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Deep Dive3D printing poised to disrupt healthcare
Health industry types are "100% convinced, and rightly so, that [3D printing] will be a core part of their business in five to 10 years," ISG's Michael Harmon said.
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Healthcare will outspend all other industries on R&D by 2020, PwC says
Medtronic is among 23 healthcare companies rated "high-leverage innovators" for its performance on seven key financial indicators.
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It's final: Amazon pegs NY, Virginia for HQ2 (with a nod to Nashville)
Amazon will split its new North American headquarters over two sites. The city of Nashville is also a surprise winner, landing 5,000 jobs as part of an "operations center of excellence," the company said Tuesday.
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Cardiva's vascular closure system cuts patient recovery times in study
The findings precede an anticipated FDA decision on a premarket approval application for the company's system for multi-vessel closure.
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Amazon expands catalog of HIPAA-eligible AI services
Amazon Translate, Amazon Comprehend and Amazon Transcribe can now be used in workflows involving personal patient information.
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AliveCor's Apple add-on detects afib at similar rate to costly implant
KardiaBand, a wearable electrocardiogram that retails for under $200, spotted 97% of the cardiac events detected by implantable loop recorders.
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Quest Diagnostics adds Apple Health integration for lab results
The move follows rival LabCorp's deal with Apple to add a similar integration for iPhone users.
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FDA clears battery-powered Ebola test for emergency use
The regulatory decision adds to the testing capabilities of public health clinics and treatment centers.
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Athenahealth scooped for $5.7B by Elliot, Veritas after turbulent year
Activist investor Elliott has been pushing for a buyout since it sent athenahealth an unsolicited offer in May.
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LabCorp loses 2019 Horizon BCBSNJ exclusivity as Quest enters the fray
The deal means the two clinical laboratory giants will compete for some of the New Jersey insurer's members.
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Stryker closes $1.4B K2M acquisition
The medical device giant says the deal will augment its own spine and neurotechnology offerings.
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Owens & Minor names interim chairman and CEO
The leadership shakeup comes against the backdrop of consistently disappointing earnings that have seen the company's shares shed 75% of their value under CEO P. Cody Phipps.
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Monteris modifies brain ablation device to counter safety risk
FDA cleared a new model that features a fiber optic probe designed to stop the original heating problem.
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Premier to acquire software company Stanson Health for $51.5M
Software-as-a-service provider Stanson's product pipeline includes a tool to give prior authorizations in near real time.
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Shoulder device sales power Wright to beat-and-raise Q3
Strong growth emboldened the company to raise its outlook for the second successive quarter. Jefferies analysts wrote there is "no reason we can see to suggest Wright can't maintain double-digit underlying sales growth."
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BD posts long-awaited clinical data on Lutonix balloon in CLI
If the approval and commercialization go to plan, BD thinks the below-the-knee opportunity is worth about $250 million a year.
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Better broadband needed to meet telehealth needs, USDA report warns
People who use telehealth services tend to live in urban areas and have more education and higher incomes, according to the agency's report.
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Rising Cordis costs drag on Cardinal Health profits
Increased expenditures at the troubled medical device unit stifled profitability.
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Disease-detecting AI flounders when applied to images from other hospitals
Researchers found neural networks trained on images from one site struggled when turned on data from other facilities.
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Deep DiveRed states say 'yes' to Medicaid; DME gets boost in Nevada
Three GOP-heavy states expanded Medicaid on Tuesday, and Democratic governor pickups in other parts of the country could further the trend. Elsewhere, durable medical equipment makers scored a win in Nevada.
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Long-term data backs Medtronic drug-coated balloon for PAD
Five-year study data on the company's Admiral device to treat peripheral artery disease showed it continued to outperform standard angioplasty.
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FDA clears Siemens Healthineers mobile 3D imaging arm
The system is designed to help surgeons work with greater precision and reduce rates of revision surgery as well as the need for follow-up CT scans by providing intraoperative evaluations.
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FDA shares open source app for collecting real-world data
Researchers can use the code to create custom branded apps that collect information from patients.
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Abbott, J&J take part in FDA's NEST real world evidence pilot
The test cases will assess the role of RWE in proactive post-market surveillance, the evaluation of ablation devices and other activities across the medical device lifecycle.
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Becton Dickinson Q4 revenue up, some Wall Street misses
The device company aggressively remade itself in recent years to focus on higher-growth areas within the medical technology sector.
Medical Devices