MedAssets has launched its MedAssets Bundled Payment Solution, a reimbursement system designed to manage and transact episode of care payments.

A teamwork approach was key to the success of a Michigan program that improved patient care in more than 100 hospital intensive care units (ICUs), dramatically reducing the rates of potentially deadly central line bloodstream infections, according to study findings published in the June issue of Milbank Quarterly.

Royal Philips Electronics has reached an agreement with Lumalier Corporation to address the growing problem of microbial contamination in hospitals.

The American Medical Association (AMA) voted June 20 at its annual meeting to continue its policy supporting individual responsibility for health insurance with assistance for those who cannot afford it.

Last weeks announcement by Cordis to discontinue manufacturing its Cypher, Cypher Select and Nevo sirolimus-eluting stent lines shook the drug-eluting stent (DES) market. While the Johnson & Johnson subsidiary said that the decision will allow the company to focus on other areas of the market, many players are left wondering what this will mean for the future of the stent market.

Boston Scientific has launched its Mustang PTA Balloon Catheter, a 0.035 inch percutaneous transluminal angioplasty (PTA) catheter designed for peripheral angioplasty procedures.

Developers at the University of Michigan have created an implant that uses the bodys skin like a conductor to wirelessly transmit brain signals to a computer, which the researchers believe the technology is one step forward for reactivating paralyzed limbs.

ECRI Institute will be presenting and exhibiting at the AAMI 2011 Conference and Expo in San Antonio from June 25 to 27.