A new study out of Manchester in the U.K. suggests that data from implantable cardiac devices could help health providers predict whether patients are at greater risk of hospitalization or death. Out of more than 400 people with Medtronic cardiac devices, those with a high-risk score based on cardiac implantable electronic device physiological data had […]
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Siemens Healthineers inks $169.7M health tech support contract in UK
Siemens Healthineers (ETR: SHL) announced today that it entered into a 15-year strategic contract worth $169.7 million (€140 million). The partnership, inked with Manchester (UK) University NHS Foundation Trust (MFT) is slated to include the planning, installation and maintenance of 222 pieces of critical medical equipment, with approximately 350 planned installations over the life of the contract, […]
Triple inhaler reduces COPD flare-ups by 20%
Researchers at the University of Manchester found that flare-ups in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease can be reduced by 20% with a combined triple inhaler. The team’s work was published in the Lancet. The 2,691-patient trial compared an inhaler that delivers 3 different compounds to a commonly-used inhaler. Another sub-set of patients were administered a triple combination […]