care provider community.

Home February 09, 2017
Home
News | Antiplatelet and Anticoagulation Therapies

February 9, 2017 — Janssen Research & Development LLC (Janssen) announced that the Phase 3 COMPASS trial is stopping ...

Home February 09, 2017
Home
News | Patient Engagement

Charleston Area Medical Center (CAMC) has documented reduced readmissions for congestive heart failure (CHF), chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and other chronic conditions. Driving this success is a comprehensive strategy supported by the SmarTigr interactive patient engagement and education system from TeleHealth Services.

Home February 09, 2017
Home
News | Drug-Eluting Balloons

Medtronic plc announced receipt of an investigational device exemption (IDE) from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to initiate a study of the IN.PACT Admiral drug-coated balloon (DCB) for a potential new indication in patients with end-stage renal disease. The randomized study will evaluate the IN.PACT Admiral DCB as a treatment for failing arteriovenous (AV) fistulas in these patients as compared to plain balloon angioplasty. The IDE approval enables Medtronic to initiate the study and gain safety and effectiveness data for the device in this investigational indication.

Home February 08, 2017
Home
News | Atherectomy Devices

February 8, 2017 — Cardiovascular Systems (CSI) presented six-month data from its LIBERTY 360° post-market study in a ...

Home February 08, 2017
Home
News | Heart Failure

A new anticancer agent in development promotes regeneration of damaged heart muscle — an unexpected research finding that may help prevent congestive heart failure in the future.

Home February 07, 2017
Home
News | Pharmaceuticals

GE Healthcare’s Life Sciences business announced in January that it acquired Rapidscan Pharma Solutions Inc., which has the exclusive rights to produce and sell the pharmacological stress agent Rapiscan (regadenoson) in territories outside the U.S., Canada and Mexico. GE Healthcare will help bring improved access to Rapiscan, offering an alternative screening method for patients who are unable to undergo traditional cardiac stress imaging procedures.

Home February 07, 2017
Home
Technology | Cardiovascular Business

Healthcare analytics company Innovaccer Inc. announced the launch of its holistic MIPS Platform designed to enable providers to deliver better clinical outcomes. The platform does this by helping providers monitor performances, understand population, efficiently manage data and easily submit it to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS).

Home February 07, 2017
Home
News | Heart Failure

February 7, 2017 — Of the more than 700,000 Americans who suffer a heart attack each year, about a quarter go on to ...

Home February 07, 2017
Home
Sponsored Content | Case Study | Inventory Management

The supply chain can serve as a critical strategic asset when addressing important initiatives tied to managing costs ...

Home February 07, 2017
Home
News | Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI)

At the 2016 Radiological Society of North America (RSNA) annual meeting, GE Healthcare unveiled Freelium, a magnet technology designed to use 1 percent of liquid helium compared to conventional magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) magnets. Instead of the average 2,000 liters of precious liquid helium, Freelium is designed to use only about 20 liters.

Home February 06, 2017
Home
Subscribe Now