Cook Medical has announced that effective October 1, 2013, its Zilver PTX drug-eluting peripheral stent qualifies for new-technology add-on payments under Medicare’s hospital inpatient prospective payment system. In order to qualify ...
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BG Medicine has obtained CE mark certification for its automated Galectin-3 blood test, designed for the management of chronic heart failure. The test will be made available through bioMerieux's VIDAS immunoassay, which consists of about ...
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American medical device firm Kips Bay Medical's eMESH I clinical feasibility trial has moved a step further, with first patient enrolling to the study at a European hospital. Switzerland-based Bern University Hospital has recently ...
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Best US Hospitals U.S. News & World Report has released its 23rd annual Best Hospitals rankings. Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston is #1 on the U.S. News Honor Roll this year, displacing Baltimore’s Johns Hopkins Hospital, ...
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The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted approval to HeartWare International's miniaturized ventricular assist system. The HeartWare system, which includes a HVAD circulatory assist device with a sintered inflow cannula, ...
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MicroPhage has gained an additional FDA 510 clearance for its KeyPath MRSA/MSSA Blood Culture Test-BT. Blood test was initially cleared to diagnose and distinguish methicillin resistant and methicillin sensitive Staphylococcus aureus ...
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Premier's healthcare alliance has selected Beazley as the preferred cyber liability insurer for its clients, which include more than 2,700 US hospitals and 90,000 healthcare sites. The firm's subsidiary, Premier Insurance Management ...
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US-based health care contracting services company Novation has announced partnership with healthcare sustainability leaders in an attempt to cut down excess packaging and cardboard in the US hospitals. To help its members with the change, ...