News | Clinical Decision Support
IBM Watson Health announced plans Feb. 18 to acquire Truven Health Analytics, a leading provider of cloud-based healthcare data, analytics and insights, for $2.6 billion. Truven will bring more than 8,500 clients, including U.S. federal and state government agencies, employers, health plans, hospitals, clinicians and life sciences companies, to the IBM Watson Health portfolio.
March 02, 2016
Technology | Wearables
Philips announced that it will introduce a next-generation monitoring solution for at-risk patients in low-acuity hospital settings, such as the general ward.
March 02, 2016
News | Analytics Software
GE Healthcare announced two large systems integrators (SIs) and seven leading-edge independent software vendors (ISVs) are planning to move their digital solutions to the new GE Health Cloud. Designed exclusively for the healthcare industry and resting on the shoulders of GE’s Predix platform, the GE Health Cloud will ultimately connect more than 2 million imaging machines worldwide, including 500,000 GE Healthcare devices.
March 02, 2016Sponsored Content
Feature | Nuclear Imaging
Cardiac PET/CT represents a major advancement in cardiovascular diagnostics, offering significant clinical and ...
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News | Stroke
Nexstim Plc announced that the Data Safety Monitoring Board (DSMB), an independent committee of experts monitoring the Phase III stroke therapy NICHE trial, has reviewed the interim analysis data. The DSMB notes that the pre-specified stopping criteria for futility have been met and therefore the trial will not meet its primary endpoint. However, the DSMB further notes that they acknowledge that the treatments and enrolment have been completed. They recommend that the study team and subjects remain blinded and data collection be completed.
March 02, 2016News | Structural Heart
Edwards Lifesciences Corp. announced U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approval to expand use of the Edwards Sapien XT transcatheter heart valve for pulmonic valve replacement procedures.
March 02, 2016
News | Stem Cell Therapies
Cardiac stem cells could be an effective treatment for a common but difficult-to-treat type of heart failure, a new study from the Cedars-Sinai Heart Institute shows.
March 01, 2016Sponsored Content
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News | Medical 3-D Printing
Stratasys Ltd., the 3-D printing and additive manufacturing solutions company, will be featured at the Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS) 2016 conference and exhibition. This is the first time 3-D printing will be a part of the annual conference, which will take place Feb. 29 – Mar. 4 in Las Vegas.
March 01, 2016News | Heart Valve Technology
JC Medical Inc. announced that it has successfully completed an implantation of its J-Valve bioprosthesis using the Ausper transapical delivery device in Vancouver, Canada. The J-Valve Ausper system represents the next generation of transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI) systems and has been previously used in more than 100 patients in China. This operation is the first implantation of the J-Valve Ausper system outside of China.
March 01, 2016
News | Heart Failure
For the first time in the United States, a clinical trial is underway that’s evaluating a device designed to treat diastolic heart failure. The first patient enrolled in the randomized, blinded study is being treated at The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center.
March 01, 2016Sponsored Content
Feature | Information Technology
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March 21, 2024
Technology | EP Mapping and Imaging Systems
February 29, 2016 — APN Health LLC announced it received U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) clearance to market ...
February 29, 2016
Philips announced that new clinical trial data demonstrates the benefits of its intravascular ultrasound (IVUS) technology in the diagnosis of iliofemoral venous obstruction i.e. narrowed or blocked leg veins.
February 29, 2016
News | Heart Valve Technology
February 29, 2016 — Abbott has initiated a voluntary safety notice regarding the MitraClip Delivery System to reinforce ...
February 29, 2016Sponsored Content
Feature | Cardiac Imaging
Cardiac positron emission tomography (PET) is growing in popularity among cardiologists because it provides the ability ...
March 05, 2024News | EP Lab
February 26, 2016 — For the first time, scientists at The Ohio State University have engineered new calcium receptors ...
February 26, 2016
Feature | EP Lab | Dave Fornell
The subspecialty of electrophysiology (EP) requires patient data from a variety of sources to properly diagnose, treat ...
February 26, 2016
Biotronik announced that its Itrevia 7 HF-T cardiac resynchronization therapy defibrillator (CRT-D) has now been approved for full-body magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scanning in Japan.
February 25, 2016