CEDAR RAPIDS About six months ago, UnityPoint Health-Cedar Rapids opened an innovation lab for clinicians and other hospital staff to test their entrepreneurialism and turn their ideas for improving patient care into reality. Continue reading →

Health systems across the country rapidly stood up virtual care programs to monitor COVID-19 patients from home and it provedto be a crucial tool during the pandemic. As the country begins to emerge from the COVID-19 pandemic, these virtual tools, including telehealth, remote monitoring technologies, and wearables, will become a way of life for patients and will likely replace some in-person care, health technologyexperts say. "I think we have hita turning point Continue reading →

ragny-sur-Oise, France, May 6 2020, 18h00 CET Safe Orthopaedics (FR0013467123 ALSAF),a company specializing in the design and marketing of ready-to use kits including implants and single-use instruments, new and sterile, for the mini-invasive surgery of spinal fracture, enters into exclusive negotiations for the acquisition of the medical device manufacturer LCI Mdical (Fleurieux-sur-lArbresle, France). As an innovator and pioneer, Safe Orthopaedics has been the first actor to make available, for spinal surgeons, ready-to-use kits (implants and instruments) for spinal surgeries. With the adoption of this model in 24 countries and the growing demand, the company wishes to sustain its leadership position by incorporating the entire production value chain: conception, technology, production, distribution and hospital services. Continue reading →

SWISS ARMY TESTS TRACING APP A COVID-19 contact tracing app is being trialed by 100 soldiers at the Chamblon army base near Lausanne, Switzerland. The Bluetooth-enabled app logs if users have spent more than 15 minutes within twometres of another user Continue reading →

May 08, 2020 08:05 ET | Source: Medtronic plc FDA Approves New ICDs and CRT-Ds with Advanced Remote Capabilities DUBLIN, May 08, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Medtronic plc (NYSE:MDT) today announced results from late-breaking clinical trialsevaluating the MyCareLink Heart mobile app and the Micra Transcatheter Pacing System (TPS), products that provide needed care for patients and optimal management of their symptoms while reducing potential exposure between patients and their clinicians. During the current COVID-19 pandemic, procedures and therapies that reduce exposure to other people are important because that also reduces the potential for spreading the virus Continue reading →

Technology makes processes easier, faster, safer, and more efficient. Shouldnt it, therefore, also reduce costs? Continue reading →

KING OF PRUSSIA, Pa.,May 7, 2020/PRNewswire/ Camber Spine, a leading innovator in spine and medical technologies, today announced the FDA clearance and nationwide launch for two novel anterior cervical products:The SPIRA C Integrated Interbody system, a stand-alone integrated fixation system, and the FORTICO Anterior Cervical Plating System, a two screw plating system intended for anterior screw fixation to the cervical spine (C2-T1) in skeletally mature patients. Camber Spine has spent the last year in aggressive development to create two options for spine surgeons to address anterior cervical pathology.With the addition of SPIRAC Integrated, surgeons now have a zero profile, screw fixated interbody option for anterior cervical fusions with all the benefits of the SPIRA- open architecture design. Continue reading →

Investor Takeaway Pro Medicus Limited (OTCPK:PMCUF) is involved in developing radiology information systems along with picture archiving and communication systems around the globe. Growth in earnings and net profit margins have been promising as the company picks up new contracts with hospitals Continue reading →

May 07, 2020 15:17 ET | Source: BioSig Technologies, Inc. Westport, CT, May 07, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- BioSig Technologies, Inc Continue reading →