Digital Transformation

This evolution of healthcare involves using technology to improve diagnosis, treatments, monitor patients, enhance hospital operations and culture, and bolster consumer-focused care. This includes virtual reality tools, wearable devices, workflow software, health apps and other digital health tools.

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Midmark, eClinicalWorks complete product integration

Diagnostic device company Midmark has completed the integration of its Midmark IQstress system with health IT company eClinicalWorks.

Abbott completes $123M purchase of lab info systems developer

Abbott has completed its $123 million acquisition of StarLIMS Technologies, a provider of laboratory information management systems.

CRT-D for heart failure crosses major hurdle toward FDA approval

The FDAs Circulatory System Devices Panel has unanimously recommended approval of an expanded indication for cardiac resynchronization therapy defibrillators (CRT-Ds), including Boston Scientific's Cognis CRT-D.

Boston Scientific halts defibrillator shipments, retrieves devices

Boston Scientific Corporation announced today that it has stopped shipment and is retrieving field inventory of all its implantable cardioverter defibrillators (ICDs) and cardiac resynchronization therapy defibrillators (CRT-Ds).

Patient Monitoring Moves Beyond Vital Signs

Patient monitoring technology is evolving to deliver far more than digital vital signs. Todays physiological monitoring systems provide immediacy, accuracy and ease of access with an added dimension of both intelligenceto predict, monitor and analyze patient events over timeand flexibility to monitor patients from other areas in the unit and even the patients home.

DoJ files suit against Guidant for ICD problem cover-up

The Department of Justice (DoJ) has charged Guidant, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Boston Scientific, with covering-up device failure problems associated with its Ventak Prizm 2 DR and Contak Renewal implantable cardioverter-defibrillators (ICD).

AMA: Competition is dwindling for U.S. health insurers

A study conducted by the American Medical Association (AMA) found that within 24 of the 43 reporting states in the study, two large insurance payors had a combined market share of 70 percent or more, and that overall competition in the health insurance industry is decreasing.

HIMSS: Acuo to unveil Web-based image management system

At the HIMSS10 conference in Atlanta next week, Acuo Technologies (Booth #2257) will be unveiling AcuoVision, a Web-enabled system and performance monitoring dashboard that offers one click access to enterprise image management status.

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Toylike robot pleases counseling clients where humanoid counterpart struggles to connect

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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.

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