February 24, 2012 — A new report released today by HealthGrades found that from 2008 to 2010, emergency admissions for heart attack decreased slightly (1.7 percent) for Medicare patients, but admissions for stroke increased by 2.2 percent.
February 24, 2012 — Positron Corp., through its wholly owned subsidiary, Manhattan Isotope Technology LLC (MIT), announced it had received its first shipment of strontium-82 (Sr-82) from the ARRONAX Cyclotron Facility in Nantes, France.
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) yesterday released its proposed rule regarding Stage 2 meaningful use (MU) of electronic medical records (EMRs). The Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT (ONC) is expected to publish the associated standards, implementation specifications and certification criteria in the next couple days. Both proposals will be published in the Federal Register on March 7 with 60-day public comment periods.
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February 24, 2012 — Simbionix USA Corp. announced that it received U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) clearance for the endovascular aneurysm repair (EVAR) application for the PROcedure Rehearsal Studio (PRS). Last year Simbionix received clearance for the PRS carotid intervention application.
February 24, 2012 — CardioFocus Inc., developer of the HeartLight Endoscopic Ablation System (EAS) for the treatment of atrial fibrillation (AF), announced the first patient has been enrolled and treated in the HeartLight EAS U.S. pivotal trial, designed to evaluate the safety and efficacy of the technology in treating symptomatic AF.
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) granted the first coronary stent indication for use in patients experiencing an acute myocardial infarction (AMI), or heart attack. The Boston Scientific Ion paclitaxel-eluting stent system and Taxus Liberte paclitaxel-eluting stent system are now the only drug-eluting stents (DES) in the United States with an approved indication to treat patients with AMI.
February 24, 2012 — For the first time in years, information technology (IT) leaders at healthcare organizations did not identify a lack of financial support for IT as an obstacle to implementation; instead, concerns about staffing resources was cited as the key barrier.
