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Philips is recalling all sizes of its Tack Endovascular System after 20 patient injuries were reported. Interventional cardiologists are urged to stop using the device immediately.
Fewer than one-third of primary care clinicians have a say in selecting the AI products their institutions expect them to fold into their clinical workflows. That’s a problem.
Philips is recalling all sizes of its Tack Endovascular System after 20 patient injuries were reported. Interventional cardiologists are urged to stop using the device immediately.
Fewer than one-third of primary care clinicians have a say in selecting the AI products their institutions expect them to fold into their clinical workflows. That’s a problem.
Generative AI is altering the way healthcare consumers size up hospitals, group practices and individual providers. But the comparison shopping would pose a challenge to healthcare organizations even if AI hadn’t entered the picture.
The recall comes after approximately 3% of patients treated with the device during the early stages of its U.S. rollout experienced a stroke or transient ischemic attack following surgery. The expected stroke rate is closer to 1%, the FDA explained.
