Central Minnesota residents now have access to advanced computed tomography (CT) technology that is safe and fast at St. Cloud Hospital with the installation of the Aquilion One/Genesis Edition from Toshiba Medical, a Canon Group company. The system is located across a hallway from the emergency department and is being used for a wide range of exams, including neuro perfusion studies.

August 22, 2017 — LivaNova PLC announced its Perceval sutureless aortic heart valve received approval from the Centers ...

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), Office for Civil Rights (OCR) recently launched a revised web tool that puts important information on cybersecurity breaches into the hands of individuals. The tool is designed to empower them to better identify recent breaches of health information and to learn how all breaches of health information are investigated and successfully resolved.

Medtronic plc announced a global randomized clinical trial that will evaluate one-month dual antiplatelet therapy (DAPT) in patients implanted with the Resolute Onyx Drug-Eluting Stent (DES) during percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI). Designed to evaluate clinical DAPT outcomes between two DES for the first time ever, the RESOLUTE ONYX ONE-MONTH DAPT Study intends to help inform DAPT guidelines for newer-generation DES that currently favor bare-metal stents (BMS) for patients with stable ischemic heart disease who might require a shorter dual antiplatelet regimen.

ScImage Inc. was recently awarded a new DIN-PACS IV (Digital Imaging Network/Picture Archiving and Communications System) contract by the U.S. government. The contract is potentially valued up to $400 million, and the terms include one five-year base period and one five-year option period.

August 16, 2017 — BioCardia Inc. recently announced completion of treatment for the 10-patient roll-in cohort for the ...