MITA issued the following statement in response to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ report regarding health delivery organizations’ unsecured picture archiving and communication systems, or PACS.
GE Healthcare has created an always-on solution to help buyers and biomed teams focus on patient care—by delivering what they need, when and where they need it. This online system, GE Healthcare Service Shop, provides instant access to equipment parts and accessories, repairs, and education resources directly from GE Healthcare, the original equipment manufacturer.
If you're part of an in-house HTM program, you need to know what your services are valued at—both for your own cost estimation and for your customers (the clinicians) to know what you cost the institution. Biomedical expert Patrick Lynch takes an in-depth look at this subject here.
Cleveland Clinic officials have announced what they perceive to be the top 10 medical innovations of 2018 at a presentation that capped off the 2017 Medical Innovation Summit. The list of up-and-coming technologies was selected by a panel of Cleveland Clinic physicians and scientists.
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U.S. FDA Commissioner Scott Gottlieb has spoken out about medical device manufacturing recovery in Puerto Rico following the devastation of Hurricanes Irma and Maria. Currently, Puerto Rico is home to more than 50 medical device manufacturing plants, which produce more than 1,000 types of medical devices ranging from surgical instruments to pacemakers.
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Healthcare consumers are familiar with and trust cloud technology, yet nearly one in three still can not easily access their medical records, according to a report recently released from Ambra Health, based in New York.
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With the ever-evolving regulatory landscape, it’s often challenging for medical device manufacturers to know which changes to prioritize first. One of the industry’s most recent innovations? The Medical Device Single Audit Program, or MDSAP.
Read MoreMedical Equipment Dynamics, based in New Bedford, Mass., will offer the complete image management product suite from Toronto-based RamSoft, under terms of a new agreement between the two companies.
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Innovatus Imaging Corp., a newly created holding company formed by private equity firm Resilience Capital Partners and other co-investors, has acquired Pittsburgh-based Bayer Multi Vendor Service (MVS); Tulsa, Okla.-based Westco; and MD MedTech of Denver.
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On Friday, August 25, Hurricane Harvey made landfall in Southeastern Texas as a Category 4 storm—devastating homes, roadways, and key structures, such as medical facilities. The death toll has risen to at least 60.
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President Trump has signed into law the reauthorization of the Medical Device User Fee Act (MDUFA IV)—a move that entities like the Medical Imaging & Technology Alliance have applauded. Others, however, remain concerned about the legislation’s implications for HTM professionals.
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Carestream Health, Rochester, NY, has introduced MR brain perfusion and MR brain diffusion modules that enable radiologists to read these imaging studies from a CARESTREAM Vue PACS diagnostic viewer.
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A battle is raging in imaging information technology today, according to a report from Signify Research. Titled “Imaging IT and Archiving & Management IT—World—2017,” the report goes on to say that enterprise imaging will account for 27% of the global imaging IT market by 2021.
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In this installment of Industry Insider, Kees Wesdorp, business group leader of diagnostic imaging at Philips, discusses some of the biggest issues currently affecting the radiologic sector, as well as how Philips is addressing them. Don’t miss out.
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Israel-based Zebra Medical Vision and Telerad Tech, Minnetonka, Minn., the technology arm of telediagnostic delivery company Teleradiology Solutions Corporation, have signed a partnership to bring Zebra’s cloud-based deep learning analytics engine to more than 20 countries and 150 hospitals and healthcare organizations in India, Asia, and Africa.
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