GE Healthcare (NYSE:GE) said today that it inked a 10-year, outcomes-based development deal with Mission Health to streamline care and improve cost efficiency at Mission Health’s facilities. Through the partnership, the companies will co-develop, pilot and deploy healthcare solutions focused on optimizing patient imaging experiences and smoothing out patient care transitions. “This is an innovative, collaborative, […]
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Stryker’s Sage Products expands med wipes recall over B. cepacia contamination concerns
Stryker‘s (NYSE:SYK) Sage Products subsidiary is expanding its voluntary worldwide recall to include lots of impregnated cloth topical skin products over contamination issues with the bacteria Burkholderia cepacia, according to an FDA notice. The recall includes Sage Products’ Comfort Shield barrier cloths, incontinence clean-up cloths, M-care meatal cleansing cloths, Comfort Bath cleansing washcloths and .2% […]
Spectral Medical takes a mystery dive, recovers
Shares in Spectral Medical (TSX:EDT) took a mystery dive yesterday, plunging -33.9% before recovering today and leaving even the sepsis treatment maker shaking its head. Toronto-based Spectral, which earlier this week said it plans to file its final pre-market approval module with the FDA for its Toraymyxin device by the end of the year, said today that “its management and […]
Spectral Medical eyes final PMA bid by year-end for Toraymyxin anti-sepsis device
Spectral Medical (TSX:EDT) said today that it plans to file its final pre-market approval module with the FDA for its sepsis treatment by the end of the year, after the impending release of primary endpoint data from a clinical trial. The Toronto-based company developed a stand-alone pump, the Toraymyxin device, designed for use with an assay […]
Tactile Systems reduces IPO to $46m
Leg compression device developer Tactile Systems Technology reduced its initial public offering to $46 million. Those estimates are down approximately 24% from the $60 million it said it hoped to bring in in June, which was 30% less than the $86 million projection the company put up when it registered the IPO in January. The company said on […]
Stryker translates CMS claims data for hospitals
Stryker (NYSE:SYK) said today its Stryker Performance Solutions business unit is now offering a new Episode Performance Manager tool designed to CMS data into actionable data for hospitals. The newly released Stryker Performance Solutions tool is designed to translate raw claims data provided by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services into dynamic reports to […]
GE Healthcare, ThoughtWire ink 5-year deal to develop hospital apps
GE Healthcare Partners (NYSE:GE) said today it inked a 5-year collaboration agreement with Toronto-based software company ThoughtWire to develop digital tools for hospitals and health systems. ThoughtWire develops software at the workflow level, which GE Healthcare said would be synergistic with its own focus on hospital and health-system level development. “The goal of this collaboration is […]
Smith & Nephew touts Allevyn Life study of pressure ulcers
Smith & Nephew (NYSE:SNN) today released data from a new research publication analyzing ulcer prevention programs, which included use of the company’s Allevyn Life silicone foam dressing, touting a significant decrease in hospital-acquired pressure ulcers. The study was conducted at Indianapolis’ Eskenazi Health adult intensive care unit, with results published in the American Journal of Critical-Care […]
Prism Medical & Design wins FDA nod for ProteXsure anti-needle stick device
Prism Medical & Design said today it won FDA 510(k) clearance for its ProteXsure Safety Capsule System designed to prevent accidental needle sticks. The ProteXsure system contains 100 protective needle capsules designed to cover needle tips post-injection to prevent needle stick injuries for healthcare workers, caregivers, consumers and waste management workers, the Coral Springs, Fla.-based company […]
Belgian hospital puts a little Pepper on it with robotic patient greeter
(Reuters) — A Belgian hospital has just welcomed its newest staff member: Pepper, a humanoid robot that speaks 19 languages. Developed to improve social and health care by the Belgian company Zora Bots, Pepper joined the medical team as a receptionist at Ostend hospital AZ Damiaan. Pepper will introduce visitors to the hospital, provide information and guide […]
Healthcare service providers Envision, AmSurg to merge in $10B deal
(Reuters) – Envision Healthcare Holdings Inc and AmSurg Corp have agreed to an all-stock merger that would create a healthcare service provider with a proforma market value of about $10 billion, the companies said on Wednesday. The deal comes at a time when consolidation among health insurers and hospitals is placing downward pressure on costs […]