September 28, 2021
Via: medicaldevice-network.comNorth America’s medical devices industry saw a drop of 7.29% in deal activity during August 2021, when compared with the last 12-month average, led by 22C Capital, Insight Partners and Nordic Capital’s $7.3bn private equity deal with Inovalon Holdings, according […]
November 26, 2018
Via: medicaldevice-network.comThe Implant Files, an investigation involving 58 media organisations including the BBC and The Guardian, has uncovered a lack of consistent medical device regulation. Unlike drugs, medical devices do not have to go through a rigorous clinical trial procedure, meaning […]
February 4, 2016
Via: Hospital EMR and EHREarlier this month, a Texas hospital was hit with a particularly loathsome virus. Leaders at Mount Pleasant, Tx.-based Titus Regional Medical Center found out on January 15 that a “ransomware” virus had encrypted files on several of the medical center’s […]
February 2, 2016
Via: FierceHealthcareHere’s one more reason why physician practices and hospitals must make it a goal to improve communications: new research shows poor communication has a body count of more than 1,700. Communication problems were a contributing factor in 7,149 cases (30 percent) […]
July 24, 2015
Via: healthimpactnews.comAlthough many thought the U.S. would see it first, mandatory DNA testing—for every citizen, foreign resident, and visitor—is now the law in Kuwait. Violations of this truly dystopic law carry the penalty of a year in prison or a […]
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