Chi-Ming Chow, M.D., MSc, FRCPC, FACC, FASE, attending staff cardiologist, St.
Point of Care Testing
Point of care testing includes medical diagnostic tests that can be done at the time and place of patient care instead of being sent to a medical laboratory.
September 7, 2017 — In July, The Heart Institute at Florida Medical Center became the first hospital in the state of...
July 26, 2017 — Siemens Healthineers has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Epocal Inc., a subsidiary of...
July 17, 2017 — Despite issues with point-of-care INR testing company Alere Inc., Abbott announced this week it is...
Chi-Ming Chow, M.D., MSc, FRCPC, FACC, FASE, attending staff cardiologist, St. Michael's Hospital, and associate...
Point-of-care (POC) coagulation analyzers that measure prothrombin time/international normalized ratio (PT/INR) on...
April 5, 2017 — PTS Diagnostics announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has cleared an expanded...
January 27, 2017 — HyperMed Imaging Inc. announced that it has received clearance from the U.S. Food and Drug...
January 17, 2017 — The new SunTech Oscar 2 24-hour ambulatory...
January 12, 2017 — GE Healthcare unveiled its new generation of pocket-sized, dual-probe...
January 4, 2017 — A smartphone application made it possible to use the iPhone camera to detect atrial fibrillation...

The Xprecia Stride Coagulation Analyzer delivers fast, reliable prothrombin time/international normalized ratio (PT/INR) testing for point-of-care monitoring and management of oral anticoagulation therapy with warfarin, a vitamin K antagonist. It is the latest INR testing system to enter the market in late 2016. Read the article “Siemens Receives FDA Clearance of Xprecia Stride Coagulation Analyzer.”
Point of care testing devices are gaining widespread approval for prompt medical diagnoses, especially in cardiology...
December 7, 2016 — Abbott has filed a complaint to terminate its proposed acquisition of Alere based on the...
DAIC Editor Dave Fornell takes a video tour of some of the most innovative new interventional cardiology...
November 10, 2016 — Siemens Healthineers announced U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) 510(k) clearance for a...
AliveCor, Inc., the leader in FDA-cleared electrocardiogram (ECG) technology for mobile devices, announced today the...