The Canadian government has launched public consultations on plain packaging requirements for tobacco products, in an effort to protect Canadians against the dangers of tobacco use. The ruling will regulate the size and shape of tobacco ...
Tags: Tobacco Products, Plain Packaging
Researchers from the University of Surrey have today launched a new programme of research called eSMART (Electronic Symptom Management using ASyMS Remote Technology), that uses mobile phone technology to remotely monitor patients who are ...
In their first results of the heralded program -- which was set up in the health law -- federal officials say about half of the accountable care organizations slowed spending but few met the requirements to qualify for bonuses. Kaiser ...
Tags: Healthcare Delivery Reforms, reduce healthcare costs, Medicare
For many industries, innovation helps to drive down product prices. Over the past few decades, entry-level computers have decreased in price from thousands of dollars to only a few hundred. 1980 saw the debut of IBM's personal computer, ...
VentriPoint Diagnostics has submitted a 510(k) application to the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) seeking approval for its 2D-ultrasound system, designed for measuring right ventricle heart function in patients with pulmonary arterial ...
Tags: VentriPoint Diagnostics, FDA, pulmonary arterial hypertension
Medtronic has introduced remote monitoring CareLink Express Service, designed to obtain data regarding the status of the company's implanted cardiac devices. The US launch was based on the evaluation of CareLink Express Service in a ...
Tags: Cardiac Remote Monitoring System, Medtronic, medical equipement
The revised product labelings of Boston Scientific's Incepta, Energen, Punctua, Cognis and Teligen implantable cardioverter defibrillators (ICDs) and cardiac resynchronization therapy defibrillators (CRT-Ds) have been cleared by the US Food ...
Tags: FDA, medical technology, medical application
Patient Safety Technologies has registered a patent infringement lawsuit against ClearCount Medical Solutions. The lawsuit, filed in the US District Court for the Central District of California, asserts claims against ClearCount for the ...
Tags: Patient Safety, infringement lawsuit, ClearCount, Safety-Sponge system
HealthTrust Purchasing Group has awarded a contract to SurgiCount Medical to provide its SurgiCount Safety-Sponge System. Under the contract, SurgiCount will provide its Safety-Sponge System to member facilities of HealthTrust including ...
Tags: HealthTrust, contract, SurgiCount, Safety-Sponge System
Medi+Sure, a provider of diabetes devices, has announced that the Government of British Columbia (BC) has approved its 49c Medi+Sure blood glucose test strips. The approval allows Medi+Sure to provide its Medi+Sure blood glucose test ...