MEDecision Inc. introduced Alineo, a collaborative healthcare management platform for addressing case management, disease management and utilization management.
January 28, 2008 - Inverness Medical Innovations will acquire Matria Healthcare, Inc. for approximately $1.18 billion, consisting of approximately $900 million to acquire the Matria shares of common stock and assumption of approximately $280 million of Matria's indebtedness outstanding, which will further Inverness' approach of bringing its proprietary diagnostic products into the home.
BD Diagnostics said it received clearance from the FDA for the BD GeneOhm StaphSR assay, which the company says is the first test to rapidly and simultaneously identify two deadly healthcare-associated infections (HAIs) - Staphylococcus aureus and Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) - from patients with positive blood cultures.
Providing exceptional cardiovascular care for patients to achieve the best possible outcomes is the number one goal for ...
January 28, 2008 - Toshiba America Medical Systems Inc. said today the FDA cleared the new open-bore 1.5T Vantage Titan ...
The FDA granted Ethicon Inc. an expanded indication for EVICEL Fibrin Sealant (Human), which is one of the first fibrin sealants available as an adjunct to hemostasis for use in surgery, when control of bleeding by standard surgical techniques is ineffective or impractical.
January 28, 2008 – Medtronic Inc. has launched a clinical trial to confirm the safety and efficacy of the Medtronic ...
Cardiac positron emission tomography (PET) is growing in popularity among cardiologists because it provides the ability ...
Monitoring system maker Mennen Medical said an additional monitor, the VitaLogik 4000 Series, will soon be available for ...
January 25, 2008 - Cheetah Medical Inc. said this week the FDA cleared for marketing the Reliant, a portable cardiac ...
January 25, 2008 - The FDA informed Abiomed Inc. that the first three areas of concern regarding submission for 510(k) ...
When performing radiofrequency (RF) ablation to treat cardiac arrhythmia, medical professionals must balance the safety ...
January 25, 2008 – AngioDynamics’ recently launched self-centering, tunneled hemodialysis access catheter showed better ...
January 25, 2008 - Medicare has increased reimbursement payment rates for EECP therapy for 2008, effective immediately ...
January 25, 2008 - The winner of the Siemens online video 'Win an MRI' contest is Lockport Memorial Hospital in Lockport ...
Change Healthcare Cardiology Hemodynamics is an integrated hemodynamic monitoring system for monitoring vital signs and ...
AngioDynamics recently launched Centros, a self-centering, tunneled hemodialysis access catheter. Centros, designed by ...
January 24, 2008 – “Unadjusted mortality…was significantly lower for drug-eluting stents than bare-metal stents in unapproved indications,” noted Donald S.
January 22, 2008 - Abiomed Inc. received FDA Humanitarian Device Exemption (HDE) supplement approval on system upgrades ...