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.
Sameer Badlani, MD, assistant professor of medicine at the University of Chicago, has been appointed CMIO for the University of Chicago Medical Center.
Siemens Healthcare has joined with Lammers Medical Technology to offer the nomag IC MR diagnostics incubator system for the transport of newborns and premature babies as an add-on to Siemens 1.5T and 3T MR systems.
Interoperability is a broad, overarching term that really describes a monumental goal for healthcare. True interoperability means that any authorized provider can access relevant healthcare data about a specific patient and send that information on to other authorized clinicians to avoid repetitive tests and exams, provide faster treatment and experience better outcomes.
The team at Johns Hopkins In-Vivo Cellular and Molecular Imaging Center in Baltimore is using novel imaging tools to discover new early detection methods for cancers existing in cells, and study its prevention and elimination before spreading to other organs and tissues.
The services and allowed charges by cardiologists for treating Medicare patients increased dramatically between 1999 and 2008, according to an analysis published online Jan. 10 in Circulation: Cardiovascular Quality and Outcomes. Much of the growth was linked to noninvasive imaging, with resting echocardiograms and nuclear stress testing fueling the lions share of growth.
Researchers investigating racial/ethnic disparities among patients receiving care that utilizes varying degrees of health IT determined healthier overall blood pressure regardless of race for those receiving care from providers using both EHRs and clinical decision support, according to a report published Jan. 9 by the Archives of Internal Medicine.
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.
