Geneva Health Solutions' cloud-based technology platform and remote monitoring service will be used to help Ochsner's patients with cardiac device implants in Louisiana, Arkansas, Mississippi, Alabama and Georgia.
The tool harnesses Mayo Clinic's cardiovascular database and expertise in heart disease screening combined with Eko's cardiac monitoring platform.
Join us on February 26 at 3 pm ET, and we’ll dive into the key areas where practices are losing time and money and provide solutions to overcome them.
Through this call to action, the American Heart Association and medical equipment company Laerdal Medical aim to save 50,000 additional lives from preventable cardiac arrest death each year by 2025.
A new study in the Journal of the American Heart Association found there was not an association between a hospital's degree of EHR implementation and improved quality of care and outcomes for heart failure patients.
In an effort to educate travelers on the significance of cardiac arrest, the American Heart Association and Anthem Foundation are installing hands-only CPR training kiosks in three airports across the country.
Vital Connect, a Silicon Valley startup founded in 2011, and cardiac monitoring device developer LifeWatch have partnered to launch Vital Connect’s Healthpatch MD for patients with arrhythmia and other heart conditions, which transmit data directly to doctors. LifeWatch, based in Switzerland, will provide the platform for Healthpatch, an FDA-approved, CE-Marked device that transmits “medical-grade” data […]
Zelis CEO Amanda Eisel shares her perspective on how the company is solving the problems of a fragmented health financial system to benefit all.
Peripheral Arterial Disease (P.A.D.) is a serious circulation problem in which narrowed arteries reduce the blood flow to one’s limbs. People working in wound care are well aware of the dangers of P.A.D., but the general public is less educated. Since September is P.A.D. Awareness month, it is a great time to explore this topic […]
Abbott Labs (ABT) announced it received FDA approval for MitraClip, a less-invasive mitral valve repair technology. The device allows physicians to repair the mitral valve using a catheter rather than open heart surgery for patients with mitral regurgitation. The company will launch the product in the U.S. immediately. While open heart mitral valve surgery is […]
St. Jude Medical (STJ) announced FDA approval of its ILUMIEN OPTIS PCI Optimization System, and the product’s U.S. launch. The device gives physicians a real-time, 360-degree panoramic view of the arteries, to help with stent placement and to guide treatment for patients with coronary artery disease. But what’s the true value proposition between this new […]
In this week’s healthcare design reading roundup, there’s innovation in medical device design, a hard look at the actual materials that make wearable tech wearable and a thoughtful discussion of how healing art should operate in labor and delivery. 1. Abbott is designing a stent that dissolves inside the body. 2. The five materials making […]
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