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Jun 2018TransMed7, LLC Announces 510(k) Clearance by the U.S. FDA for its SpeedBird Soft Tissue Biopsy Device Platform
TransMed LLC announced today that the United States Food and Drug Administration FDA has cleared its k application for the company to market the SpeedBirdTM platform of soft tissue biopsy devices We are delighted to announce this k clearance by the FDA stated Dr James W Vetter TransMed CoFounder and Chairman This is an important landmark as it puts TransMed…
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Jun 2018Natera and Institut Jules Bordet Announce Collaboration in Neoadjuvant Breast Cancer
Natera Inc a global leader in cellfree DNA testing today announced a research collaboration with the Institut Jules Bordet an internationally renowned multidisciplinary cancer reference center in Belgium using the companys Signatera researchuseonly RUO circulating tumor DNA ctDNA assay to evaluate molecular response and minimal residual disease MRD in women with early stage breast cancer Natera will analyze approximately plasma…
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Jun 2018TriStar Centennial Medical Center Acquires the First Levó Head Positioning System by Mizuho OSI
Mizuho OSI a leading manufacturer of specialty surgical tables pressure management solutions and tablespecific patient care kits announced today that TriStar Centennial Medical Center based in Nashville was the first healthcare system to incorporate the Lev Head Positioning System into their operating room in order to provide better control and safety of a patients head position while performing spinal surgery…
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Jun 2018Retigence Technologies Debuts DutyRota Solution to Generate Optimal Schedule for the Healthcare Industry
Business Wire IndiaRetigence Technologies announces the launch of DutyRota v that generates optimal schedule by considering the employee preference and compliance guidelines The solution increases the efficiency of Customers Resource Utilization Employee Satisfaction with Quality DutyRota generates an optimal schedule based on…
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Jun 2018Zotec Partners Introduces New Advocacy Platform, Enables Healthcare Providers to Take Legislative Action
INDIANAPOLISBUSINESS WIRE Zotec Partners the countrys largest privately held provider of revenue cycle management services announces the launch of an advocacy platform which allows users to take action on state and federal legislation that directly impacts their healthcare business The new website…
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Jun 2018Community Health Systems Announces Final Results and Expiration of Previously Announced Exchange Offers
FRANKLIN TennBUSINESS WIRE Community Health Systems Inc the Company NYSECYH today announced the final results as of midnight New York City time at the end of the day on June such time and date the Expiration Date of offers by its wholly…
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A Natural Compound from wild ginger exhibits significant anticancer activity against various cancer types
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Effective Knowledge Management Model (KM) for Healthcare Integrating Success Factors and Knowledge Management Strategy
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Heart failure, the burden of the current plague!
The plague pandemics have devastated the world through the centuries remaining etched in history as scourges that have involved a large part of the population with high mortality rates from the Justinian plague AD to the terrible black death originated in China and spread along the great trade routes to Constantinople and then to Europe with a mortality of per…
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Patterns of Immune Infiltration in Breast Cancer and Their Clinical Implications: A Gene-Expression-Based Retrospective Study
Abstract Background Immune infiltration of breast tumours is associated with clinical outcome However past work has not accounted for the diversity of functionally distinct cell types that make up the immune response The aim of this study was to determine whether differences in the cellular composition of the immune infiltrate in breast tumours influence survival and treatment response…
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Missed Pulmonary Tb Screening Opportunities At Primary Healthcare Facilities: An Exit Case Study
Abstract Background A key driver of TB transmission is the significant number of missed TB cases who are undiagnosed In WHO estimated million missing cases of TB Though South African national guidelines recommend universal TB screening of all individuals presenting to health facilities TB suspects continue to be missed We assessed the magnitude of missed pulmonary TB cases…
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Breakthrough Device Immunopheresis™ Therapy Designed to Address Critical Unmet Cancer Patient Needs
The US Food and Drug Administration FDA grants Breakthrough Device designation for Immunicoms Immunopheresis therapy for the treatment of cancer and autoimmune disease patients The breakthrough therapy depends on a proprietary technology that specifically removes immune inhibitors from a patients blood circulation system without implanting new substances which results in enhancing the natural immune system to more effectively counter the…
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Order Sets: A Poka-Yoke For Clinical Decisions
Poka unintended mistake Yoke avoid is the Japanese equivalent for error proofing This Lean Manufacturing strategy is more relevant than ever in healthcare today Why FIRST DO NO HARM The Supreme Court of India recently ordered one of the largest compensations so far in the country to a girl who lost her vision at birth in a case of medical…
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Are We Close to a Global Ban on Powdered Medical Gloves?
Powdered medical gloves can cause allergic reactions severe airway inflammation wound inflammation adhesions and postsurgical scar tissue formation These concerns provide the stimulus for the…
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Healthcare Business Models in Southeast Asia
Healthcare facilities in Southeast Asia are facing a triple threat of more insurance claims a slowdown in medical tourism and increased competition A uniform slide…
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Trends in Surgery of Kidney Tumours
Indications for nephron sparing surgery are expanding In approach to partial nephrectomy open surgery is still the gold…
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Dawn of the Future
The things in IoT can refer to a wide variety of devices including implants physiological monitors wearables capital intensive diagnostic equipment and so on The…
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Risk Factors for Development of Cardiovascular Disease
The largest proportion of global mortality is attributed to Cardiovascular Disease CVD withmore than threefourths of CVD relateddeaths occur in…
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Make in India for the world
Indias leading invitro diagnostic company has been manufacturing and supplying diagnostic solutions for over years now Transasia BioMedicals Ltd has fortified its presence being recognised…
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Modelling Facility and Operations in Design of and Transition to a New Healthcare Space
Physical design and process design are inseparably connected in healthcare facilities Modelling facility and operations aids in evaluating…