Kinnos — a startup reimagining the way hospitals disinfect their surfaces by colorizing the process — recently raised $15 million in financing. Through better sanitization practices, the company is seeking to decrease hospital-acquired infections, which cause 72,000 deaths every year.
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services identified 786 hospitals that will receive lower payments for a year under the Hospital-Acquired Conditions Reduction Program and it included seven of the 21 hospitals on the U.S. News Best Hospitals Honor Roll.
Munck Wilson Mandala Partner Greg Howison shared his perspective on some of the legal ramifications around AI, IP, connected devices and the data they generate, in response to emailed questions.
Seventy-one percent of reusable medical scopes deemed ready for use on patients tested positive for bacteria at three major U.S. hospitals, according to a new study published in the American Journal of Infection Control.
CMS is cracking down on hospital-acquired infections, starting with MRSA and C. difficile.
At least 79 cases of infection tied to Sorin heater-cooler units in the U.S. and worldwide have been reported to the FDA since 2010, including 12 deaths. Those numbers are expected to rise.
San Antonio-based Xenex Disinfection Services produces the germ-zapping robots, which emanate pulsed UV light in high doses.
At the Abarca Forward conference earlier this year, George Van Antwerp, managing director at Deloitte, discussed how social determinants of health and a personalized member experience can improve medication adherence and health outcomes.
According to the inspectors’ report, the head of infection control at the hospital not only neglected to monitor the compounding lab, but also falsified documents to cover up her failure to check practices in the operating rooms in 2015.
The DEVICE Act would impose new requirements on manufacturers. The companies would have to notify the FDA when they issue safety warnings in other countries related to the design and cleaning of their devices.
The newly formed Electronic Hand Hygiene Compliance Organization, or EHCO, plans on lobbying CMS, private payers, the Joint Commission and patient safety organizations.
Also, an early stage clinical trial of a pain medication has led to hospitalizations and one death.
We will highlight Build My Health's revenue practice management tools, which could help physician practices add up to $250,000 to their practices.
"That rate is still too high," AHRQ said in its report, even though a press release from HHS tried to paint a rosier picture.
This week, Consumer Reports called out "12 hospitals you might want to avoid," and named names.
If transmitting superbugs with scopes such a problem, why do we use the reusable devices?
SwipeSense graduated from Healthbox, which has invested in the business along with Jumpstart.
Atlas Genetics, a British molecular diagnostics startup that creates rapid point-of-care tests for infectious diseases like chlamydia, will launch U.S. clinical trials with a $20 million Series C round. It will also expand its test offerings in the sexually transmitted infection and hospital acquired infection markets, Atlas said in a release. The company’s io(R) molecular diagnostic cartridge contains all the […]