An Achilles' heal in the armor of hospital patient safety protocol is the fact that anesthesiologists are the only ...
Monitoring system maker Mennen Medical recently said an additional monitor, the VitaLogik 4000 Series, will soon be ...
Many clinicians probably feel like they are being treated like a 5-year-old with the constant warnings and reminders to ...
Providing exceptional cardiovascular care for patients to achieve the best possible outcomes is the number one goal for ...
InfoLogix Inc. will launch the SurgiChip, a real-time wireless solution designed to address leading causes of surgical ...
April 9, 2008 - Michigan Instruments Inc. recently launched its new life support device, Life-Stat, that provides ...
Antibiotics were a miracle drug when introduced more than 60 years ago, but they have also spurred the proliferation of antibiotic-resistant strains of super bug bacteria that hospitals are having a tough time controlling.
Cardiac positron emission tomography (PET) is growing in popularity among cardiologists because it provides the ability ...
RES-Q Healthcare Systems demonstrated its Patient Waiting Room View at AONE 2008. Similar to airline flight displays at ...
Between 44,000 and 98,000 Americans die each year from preventable medical errors, according to the Institute of ...
April 8, 2008 - People who are taking three or more drugs and still have high blood pressure have a condition known as ...
When performing radiofrequency (RF) ablation to treat cardiac arrhythmia, medical professionals must balance the safety ...
April 8, 2008 - Atrial fibrillation demonstrated that a port access, paracardioscopic Ex-Maze procedure produced favorable outcomes and allowed patients to discontinue antiarrhythmic drugs, according to interim results from a study presented by Andy C. Kiser, M.D., at the American College of Cardiology meeting in Chicago, IL.
The Deficit Reduction Act of 2005 (DRA) has left its mark on hospitals and outpatient imaging center operators. There is no denying that the imaging industry has changed forever. Some may think that the 10 percent of operators on the brink of bankruptcy or in default on payments to finance vendors is a mere market correction for years of overgrowth. But do the math.
MEDRAD Inc. won a Medical Design Excellence Award (MDEA) for the MEDRAD XDS Extravasation Detector, a device for the ...
Change Healthcare Cardiology Hemodynamics is an integrated hemodynamic monitoring system for monitoring vital signs and ...
April 8, 2008 - The first-in-man study funded by MIV Therapeutics Inc. (MIV) showed that MIV's VESTAsync stents ...
April 8, 2008 - Battelle, a nonprofit independent research and development organization, and MEDRAD Inc. won a Medical ...
April 8, 2008 - The government on Monday said it would raise payments next year to insurers that provide healthcare ...