High tech imaging has led to unnecessary, costly and risky treatment of low-risk cancers, according to a Mayo Clinic study published in the most recent issue of the British Medical Journal.
Study: GlySure’s continuous glucose monitoring looks good in the ICU
Titan Medical touts 1st working single-orifice surgical robot
Medtronic opens doors on innovation center in Singapore
Study: Robotic surgery is less safe than it appears
A "slapdash" system of reporting complications may be hiding the true dangers of robot-assisted surgery, according to a Johns Hopkins report published online this week in the Journal for Healthcare Quality.
St. Jude-backed Spinal Modulation enrolls 1st patient in pain management study
ESC 2013: Medtronic’s Symplicity hypertension treatment still promising at 1 and 3 years
New data on Medtronic’s (NYSE:MDT) Symplicity renal denervation system showed the device is safe and effective at 1 and 3 years, the company announced this week.
Commercial ACO contracts cut Medicare spending, study finds
The Accountable Care Organization model may help healthcare providers lower their spending on Medicare patients, and those outcomes may extend to other patient groups as well, according to a study published in the Journal of the American Medical Assn. Healthcare groups that launched payment incentives through