On Friday, April 13, 2007, the Centers of Medicare and Medicaid (CMS) released Proposed Inpatient Rules for 2008. Highlights of the proposed rules related to cardiovascular reimbursement include:
The three hospitals of the Valley Health system in northwestern Virginia have improved the quality and efficiency of cardiac care by installing Cardiac Science’s Pyramis system to manage data from its diagnostic cardiology devices and to integrate this data with central admission, order and billing systems.
The business phrase “return on investment” or ROI within the healthcare industry often denotes a caricature approach to ...
Providing exceptional cardiovascular care for patients to achieve the best possible outcomes is the number one goal for ...
Maintaining a continuous, accurate arterial pressure (AP) signal in the presence of electrosurgical interference is ...
In October, they gave us fair warning: “If the Deficit Reduction Act goes through…facilities will buy less and less expensive products,” said one participant. Others echoed this, and now the river of anxiety has morphed into a tsunami. With the DRA here, we re-visit the issue, questioning an industry cross-section to find some surprising issues hiding in the shadows.
Just how many deaths each year can be directly attributed to vulnerable plaque (VP) is still being studied. But researchers and clinicians are not underestimating the danger that may be lurking inside an arterial wall.
Cardiac positron emission tomography (PET) is growing in popularity among cardiologists because it provides the ability ...
July 13, 2007 – ScImage, a leading enterprise imaging and information management company, announced today that the ...
The FDA has cleared the Cordis Enterprise Vascular Reconstruction Device and Delivery System under the Humanitarian Device Exemption.
July 12, 2007 - TeraRecon announced it has achieved greater than 100 percent sales bookings growth for the U.S. and ...
When performing radiofrequency (RF) ablation to treat cardiac arrhythmia, medical professionals must balance the safety ...
Navigational Ablation Catheter Features Microtensioning System The EZ Steer NAV Bi-Directional Catheter is a ...
July 13, 2007 - Biotronik announced that it recently completed the enrollment of the ProLimus I First-In-Man trial to ...
GE Healthcare introduced its ViewPoint Vascular comprehensive ultrasound data management solution for vascular labs at the Society of Vascular Surgeons (SVS)/Society of Vascular Ultrasound (SVU) annual meeting in Baltimore, MD.
Change Healthcare Cardiology Hemodynamics is an integrated hemodynamic monitoring system for monitoring vital signs and ...
A WALL STREET JOURNAL ONLINE NEWS ROUNDUP July 11, 2007 - General Electric Co. and Abbott Laboratories announced they ...
The Sensei Robotic Catheter System and Artisan Control Catheter facilitate manipulation, positioning and control of mapping catheters during EP procedures.
July 12, 2007 — GE Healthcare has released the latest version of Centricity Enterprise, an intelligent and integrated software suite of clinical and financial applications that is designed to improve patient care and increase collaboration between clinicians, providing a better overall healthcare environment.