News | Information Technology
Mercy, the fifth largest Catholic healthcare system in the nation, was named a 2016 Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS) Enterprise Davies Award recipient this month for achieving improvements in patient care through the use of health information technology.
February 21, 2017
Technology | Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI)
Siemens Healthineers announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has cleared the company’s Compressed Sensing magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) technology. Compressed Sensing slashes the long acquisition times associated with MRI to enable dramatically shortened scans. For example, cardiac cine imaging with Compressed Sensing can be completed in just 16 seconds rather than the traditional four minutes, courtesy of an algorithm that reduces the required amount of data.
February 21, 2017
News | Cardiovascular Business
According to Vertess, an international healthcare-focused M + A advisory firm with expertise in diverse healthcare and human service verticals, ranging from healthcare IT to life sciences and other specialized services and products, every sector of the healthcare industry is struggling to figure out what TrumpCare will mean to their businesses. Some will do better under TrumpCare, but most will do worse. There is one sector, however, which is guaranteed to grow like gangbusters under a Trump administration: Healthcare IT. Vertess explains why.
February 20, 2017Sponsored Content
Feature | Information Technology
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March 21, 2024Technology | Radial Access
Medtronic plc announced that its coronary portfolio will now include the DxTerity Diagnostic Angiography Catheter line and several transradial-specific products. Additional products include the DxTerity TRA, InTRAkit access kit and TRAcelet compression device, all of which received U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) clearance and CE (Conformité Européenne) Mark for use in diagnostic cardiac catheterization procedures and percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI).
February 17, 2017News | Cardiac Diagnostics
Levels of a protein in the blood associated with heart disease are also linked to early-stage brain damage, according to a study appearing online in the journal Radiology.
February 17, 2017
Technology | Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI)
Siemens Healthineers announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has cleared the Magnetom Sempra 60-cm 1.5 Tesla (1.5T) magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) system.
February 17, 2017Sponsored Content
Feature | Cardiac Imaging
Cardiac positron emission tomography (PET) is growing in popularity among cardiologists because it provides the ability ...
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February 17, 2017
News | Womens Cardiovascular Health
February 16, 2017 — New recommendations for healthcare providers, published in the American Heart Association journal ...
February 16, 2017
News | Population Health
People are living longer today; however, the older a person is, the higher the risk of cardiovascular disease, heart attack or stroke. Despite this fact, prevention guidelines for cardiovascular events are the least aggressive for those 75 years and above due to limited clinical data. Researchers at Baylor College of Medicine and Johns Hopkins University are using data from the long-term study Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities (ARIC) to pinpoint the best recommendations for prediction, treatment and prevention for the aging population.
February 16, 2017Sponsored Content
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When performing radiofrequency (RF) ablation to treat cardiac arrhythmia, medical professionals must balance the safety ...
December 11, 2023
News | Cardiovascular Surgery
Western Connecticut Health Network (WCHN) cardiothoracic surgeons Cary Passik, M.D., and Robert Gallagher, M.D., were the first in Connecticut to implant the Edwards Intuity Elite sutureless aortic valve in two patients at Danbury Hospital. This new technology in aortic valve replacement (AVR) surgery presents a safe and effective option for patients with severe aortic valve disease. The valves were implanted using the Edwards Intuity valve system, a rapid deployment device approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) in August 2016.
February 16, 2017
Technology
Medtronic plc announced the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved its Freezor Xtra Cryoablation Catheter for treating patients with atrioventricular nodal re-entrant tachycardia (AVNRT), a life- threatening abnormal heart rhythm.
February 16, 2017
Technology | Computed Tomography (CT)
February 15, 2017 — GE Healthcare announced U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) 510(k) clearance of GSI Xtream on ...
February 15, 2017Sponsored Content
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News | Artificial Intelligence
February 15, 2017 — Deep learning, also known as artificial intelligence, will increasingly be used in the ...
February 15, 2017
Mercator MedSystems announced that the national co-principal investigators of the company’s DANCE trial each presented comprehensive 13-month trial data during Late-Breaking sessions at ISET (International Symposium on Endovascular Therapy) in Hollywood, Fla., and LINC (Leipzig Interventional Course) in Leipzig, Germany.
February 15, 2017
News | Inventory Management
Better hospital supply chain management leads to better quality of care and supports patient safety, according to a new Cardinal Health survey of hospital staff and decision makers. Despite respondents rating their supply chain processes as “good,” one in four hospital staff have seen or heard of expired product being used on a patient, and 18 percent have seen or heard of a patient being harmed due to a lack of necessary supplies.
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