Economics

This channel highlights factors that impact hospital and healthcare economics and revenue. This includes news on healthcare policies, reimbursement, marketing, business plans, mergers and acquisitions, supply chain, salaries, staffing, and the implementation of a cost-effective environment for patients and providers.

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Fortimedix Surgical receives 510(k) clearance for single-port laparoscopic platform

Fortimedix Surgical has received 510(k) clearance from the FDA for its latest product for minimally invasive abdominal laparoscopic surgery.

Five medical device startups to watch

As technology and healthcare continue to intersect and make accessing and monitoring healthcare easier, medical device startups are one sector of the tech sphere making a lasting impact on the industry. 

Verisk Health rebrands as Verscend Technologies under new management

After years of operating as Verisk Health, the data-driven healthcare company is giving itself a makeover with a rebranding initiative.

Pfizer acquires pharmaceutical company AstraZeneca

Pharmaceutical giant Pfizer will soon acquire AstraZeneca, a pharmaceutical and biologics company in London, as it expands its Essential Health portfolio.

Creative Medical Technology Holdings developing ovary regeneration technology

Creative Medical Technology has filed a patent application for a type of stem cell technology that can regenerate failing ovaries, a method that can help women suffering from premature ovarian failure.

PlatformQ Health and Global Genes partner to form the Google of rare diseases

Global Genes and PlatformQ Health are patterning up to develop the Google of rare disease, RareUniversity.

Xenetic, Excivion to develop Zika vaccine

Since news broke that the Zika virus, which has been plaguing parts of South America and Puerto Rico, has spread to Florida, the urgency for prevention tactics have increased in the U.S.

Nashville Healthcare IT companies attracting venture capitalists

Nashville healthcare IT companies are booming this year and quickly becoming the most popular sector of healthcare in the city among venture capitalists, according to new research.

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These health systems have the biggest digital health portfolios

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.

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Toylike robot pleases counseling clients where humanoid counterpart struggles to connect

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.

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Medsender, Patagonia Health team up to aid public health efforts against COVID-19

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.