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Technology
Can ECMO Help Rural Hospitals Save More Lives?
Health systems in Minnesota and Nevada are getting more than $30 million in grants to support ECMO programs, which treat...
Marketing
FDA Announces Recall of Heart Pumps Linked to Deaths and Injuries
This week's alert is the second Class 1 recall of a HeartMate device this year.
Marketing
10 Doctors on FDA Panel Reviewing Abbott Heart Device Had Financial Ties With Company
The money, paid from 2016 through 2022, adds up to about $650,000.
Payer
Benefytt Technologies to Pay $100M Over Fake Health Plans
Scams are on the rise and health insurance is no exception.
Innovation
Intermountain Tests a Smartphone App to Identify Jaundice in Newborns
The health system is working with a Norwegian digital health company to develop an app that would allow parents to...
Innovation
UPMC Develops AI Tool to Diagnose Ear Infections
The tool is designed to help clinicians identify a common type of ear infection that's often overlooked or misdiagnosed
Technology
Is Healthcare Moving Toward a 3D EHR?
Sharp HealthCare has launched the Spatial Computing Center of Excellence, a new research hub aimed at turning VR technology like...
Technology
FDA Repeatedly Rejected Safety Claims Made by Philips After the CPAP Recall but Waited to Alert the Public, Emails Show
As Philips reassured patients that millions of recalled machines were safe, internal emails show federal regulators privately told the company...
Technology
A Healthcare Headache: New Tech Often Means New Cybersecurity Concerns
Health systems and hospitals are using more and more new technology to address clinical care gaps. That puts a strain...
Innovation
Missouri Health System Improves Respiratory Disease Treatment With New Lung Scan
MU Health Care is one of only two health systems in the country to use the Xenon MRI, which could...
Innovation
Are Ingestible Sensors Making a Comeback?
A study led by Brigham and Women's Hospital found that a sensor-embedded pill can accurately track vital signs in patients...