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Diagnostics & Healthcare News

Medicare’s Hospital Readmission Penalties Hit New High 

The federal government’s readmission penalties on hospitals will reach a new high as Medicare withholds more than half a billion dollars in payments over the next year, records released Tuesday show. The government will punish more than half of the...

August 8, 2016

Cardiovascular / Cardiology

Corindus Vascular Robotics hires J. Aaron Grantham as chief medical officer 

Corindus Vascular Robotics announced August 3 that it had hired J. Aaron Grantham, MD, as its chief medical officer. Grantham, an interventional cardiologist, will continue to treat patients at Saint Luke’s Mid America Heart Institute in Kansas City, Missouri. In...

August 8, 2016

Cardiovascular / Cardiology

ReliantHeart’s aVAD Left Ventricular Assist Device Earned CE Mark 

ReliantHeart’s next-generation aVAD left ventricular assist device has just earned CE Mark approval and implants are set to begin in September. ReliantHeart’s new left ventricular assist device (LVAD), the aVAD, has been approved for commercial implants in Europe. On Tuesday,...

August 5, 2016

Surgery and Surgical Robotics

FDA approved CyPass Micro-Stent, an Implant for Glaucoma

The FDA has approved the CyPass Micro-Stent, a device for treatment of mild to moderate primary open-angle glaucoma that is intended to be implanted along with cataract surgery. The device will be marketed by Alcon, a division of Novartis. Alcon acquired Transcend Medical,...

August 5, 2016

Biologics, Wound Care, Infection Prevention

Human Clinical Trial of Vaccine to Prevent Zika Virus Launched by NIH

The National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), part of the National Institutes of Health, has begun the clinical trial of a vaccine intended to prevent infection of the Zika virus. The study will comprise at least 80 healthy...

August 5, 2016

Diagnostics & Healthcare News

New Law Requires Equal Pay Between Men and Women for Comparable Work

BOSTON (AP) — Republican Gov. Charlie Baker signed into law Monday a bill requiring men and women be paid equally for comparable work in Massachusetts — including what supporters say is a first-in-the nation provision barring employers from asking prospective...

August 4, 2016

Imaging Visualization & Navigation

Portable Ultrasound System Wirelessly Transmits Data to Smart Devices

Healcerion, a company based in South Korea, has developed an ultrasound system that’s no bigger than the transducer itself. The SONON 300C uses a paired tablet or smartphone of your choice as the display, wirelessly transmitting the data to the...

August 3, 2016

Orthopedics and Spine

Wireless Sensor-Enabled Spine Implant Company, Intellirod Spine, Raises Over $1M from Investors

Akron, Ohio-based Intellirod Spine, a sensor-enabled spine implant company, has raised more than $1 million in a round led by new and existing investors, including Queen City Angel First Fund V and JumpStart. Previous investors include the Kentucky Seed Capital Fund...

August 3, 2016

Diagnostics & Healthcare News

The Evolution of Telemedicine: Empowering Patients While Challenging Physicians 

The rapid expansion and evolution of telemedicine in the U.S. brings with it increased access at lower costs for patients and growing competition for physicians from providers with regional, national and international reputations. How to manage technology overload What used...

August 3, 2016