Also called personalized medicine, this evolving field makes use of an individual’s genes, lifestyle, environment and other factors to identify unique disease risks and guide treatment decision-making.
Masimo's MightySat Medical is the first FDA-cleared pulse oximeter available to consumers without a prescription, which could disrupt the market for the notoriously inaccurate at-home devices.
MediView’s technologies utilize AR to provide clinicians with 3D “X-ray vision” guidance during minimally invasive procedures and surgeries, while also offering remote collaboration.
While a large number of California physicians have an EHR system, results from a survey prepared for the California Healthcare Foundation (CHCF) found that of the 71 percent of physicians surveyed that have an EHR, only 30 percent have them configured to meet all 12 of the meaningful use objectives measured in the study.
According to survey results of 34 community hospitals, each with more than five years of experience with computerized physician order entry (CPOE), the national policies to promote clinical decision support (CDS) use may be successful
Source: Radiology (doi: 10.1148/radiol.12111896)Training with direct feedback for inexperienced readers can improve diagnostic accuracy when evaluating abdominal MRIs for acute appendicitis, according to a study published online June 14 in Radiology. The researchers also found the addition of diffusion-weighted (DW) images to conventional MR images improved reader sensitivity.
Fujifilm Medical Systems is the overall best manufacturer of medical equipment doing business in the U.S. in 2012. Thats according to a survey of end users taken by KLAS, the healthcare vendor-research firm based in Orem, Utah, which annually queries customers for their opinions on, and ratings of, healthcare-product performance.
Researchers from Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, N.Y., have developed an effective, and potentially safer, nanoparticle-based MRI contrast agent, according to the results of a preclinical study published June 7 in the journal PLoS ONE.
CMS finalized a significant policy change when it increased the Medicare payments hospitals receive for performing CCTA exams. What, exactly, does the update mean for cardiologists, billing specialists and other hospital employees?
Stryker, a global medtech company based out of Michigan, has kicked off 2025 with a bit of excitement. The company says Inari’s peripheral vascular portfolio is highly complementary to its own neurovascular portfolio.
RBMA President Peter Moffatt discusses declining reimbursement rates, recruiting challenges and the role of artificial intelligence in transforming the industry.
