The American Medical Association has joined with Google to kick off a contest to collect ideas of novel approaches to improving mobile health technology, including wearables and smartphone apps, to improve the flow of information between patients and physicians. The goal is to streamline technology to improve management of chronic diseases.
With digital radiology, PACS and RIS in use for 15 years or more at most US hospitals, a disparate system architecture is now the reality for most departments. Multiple PACS and mini-PACS populate the environment, resulting in inefficiencies, increased operating costs, and reduced throughput for departments.
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Coronary bypass surgery may carry less risk of serious complications if drug-eluting stents (DES) that suppress cell growth are used in the procedure rather than bare-metal stents (BMS), according to a study published online in January in the Journal of the American College of Cardiology.
The Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit has found that Boston Scientific stent patent is invalid, which in part is directed to drug-eluting stents and coating systems.
Boston Scientific has been awarded a contract by the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to supply a full line of its pacemakers and defibrillators.
UnitedHealth Group, in a $50 million settlement with N.Y. Attorney General Andrew M. Cuomo, has been ordered to overhaul two of its databases used to determine out-of-network reimbursement amounts for certain health plan members.
Boston Scientific has acquired Labcoat Limited, a privately held, development-stage drug-eluting stent (DES) developer based in Galway, Ireland. Terms of the acquisition were not disclosed.
Residents of Massachusetts can now compare the cost and quality of care at different hospitals as part of a state plan to put more information in the hands of consumers and thereby control healthcare costs.
The use of advanced visualization software enables the utilization of coronary CT angiography (CCTA) to accurately depict stent fractures in patients that are not clearly depicted by conventional angiography, according to a study published in the December issue of Radiology.
The use of advanced visualization software enables the utilization of coronary CT angiography (CCTA) to accurately depict stent fractures in patients that are not clearly depicted by conventional angiography, according to a study published in the December issue of Radiology.
U.S. health systems are increasingly leveraging digital health to conduct their operations, but how health systems are using digital health in their strategies can vary widely.
When human counselors are unavailable to provide work-based wellness coaching, robots can substitute—as long as the workers are comfortable with emerging technologies and the machines aren’t overly humanlike.
A vendor that supplies EHR software to public health agencies is partnering with a health-tech startup in the cloud-communications space to equip state and local governments for managing their response to the COVID-19 crisis.
