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InterSystems, a creative data technology provider dedicated to helping customers solve the most critical scalability, interoperability and speed problems, today announced that InterSystems IRIS for Health™ is now recognised as a data platform for i2b2 (Informatics for Integrating Biology & the Bedside) alongside Postgres, MS SQL and Oracle. A data platform specifically engineered to extract value from healthcare data, InterSystems IRIS for Health will support the i2b2 community to i

Outset Medical, Inc. announced that its Tablo® Hemodialysis System has received the first-ever approval from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) for a Transitional Add-on Payment Adjustment for New and Innovative Equipment and Supplies (TPNIES). This pioneering decision will help encourage healthcare providers to embrace new technology enabling more patients to dialyze at home and reclaim their independence. TPNIES is a recently enacted program by CMS to incre

908 Devices Inc., a pioneer of purpose-built handheld and desktop mass spec devices for chemical and biomolecular analysis, announced at the American Society for Mass Spectrometry (ASMS) conference today a new Oligos assay kit for its ZipChip device that enables fast and accurate identification and quantitation of oligonucleotides. Using this new Oligos kit with the ZipChip device, biopharmaceutical lab personnel now have an easy method for high-resolution separation and mass spec sample intr

NeuroLogica Corp. today announced it has received Food and Drug Administration  clearance for its Auto Lung Nodule Detection (ALND) tool. The offering provides an on-device, computer-assisted detection (CADe) solution for detecting pulmonary nodules from 10 to 30mm in size through an artificial intelligence (AI) algorithm. It is designed to aid the physician in reviewing PA chest radiographs of adults and is part of S-Station, an operation software installed on Samsung Digital

The Lee Health Board of Directors approved plans to move forward in planning a new hospital campus in the City of Fort Myers. Tentatively known as “Lee Health Colonial Campus,” the property will sit on 52 acres of land along Challenger Blvd. between Colonial Blvd. and Winkler Ave. The Board of Directors approved proceeding with issuing a Request for Qualifications (RFQ) for architectural services, construction management and commissioning authorities as a first step in d

Northeast Georgia Health System (NGHS), a non-profit that cares for more than 1 million people across more than 18 counties, and leading health and well-being company Humana Inc. (NYSE: HUM) have signed an agreement that gives Humana Medicare Advantage members in-network access to medical facilities and physicians at Northeast Georgia Medical Center, Northeast Georgia Physicians Group, Georgia Heart Institute, Longstreet Clinic, Habersham Medical Center and more. “NGHS and mem

SINOMED, a leading international medical device company, announced that the clinical trial results for its HT Supreme® Drug-Eluting Stent (DES) System has been published in Circulation.  The article described results from the PIONEER III trial where investigators demonstrated equivalence in safety and effectiveness between the HT Supreme and best-in-class DES. "This trial was performed in the USA, Europe and Japan and the enrolled patients reflect a broad spectrum of d

Cardinal Health announced its cancer screening offerings from FUJIFILM Healthcare Americas Corporation and Polymedco that can be done either outside of a doctor's office or with less invasive procedures can help combat the increase in cancer-related deaths due to late-stage diagnoses1 from pandemic-related delays. "The pandemic has changed the landscape of traditional diagnostic methods and is driving the healthcare industry to evaluate screenings differently," added C

Leading health and well-being company Humana Inc. is expanding its footprint in Maryland and, for the first time, offering affordable Humana Medicare Advantage plans to beneficiaries living in counties on the Eastern Shore. The Humana Honor plan, currently available only in the Western area of the state, also will be available to residents living in the Eastern Shore. Residents of eight counties on Maryland’s Eastern Shore can select from the new 2022 Humana plans during this

Columbia China, a joint venture between Seattle's Columbia Pacific Management, Sheares Healthcare Group, a 100% owned subsidiary of Singapore investment company Temasek, and Hong Kong-based conglomerate Swire Pacific Limited, opens its third & largest 500-bed multi-specialty hospital in Jiaxing, Zhejiang Province. Jiaxing Kaiyi Hospital is licensed for 500 beds with a construction area of 112,000 square meters.  It is built in accordance to Joint Commission Internationa