Atlanta-based MAG Mutual Insurance has completed the acquisition of South Carolina Physician Assurance, which is owned, operated and governed by South Carolina physicians, for an undisclosed amount. Following completion of the ...
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The wholly-owned operating subsidiary of Patient Safety Technologies, SurgiCount Medical, has announced that Ketchikan Medical Center (KMC) will become the first hospital in the PeaceHealth system to deploy the SurgiCount Safety-Sponge ...
Fisher-Titus Medical Center, a non-profit community hospital, has chosen Wolters Kluwer Health's ProVation Order Sets as its electronic order set solution. ProVation Order Sets, powered by UpToDate Decision Support, is an easily ...
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The US-based CAS Medical Systems (CASMED) has received the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) 510(k) approval for its next-generation Fore-Sight Elite Absolute Tissue Oximeter. The Fore-Sight ELITE Oximeter, which is capable of ...
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US-based HealthTrust Purchasing Group has awarded a contract to IRadimed to provide its MRidium MRI Infusion Pump systems. Under the contract, HealthTrust's 1,400 not-for-profit and for-profit acute care facility members will gain access ...
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US-based healthcare group purchasing organization HealthTrust has awarded a contract to Teleflex Incorporated to provide its line of regional anesthesia products. HealthTrust's 1,400 hospital members will gain access to Teleflex's ...
The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted 510(k) clearance to Carticept Medical's new computer-controlled injection system. The new Navigator Delivery System (DS) is designed to increase the efficiency, comfort, safety and ...
Citing concern for patient and staff safety, officials at Geisinger Wyoming Valley Medical Center have installed bulletproof glass around the emergency department's reception desk. The hospital was the site of a run-in in July between two ...
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Citing concern for patient and staff safety, officials at Geisinger Wyoming Valley Medical Center have installed bulletproof glass around the emergency department's reception desk. The hospital was the site of a run-in in July between two ...
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Simbionix, a provider of simulation, training and education products for the healthcare industry, has obtained a US patent for its PROcedure Rehearsal Studio (PRS) product. The patent, which was based on the company's technology used to ...
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FUJIFILM SonoSite has introduced AxoTrack needle guidance technology for use with select SonoSite M-Turbo ultrasound systems for ultrasound-guided procedures. The AxoTrack System is designed to have ultrasound transducer from SonoSite and ...
The Cooperative of American Physicians (CAP) has partnered with specialty writer of professional liability insurance ProAssurance to provide a new liability protection product, CAPAssurance, to fulfill the needs of hospitals and other ...
Wellsense, a US-based developer of continuous bedside monitoring MAP system, has appointed Eitan Machover as the company's new chief executive officer (CEO) and a director. Prior to joining the company, Machover served at General Electric ...
Spanish biopharmaceutical company PharmaMar has selected Medidata Solutions' Medidata Clinical Cloud platform to accelerate clinical trials for marine-based oncology drugs. A member of the Zeltia Group and a developer of antitumor drugs ...
The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted six months pediatric exclusivity for Hospira's Precedex (dexmedetomidine HCl) injection in the US. Precedex, an alpha-2 agonist, is approved for use only in adults and the US regulator ...
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