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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Philips Healthcare switches CEOs; Rusckowski goes to Quest

Royal Philips Electronics has appointed Deborah DiSanzo as CEO of Philips Healthcare and member of its executive committee, effective May 1. DiSanzo will succeed Stephen H. Rusckowski, who will leave the company on April 30 to succeed Surya N. Mohapatra, PhD, as president and CEO of Quest Diagnostics in Madison, N.J., effective May 1.

AMIC licenses radiogel technology for rad therapy

Advanced Medical Isotope Corporation (AMIC), a producer and distributor of medical isotopes, has obtained an exclusive license to eight patents for injectable radiogel technology for use in high-dose radiation therapy. The license was granted by Battelle pursuant to an option between Battelle and AMIC announced in February 2011.

Ohio childrens hospital network homes in on patient safety

Ohios eight childrens hospitals are spearheading a national effort to improve quality of care and patient safety in pediatric hospitals.

St. Jude calls for retraction of Hauser et als study on lead failures

Causing a flurry of media attention, St. Jude Medical is seeking a retraction of the study published in the Heart Rhythm Societys HeartRhythm Journal by Robert G. Hauser, MD, et al. While Medtronic refuted St. Jude's independent search to Cardiovascular Business, Hauser, senior consulting cardiologist at Minneapolis Heart Institute, said he did not have any comment at this time.

New developments, more data?

Much of the advanced visualization news in the past month has been related to colon cancer since March was colon cancer awareness month.

Spacelabs gets twin OKs from FDA

Spacelabs has been cleared to sell two new products in the U.S., an anesthesia system and a compact patient monitor.

Troubled Pennsylvania hospital gets shut down

A 67-bed, 129-year-old hospital in northeastern Pennsylvania has been effectively shut down by that states health department, its patients transported to other facilities, after officials discovered serious deficiencies and regulatory violations.

GE's Clarient expands with SeqWright purchase

GE Healthcare has acquired SeqWright, a developer of nucleic acid sequencing and other genomic services, to add complementary genomics capabilities to Clarient, a unit of GE Healthcare in the molecular diagnostics sector.

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