B. Braun said yesterday that it is investing $1 billion into new and enhanced IV therapy manufacturing facilities to help alleviate saline and other IV fluid shortages faced by healthcare providers in the U.S. The investment, dubbed ‘Solutions for Life’ initiative, includes a new manufacturing facility in Daytona Beach, Fla. and improvements to existing facilities […]
Philips launches AI-enabled software to track hospital-acquired infections
Philips Healthcare (NYSE:PHG) has combined some of the latest information technologies to help hospitals battle healthcare-acquired infections (HAIs), which can extend a hospital stay, lead to rehospitalization, and even to patient death. HAIs can have devastating effects on patients’ physical, mental/emotional, and financial health, and they cost billions of dollars in added expenses to the healthcare system. […]
7 innovations that made nurses’ jobs easier
There are approximately 4 million registered nurses in the U.S., according to the American Nurses Association. As the heart of every hospital, nurses have to handle different patients and situations on a daily basis and are pivotal to the healthcare setting across the globe. I asked veteran nurses who have taken care of a wide […]
EO plant shutdown leads to pediatric breathing tube shortage
The February shutdown of an ethylene oxide (EO) sterilization plant has produced the first temporary medical device shortage, according to the FDA. The device in short supply is the Bivona tracheostomy tube manufactured by Smiths Medical and used by many pediatric patients. The FDA anticipates the tube will be made available again the week of April 22, according to […]
AirXpanders touts study results
AirXpanders (ASX:AXP) said that a retrospective clinical study has concluded that the use of its AeroForm tissue expanders may be associated with reduced infection rates, less medical treatment and lower costs for patients and health systems. The Palo Alto-based company makes the AeroForm tissue expander for post-mastectomy breast reconstruction. The device is designed to expand and […]
OptiScan raises $20m for bedside glucose monitoring system
OptiScan Biomedical said today that it closed a $20 million Series E round to support the commercialization of its continuous monitoring system, the OptiScanner 5000, in the U.S. The company’s device is an automated bedside blood glucose monitor designed for use in the intensive care unit. The system can measure glucose values from a micro-sample of […]
GE Healthcare adds Adventist Health to hospital collaborator list
GE Healthcare has signed an agreement to provide advanced analytics and reduce process variation for the 21-hospital Adventist Health system in California, Oregon and Hawaii, the health system announced. The five-year collaboration is designed to maximize the capacity of Adventist’s clinical assets and improve patient care delivery. Adventist said it expects the collaboration to spur […]
Wireless preemie monitoring system allows more parental contact
A new, less invasive system for monitoring preterm and critically ill newborns’ vital signs would allow parents skin-to-skin contact with their babies when they otherwise couldn’t have it. The system, designed by researchers at Northwestern University in Chicago, uses ultrathin, skin-like electronic sensing technology to overcome the limitations of traditional systems that require a large […]
Medtronic inks 5-year value-based healthcare deal with S.C. hospital
Medtronic (NYSE:MDT) said today that it inked a five-year value-based healthcare partnership deal with the Medical University of South Carolina, looking to improve health outcomes, patient care experiences and reduce costs. Fridley, Minn.-based Medtronic said the partnership will initially focus on addressing chronic disease and acute conditions prevalent in the region. An initial program involves standardizing […]
3M closes $1B M*Modal buy
3M (NYSE:MMM) said today that it closed its approximately $1 billion acquisition of health information tech developer M*Modal. Franklin, Tenn.-based M*Modal develops cloud-based, conversational artificial intelligence-powered software platforms. The company’s products are intended to allow physicians to “capture and improve the patient narrative,” to allow them to gain more face time with the patient and […]
Baxter cleared from DoJ antitrust saline probe
Baxter (NYSE:BAX) said yesterday that it has been cleared from a U.S. Dept. of Justice antitrust probe, launched in 2017, investigating companies that market intravenous saline solutions. The probe came as hospitals endured a shortage of intravenous saline solutions, which are used to hydrate hospital patients. The shortage dates back to late 2013, after drugmakers told […]
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