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NewsHospitals worry about footing the bill for medical devices
Hospital executives are worried that the healthcare reform tax on medical devices that kicks in starting 2013 will hurt their bottom lines more than the device makers, reports the Hill's Healthwatch Read more...
Hospital budgets rise to prepare for higher demand
Hospital budgets are reverting to pre-recession levels due in part to the health reform law, according to L.E.K. Consulting. Close to 60 percent of the 200 hospital executives polled said they expect Read more...
MDMA: Suspect GPO-hospital deals cost taxpayers $38B annually
Lack of competition in the medical device purchasing game adds roughly $38 billion to our healthcare bills annually, according to a new study commissioned by the Medical Device Manufacturer's Read more...
Squandering supplies: Hospitals could trim costs by cutting medical waste
It's healthcare's dirty little secret. Every year, tons of unused disposable medical devices and supplies and equipment that could be recycled are tossed into the trash. Consider it money down the Read more...
Medtronic divulges it paid docs over $15.7 million in royalties, consulting fees
Well ahead of the 2013 requirement, medical-devicemaker Medtronic Inc., has for the first time revealed how much it has paid U.S., doctors in royalties and consulting fees, a move Sen. Herb Kohl Read more...
Medical product innovation getting tougher, Moody's says
Advances in medical products could slow down considerably in the future as obstacles to innovation mount, according to a new report by Moody's Investors Service. Moody's analysts argue that Read more...
FDA device chief quits; Wireless home health exploding;
> The head of the FDA's devices devision is stepping down amid a cloud of questions--does this signal a tougher agency on the way? FiercePharma > Use of wireless home health technologies could Read more...
Recession squeezes new medical device developers
As you might imagine, this is not a great time to be making what might be called an "experimental" medical device, as it gives financially-strapped health plans and hospitals one more reason to say Read more...
Federal regulators to check safety levels of 'legacy devices'
In a move that seems like it's been decades in the making, federal regulators announced that they would be checking the safety levels of risky medical devices. The move was spurred by a report issued Read more...
Doctors going back to house calls
If you're not a boomer, it's likely you've never seen a doctor in your home--after all, house calls have been out of vogue for quite some time--but of late, there are signs that this may change. Read more...
| Press ReleasesMiddlesex Hospital Selects Prime-A-Pump to Build and Maintain Evidence-Based Drug LibrariesLOS ANGELES--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Zynx Health Device Network, a developer of clinical decision support for medical devices, today announced that Middlesex Hospital has selected Prime-A-Pump – an Read more >> UBM Canon's Medical Design Excellence Awards Extends Call for Entries to February 8, 2012LOS ANGELES, Jan. 30, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- The Medical Design Excellence Awards (MDEA) program, the medical device industry's premier design awards competition, announced today that is has extended Read more >> Academic Medical Center Selects Prime-A-Pump to Build and Maintain Evidence-Based Drug LibrariesLOS ANGELES--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Zynx Health Device Network, an entrepreneurial developer of clinical decision support for medical devices, today announced that Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston Read more >> US Surgeon Brand Loyalty Varies Widely between SpecialtiesDetails of How Differing Specialties Make Medical Device Purchase Decisions Quantified by Millennium Research Group’s New Perception Pulse Report TORONTO--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- According to Millennium Read more >> UBM Canon, the Global MedTech Authority, Announces Upcoming Webcast Focused on IP Protection in ChinaWebcast will be delivered by Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP Patent AttorneyLOS ANGELES, Nov. 30, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- MD+DI (Medical Device and Diagnostic Industry) and Qmed, UBM Canon's Read more >> |
