New Complete SE Vascular Stent Receives FDA Approval
An SE vascular stent system has received approval from the US Food and Drug Administration to treat peripheral arterial disease in the iliac arteries and major blood vessels.
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A Turnkey Prefabricated Hospital just in Six Months
Alliance International & Partners , the leading French medical consultancy group, specializing in planning, design and ution of turnkey prefabricated hospitals, is devoted to the long-term improvement of health programmes in emerging markets, including India.
Washington, New Mexico Awarded Federal Money for EHR Work
Washington and New Mexico Medicaid programs will receive thousands of dollars in federal matching funds for state planning activities necessary to implement the electronic health record incentive program established by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009.
Scotland Chooses InterSystems Ensemble as its National Integration Platform
InterSystems welcomed NHS Scotland’s purchase of a national licence for InterSystems Ensemble for healthcare integration in Scotland.
CSC Announces Partnership with Carefx Corporation
CSC announced a partnership with Carefx Corporation, a leading interoperability platform provider, to deliver a set of healthcare solutions designed to improve the quality and accessibility of information available to clinical staff at the point-of-care.
Agfa Signs Agreement with Academic Medical Center in Amsterdam
Agfa Healthcare, a leading provider of diagnostic imaging and healthcare IT solutions, has signed an agreement with the Academisch Medisch Centrum (Academic Medical Center Amsterdam – AMC) in The Netherlands to upgrade its existing Picture Archiving and Communication System (PACS) and install a Radiology Information System (RIS) and Nuclear Information System (NIS).
UK Considers Paying Organ Donors
A bioethics council has launched a public consultation to determine if egg and sperm donors should be given cash incentives to address a severe shortage of organ donors in the UK.
FDA Launches Home-Use Medical Devices Safety Initiative
The US Food & Drug Administration (FDA) has launched a new initiative to improve the safety of complex home-use medical devices such as hemodialysis systems, wound care and intravenous therapy devices.
Siemens Introduces a Cockpit for Intervention Rooms
Siemens Healthcare presents the Artis zee Cockpit, a new workplace designed to significantly ease the tasks performed in the control room of radiology and cardiology interventional suites.
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Health Ministry Opposes Medicine Courses in IITs
The health ministry is opposed to the human resource development (HRD) ministry’s proposal to allow medical courses in Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs) as it will create a regulation problem.
EU to Adopt Medical Device Database
In an effort to improve public safety, the European Union will adopt a pan-Europe online database for medical device products by next year, the EU’s utive body announced this week.
Toshiba Aquilion ONE Scans Entire Organ in Single Rotation
A new computed tomography (CT) scanner that provides physicians with precise images of internal organs with a single rotation of the gantry has been developed by Toshiba. The Toshiba Aquilion ONE 320-detector row CT system with pediatric imaging capabilities can image an entire organ in a single rotation or over multiple rotations, showing real-time dynamic movement and resulting in lower doses of radiation.
