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Jul 2017Agfa HealthCare Receives FDA 510(k) Clearance for Advanced Clinical Applications on XERO Universal Viewer
Agfa HealthCare announces today that it has received FDA k clearance for the XERO Xtend functionalities of the Enterprise Imaging zerofootprint viewer XERO Xtend adds D processing and advanced clinical applications to the XERO Viewer It is now FDAcleared for diagnostic viewing on desktop devices The release data for K cleared XERO Xtend will be communicated by Agfa HealthCares regional…
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Jul 2017Beckman Coulter Diagnostics Introduces DxONE™ Clinical Information Management Tools
Beckman Coulter Diagnostics introduces its DxONE information management solutions an integrated system of technologies and capabilities designed to ease data access and usability DxONE is designed in response to the increasing challenges faced by laboratory technicians to expedite result times reduce costs maneuver personnel shortages and navigate network consolidations The suite of nextgeneration technologies applies cloudcomputing to provide remoteaccess functionality…
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Jul 2017Roche launches the AVENIO Millisect System for precise and efficient dissection of tissue biopsies
Roche announced today the commercial availability of the AVENIO Millisect System a tissue dissection instrument that utilizes an automated digitally assisted process to reliably and efficiently isolate clinically relevant cells from formalinfixed paraffinembedded FFPE tissue slides The AVENIO Millisect System addresses challenges inherent in todays tissue dissection practice in the clinical lab workspace where manual dissection lacks consistency and precision…
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Jul 2017Training of Surgeons in Robotic Procedures to Spur the Fight against Cancer
Business Wire IndiaRobotic Surgery in ProgressSurgical robot lounge with a four armed surgical robot Surgeons console by Intuitive SurgicalReskilling is the buzzword across every industry today as technology pushes new boundariesIn the field of surgery too from conventional methods to laparoscopy to…
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Jul 2017Ventas Announces Lillibridge Healthcare Services CEO Transition
CHICAGOBUSINESS WIRE Ventas Inc NYSE VTR announced today that Todd W Lillibridge President and CEO of Lillibridge Healthcare Services LHS or the MOB Business and EVP Medical Property Operations for Ventas will transition to a new role as Senior Advisor to the…
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Jul 2017Magellan Health Reports Second Quarter 2017 Financial Results
SCOTTSDALE ArizBUSINESS WIRE Magellan Health Inc NASDAQ MGLN today announced financial results for the second quarter ended June as summarized below Three Months Ended Six Months Ended June June In millions except per share results Chg Chg Net revenue Net income Segment…
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Jul 201712th Asia Pacific Hospice Conference 2017
Singapore Hospice Council and Asia Pacific Hospice Palliative Care Network
Suntec Singapore International Convention and Exhibition Centre
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Jul 2017Risk Management in Clinical Practice: Tools and Techniques
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