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Assisted Polyp Detection Device Receives FDA Clearance

by Syed Hamza Sohail 09/22/2022 Leave a Comment

AI-Assisted Polyp Detection Device Receives FDA Clearance

What You Should Know: - Iterative Scopes, a pioneer in precision medicine technologies for gastroenterology, and Provation, the premier software and SaaS provider of clinical productivity and workflow automation solutions, announced recently that SKOUT™ has received 510(k) clearance from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for adults undergoing colorectal cancer screening or surveillance. - The device was evaluated in the largest U.S.-based multicenter clinical study for a
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No Mask, No COVID-19 Pandemic, Right?

by Irv Lichtenwald , CEO of Medsphere Systems Corporation 05/27/2022 Leave a Comment

No Mask, No COVID-19 Pandemic, Right?

The end of the public transportation mask mandate, officially undone by federal Judge Kathryn Mizelle on April 18, may be recognized as the day the COVID-19 pandemic ended in America. Except it hasn’t ended in any real sense. The virus continues to produce new variants of greater or lesser transmissibility and lethality; for now, comparatively small numbers of people continue to die of the virus daily and weekly; and the CDC continues to recommend that the elderly and immunocompromised take
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20 COVID-19 Predictions and Trends for 2021 – Executive Roundup

by Fred Pennic 01/05/2021 Leave a Comment

20 COVID-19 Predictions and Trends for 2021 - Executive Roundup

Dr. Justin Graham, Chief Medical Officer, GYANT The rapid development of a COVID-19 vaccine is a monumental achievement, but it does nothing to address our extremely fragmented healthcare system. In 2021, policymakers must create and extend incentives to providers to work together to keep patients healthy rather than maximize profit. The pandemic has devastated the traditional fee-for-service budgets of many healthcare systems, and it isn't clear they will ever be able to catch up without
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Providence Taps Nuance to Develop AI-Powered Integrated Clinical Intelligence

by Jasmine Pennic 11/12/2020 Leave a Comment

Nuance Integrates with Microsoft Teams for Virtual Telehealth Consults

What You Should Know: - Nuance Communications, Inc. and one of the country’s largest health systems, Providence, announced a strategic collaboration, supported by Microsoft, dedicated to creating better patient experiences and ease clinician burden. - The collaboration centers around Providence harnessing Nuance’s AI-powered solutions to securely and automatically capture patient-clinician conversations. - As part of the expanded partnership, Nuance and Providence will jointly
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What Health IT Thought Leaders Say HIMSS20 Would Have Focused On—If It Had Happened

by Jasmine Pennic 03/13/2020 Leave a Comment

Coronavirus Forces Cancellation of 2020 HIMSS Conference: 6 Things to Know

What You Need to Know: Health IT thought leaders share what HIMSS20 would have focused On—if It had happened. - Hot topics include health IT to address COVID-19; artificial intelligence; EHR interoperability and usability; and more. –Kuldeep Singh Rajput, CEO of Biofourmis, Boston, Mass., which provides digital therapeutics that power personalized predictive care “Remote monitoring platforms and clinical-grade wearables combined with artificial intelligence [AI]-based
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Augmedics Secures FDA 510(k) Clearance for Augmented Reality Guidance System for Surgery

by Fred Pennic 12/23/2019 Leave a Comment

Augmedics Secures FDA 510(k) Clearance for Augmented Reality Guidance System for Surgery

- Augmedics announced U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) 510(k) clearance and the U.S. launch of its groundbreaking xvision Spine system (XVS), the first AR guidance system to be used in surgery. - xvision Spine allows surgeons to visualize the 3D spinal anatomy of a patient during surgery as if they had “x-ray vision,” and to accurately navigate instruments and implants while looking directly at the patient, rather than a remote screen. Today, Augmedics announced U.S. Food and Drug
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Why HCAHPS Is Archaic In Healthcare Today

by Helen Hrdy, SVP, Customer Success at NRC Health 12/13/2019 Leave a Comment

Helen Hrdy, SVP of Customer Success at NRC HealthThe Hospital Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems (HCAHPS) survey hasn’t changed since its inception in 2006. Healthcare leaders have long wanted to see it reformed. Now, hospital groups are making the case for a major HCAHPS overhaul. The cause for the upheaval of a 13-year-old process is due largely in part to the impact on the complete care journey, specifically the patient experience. In order to incite change in today’s
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Why HCAPHS Is Archaic In Healthcare Today

by Helen Hrdy, SVP of Customer Success at NRC Health 11/20/2019 Leave a Comment

Why HCAPHS is Archaic in Healthcare Today

Hospitals Want HCAHPS revised. Here’s Why.  The Hospital Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems (HCAHPS) survey hasn’t changed since its inception in 2006. Healthcare leaders have long wanted to see it reformed. Now, hospital groups are making the case for a major HCAHPS overhaul.  Here’s what they’re are asking for, and what their requests mean for the future of patient experience. A Useful Tool, But An Outmoded One Leaders at the American Hospital Association, the
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2019 MedTech Breakthrough Award Category Winners Announced

by Jasmine Pennic 06/06/2019 Leave a Comment

2019 MedTech Breakthrough Award Category Winners Announced

MedTech Breakthrough, a market intelligence organization that recognizes the top companies, technologies, and products in the global digital health and medical technology market has unveiled the results of its 2019 MedTech Breakthrough Awards program, showcasing technologies and companies that drive innovation and exemplify the best in medical and health-related technology solutions across the globe.MedTech Breakthrough Awards Program OverviewThe MedTech Breakthrough Awards program is the
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Philips to Acquire Carestream Health’s Health IT Business Unit

by Fred Pennic 03/07/2019 Leave a Comment

Royal Philips has signed an agreement to acquire Carestream Health’s healthcare information systems (HCIS) business unit. Carestream’s HCIS business unit includes enterprise imaging IT solutions for multi-site hospitals, radiology services providers, imaging centers and specialty medical clinics. The acquisition of Carestream’s enterprise imaging platform will help expand Philips’ healthcare IT business portfolio of VNA, diagnostic and enterprise viewers, multimedia reporting, workflow
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