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Comparative Effectiveness Research

PCORI dangles $90M in grants for comparative effectiveness research

August 18, 2014 By Arezu Sarvestani Leave a Comment

PCORI dangles $90M in grants for comparative effectivness research

The Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute is looking to dole out $90 million in support for clinical research, the organization announced today.

Filed Under: Funding Roundup, News Well Tagged With: Clinical Trials, Comparative Effectiveness Research, Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI)

FDA warns on oxygen chamber scams

August 23, 2013 By Sony Salzman Leave a Comment

Many oxygen chamber treatments are a scam, FDA says

The FDA warned consumers of a classic snake oil scam after hearing dozens of complaints about false advertising of oxygen chambers as a cure for cancer, autism, diabetes and other serious diseases.

Filed Under: Food & Drug Administration (FDA), News Well Tagged With: Comparative Effectiveness Research

A simple idea for collaborative academic research

July 8, 2013 By MassDevice staff Leave a Comment

By Westby G. Fisher, MD, FACC

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With the rapid dissemination of medical information, global reach of the internet, and realization that more print journals doesn’t mean better print journals, today’s researchers use a variety of techniques to connect but most, sadly, have not kept pace with the times.

Filed Under: Blog, News Well Tagged With: Comparative Effectiveness Research

Medtech storytelling in the era of comparative effectiveness

May 15, 2013 By Laura Nobles Leave a Comment

Medtech storytelling in the era of comparative effectiveness

For those of us who live and breathe healthcare and medtech, the market’s move toward comparative effectiveness is really no surprise. Its drivers abound.

There’s the exceedingly slow global economic recovery and an ever-aging, longer-living patient population. The Patient Portable and Affordable Care Act has the U.S. healthcare market in fundamental transition, with purchase decision-making becoming less about physician preference and more about the C-suite’s bottom line.

Filed Under: News Well Tagged With: Comparative Effectiveness Research, Nobles Communications

Reducing C-section births: MindChild Medical gets FDA win for fetal heart monitor

September 26, 2012 By MassDevice staff Leave a Comment

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MindChild Medical received 510(k) clearance from the U.S. FDA for a new fetal heart monitor the company says can detect tiny fluctuations in fetal heartbeats and potentially reduce the number of Caesarean sections pregnant women undergo.

Company officials said the regulatory win clears the way for the company to commercialize its Meridian non-invasive fetal heart monitor.

Filed Under: 510(k), Gynecological, News Well Tagged With: Comparative Effectiveness Research, MindChild Medical Inc.

Sanovas expands in Calif. in prep for commercial launch | MassDevice.com On Call

January 24, 2012 By MassDevice staff Leave a Comment

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MASSDEVICE ON CALL — Sanovas is expanding its corporate headquarters and opening a manufacturing facility in Sausalito, Calif. as it prepares to file for FDA clearance for its drug-delivery technology.

The company’s micro-surgical technologies feature what Sanovas calls the world’s smallest surgical camera to access hard-to-reach areas of the body and provide minimally invasive diagnosis, treatment and drug delivery, according to a press release.

Filed Under: Electronic Medical Records (EMR), Healthcare Reform, News Well, Oncology, Stem Cells Tagged With: Advanced Cell Technology Inc., Cleveland Clinic, Comparative Effectiveness Research, Pulmonary, Sanovas

Rationing health care for seniors

December 6, 2011 By MassDevice Contributors Network

By Westby G. Fisher, MD, FACC

Westby Fisher

A sure-to-be controversial article appears in the Chicago Tribune asking the sensitive question of ‘Health care at any age, any cost?:’

Filed Under: Hospital Care, News Well Tagged With: Comparative Effectiveness Research, Dr. Wes

The top 10 med-tech innovations of 2012 | MassDevice.com On Call

October 7, 2011 By MassDevice staff Leave a Comment

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MASSDEVICE ON CALL — The top ten med-tech innovations of 2012, selected by Cleveland Clinic and announced this week spanned the range of health care from detection to treatment to data management.

In the top spot was a system of renal denervation for treatment of high blood pressure. The procedure uses a catheter probe threaded into the renal artery near the kidneys to delivery low-power radio-frequency energy and disrupt nerves, lowering blood pressure.

Filed Under: Drug-Device Combinations, Electronic Medical Records (EMR), News Well Tagged With: Cleveland Clinic, Comparative Effectiveness Research, Light Sciences Oncology

One for the price of two

October 3, 2011 By MassDevice Contributors Network Leave a Comment

By Westby G. Fisher, MD, FACC

Westby Fisher

If you want to grow the expense of health care delivery in America very quickly, then create two government agencies to do the same job.

From the 28 September 2011 issue of the New England Journal of Medicine, we read about a small paragraph in our new health care law that created the Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI). From that same article, here’s the PCORI’s mission:

Filed Under: Healthcare Reform, News Well Tagged With: Comparative Effectiveness Research, Dr. Wes

FDA should add a comparative effectiveness arm to final trials

June 17, 2011 By MassDevice Contributors Network Leave a Comment

By Merrill Goozner

The Food and Drug Administration’s Prescription Drug User Fee Act is up for reauthorization next year, and so is the consumer and drug industry face-off over the contentious issue of comparative effectiveness research (CER).

Filed Under: Food & Drug Administration (FDA), News Well Tagged With: Comparative Effectiveness Research

Medtronic vaunts Resolute safety data | EuroPCR Roundup

May 20, 2011 By MassDevice staff Leave a Comment

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The safety profile of Medtronic’s (NYSE:MDT) Resolute drug-eluting stent is at least as good as Abbott’s (NYSE:ABT) market-leading Xience V DES and slightly better than Medtronic’s own Driver bare-metal stent, according to a study Medtronic is touting at the European PCR conference in Paris.

Filed Under: News Well, Stents Tagged With: Abbott, Boston Scientific, Clinical Trials, Comparative Effectiveness Research, Edwards Lifesciences, stjudemedical

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