NotiSphere Awarded Contract With Vizient for Recall Management Solution
NotiSphere has been awarded a contract with Vizient for its recall management solution, allowing suppliers to share product alerts.
NotiSphere has been awarded a contract with Vizient for its recall management solution, allowing suppliers to share product alerts.
The Aethlon hemopurifier has been designated a "breakthrough device" by the U.S. FDA related to the treatment of life-threatening viruses not addressed with approved therapies. The proposed research entails an ex vivo evaluation of the medical device as a strategy for the capture and removal of exosomes from the plasma of patients with breast cancer.
AAMI’s Supportability Task Force has released a tool designed to help healthcare delivery organizations work more effectively with original equipment manufacturers when considering a medical device for purchase.
NotiSphere has been awarded a contract with Vizient for its recall management solution, allowing suppliers to share product alerts.
Alpha Source has completed its transition as the nationwide services and exclusive parts provider for GE Healthcare’s bone mineral densitometry (BMD) products in the United States. The installation, warranty, and post-warranty servicing of GE Healthcare’s BMD equipment aims to complement the ultrasound imaging service Alpha Source has been providing on selected GE Healthcare ultrasound products since 2014.
Read MoreThe Texas Medical Center (TMC) Innovation Institute has welcomed 11 startups selected from more than 100 applications to its accelerator program, TMCx, which for the first time is focusing exclusively on medical devices. This is the third installment of TMCx, a program that couples the resources of the world’s largest medical center with the innovative spark of entrepreneurs.
Read MoreIt has been 17 years since the Institute of Medicine published the landmark “To Err Is Human.” Among the strategies it recommended to improve safety was implementing voluntary report systems with legally built in confidentiality protections so health care organizations wouldn’t be discouraged from participating. This was hardly a novel idea even then; after all, the Aviation Safety Reporting System has been around since 1976. But what have we really learned since then?
Read MorePurchasing today’s medical technology involves much more than just finding the best price. You must implement a total systems approach to facilitate organizational goals and achieve a return on investment. That starts with identifying key stakeholders and getting an accurate picture of expenses through both capital and operational costs.
Read MoreClinical engineering plays a central role in planning for the replacement and acquisition of new capital equipment. The data you provide will directly impact the day-to-day operations and financial well-being of your organization for years to come. So what information do you need to provide, where do you get it, and who needs to receive it?
Read MoreAlpha Source has released a new data study on the total cost of ownership of ultrasound equipment that may help hospitals decide whether to adopt a comprehensive service contract. The report analyzed a base of 673 ultrasound units in clinical use in US hospitals and clinics over a 3-year period between 2010 and 2014.
Read MoreOften, the most effective means to reduce service contract costs is simple competition. Once you have a quote in hand from a vendor, it’s time to employ some standard capitalist tactics.