Press Releases
Smiths Medical, a global medical device manufacturer, announced today that Parkview Health, based in Fort Wayne, Indiana., has integrated its PharmGuard® Infusion Management System with its electronic health record system to establish bi-directional interoperability across all hospital in its health system. Connected through their Epic electronic health record (EHR), this integration will enable smart pump programming and auto documentation to improve patient safety. Smart pump
Read more...12 April 2021
Today, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration authorized marketing of the GI Genius, the first device that uses artificial intelligence (AI) based on machine learning to assist clinicians in detecting lesions (such as polyps or suspected tumors) in the colon in real time during a colonoscopy. "Artificial intelligence has the potential to transform health care to better assist health care providers and improve patient care. When AI is combined with traditional screenings or surve
Read more...Predictiv AI Inc., a software and solutions provider in the artificial intelligence markets, is pleased to announce it has installed multiple ThermalPass temperature scanning devices in Memorial Healthcare System hospital facilities in south Broward County. Memorial is a leader in providing high-quality healthcare services to South Florida residents through its six-hospital network and various ancillaries throughout South Florida. The initial rollout of units was completed at Memorial R
Read more...Montecito Medical Real Estate and SwitchPoint Ventures, two leaders in their respective fields, have collaborated to develop and launch Scout Intel, a next-generation, customized decision support engine focused initially on market identification, business expansion and site selection decisions. The continually evolving platform is designed to serve organizations of all sizes across a broad spectrum of industries. Scout Intel aggregates and synthesizes large volumes of complex inform
Read more...Bausch + Lomb, a leading global eye health business of Bausch Health Companies Inc. ("Bausch Health"), today announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved ClearVisc™ dispersive ophthalmic viscosurgical device (OVD) for use in ophthalmic surgery. "The ClearVisc™ dispersive OVD is the latest advancement in Bausch + Lomb's rich pipeline of ophthalmic surgical devices and is representative of our company's ongoing commitment t
Read more...InterSystems, an innovative data technology provider dedicated to helping customers solve the most critical information challenges, today announced that it has joined the Gartner Peer Insights Customer First program for its adherence to transparency and integrity in managing the Gartner Peer Insights review process for customers. By joining the Gartner Customer First program, InterSystems is committing to building trust and credibility by soliciting reviews from all customers and recognising
Read more...The Society of NeuroInterventional Surgery (SNIS) and NeuroPoint Alliance (NPA) are pleased to welcome the Society of Vascular and Interventional Neurology (SVIN) to the NeuroVascular Quality Initiative-Quality Outcomes Database (NVQI-QOD). SVIN joins SNIS and NPA to expand the breadth and depth of the NVQI-QOD, the premier neurovascular registry focused on improving clinical care and outcomes for patients with stroke and intracranial cerebrovascular diseases. NVQI-QOD is gove
Read more...8 April 2021
VGM & Associates, a division of VGM Group, Inc., is excited to announce their vendor partner, Encore Healthcare, is releasing version three of their Nexus software. MedSouth announced today that at the end of 2020 they achieved significant patient care outcomes with Encore Healthcare's Nexus Software. To date MedSouth's Respiratory Therapists have engaged over 2700 patients and completed 80,000 clinical assessments on patients enrolled in the ongoing Nexus clinical manag
Read more...ResMed, a global leader in digital health and cloud connected medical devices, has expanded AirView for Ventilation, its cloud-based remote monitoring and management platform for respiratory care patients, in India. Chronic respiratory ailments are the second leading cause of death in India as of 2017. Unhealthy air pollution levels in India further exacerbate this burden, as poor air quality is also associated with acute respiratory tract infections, asthma, COPD, and lung cancer.
Read more...Surgical Information Sciences (SIS), a medical device company focused on improved targeting for deep brain stimulation (DBS) surgery, announced it recently received 510(k) clearance from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to market an updated algorithm with new visualization capabilities. Prior to this, the SIS System was cleared for visualization of brain structures such as the subthalamic nuclei (STN) in the planning and targeting images for a DBS procedure and visualization
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