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Jul 2017Northwell Health and Israel Collaborate to Advance Patient Care
Northwell Health has signed an agreement with the Israel Innovation Authority IIA to collaborate on the development validation and implementation of medical innovations that advance patient care Representing hundreds of medical technology startup companies in Israel the IIA is a governmentbacked agency that partially funds newly founded companies to help them develop and bring their products to market Israel is…
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Jul 2017Samsung Introduces BodyTom Elite® CT Scanner
Samsungs BodyTom the worlds first portable fullbody slice CT computed tomography scanner just got even better The BodyTom Elite is the newly upgraded BodyTom which received FDA k clearance on June Incorporating a fresh new visual design upgraded software hardware and workstation the BodyTom Elite will make its mark as the goto premium advanced fullbody mobile CT scanner We reengineered…
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Jul 2017HCA Announces Agreement to Acquire Florida Hospital from Community Health Systems
HCA Healthcare which operates hospitals freestanding surgery centers and numerous other outpatient centers in states and the United Kingdom today announced an agreement to acquire Highlands Regional Medical Center in Sebring Florida from subsidiaries of Community Health Systems Inc Upon completion of the transaction Highlands Regional Medical Center a bed hospital miles west of Fort Pierce will be part of…
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Jul 2017Sonora Quest Laboratories and Commonwealth Primary Care ACO Team up to Streamline Patient Care
Commonwealth Primary Care Accountable Care Organization ACO has selected Sonora Quest Laboratories to be the preferred provider of diagnostic testing for their patients in Arizona The partnership will streamline patient care and improve communication between Sonora Quest Laboratories and Commonwealth ACOs network…
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Jul 2017Arrow® Seldinger Arterial Catheterization Device Receives FDA Market Clearance
Teleflex Incorporated a leading global provider of medical technologies for critical care and surgery has announced today that its Arrow Seldinger Arterial Catheterization Device received market clearance from the US Food and Drug Administration FDA The new Seldinger Arterial Catheterization Device is…
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Jul 2017Bhopal Surgeons have a date with a Roving Robot
Business Wire IndiaView of the da Vinci Surgical Robot by Intuitive Surgical that wheels into Bhopal hospitals on July A da Vinci surgical robot is being taken around to visit Indian cities Now on July it makes its way to Bhopal where…
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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
27-28
Jul 2017Healthcare Recruitment Roadshow
Informa Life Sciences Exhibitions
Marriott Hotel, Manila
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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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