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Why should payers care about clinical laboratory testing? Clinical laboratory testing plays an essential role in the delivery of health care. From early detection and diagnosis of disease to individualized treatment plans based on a person’s unique biology, medical care depends on accurate and timely health data. Seventy percent of medical decisions depend on lab test results, so making ...
Linear Health is involved in the Medtech Startup Showdown, hosted by MDDI. This year the competition is fierce, and the winner is chosen by the people. Round 1 is currently underway and the Linear Health team wants to come out of the gate at full speed vs. Shift Labs. Take a minute of your time and please vote for us using the link below: Medtech Startup Showdown A few reasons to include on ...
ORANGE COUNTY, Calif., Sept. 21, 2021 /CNW/ — The World Health Organization (WHO) has just featured MediPines AGM100®, pulmonary gas exchange analyzer as an innovative technology in their 2021 compendium, “WHO compendium of innovative health technologies for low-resource settings”. This year’s annual assessment report provided much needed global awareness for ...
Moffitt Cancer Center has adopted a new needle-free method of blood collection for patients in treatment who often need to undergo repeated needle sticks in a day, becoming the first cancer center in Florida to offer this pain-free technology as part of its world-class cancer care. In its continuing efforts of being at the forefront of innovation, last year the cancer center piloted the ...
Vascular access technology pioneer Velano Vascular today revealed that the 2021 Infusion Therapy Standards of Practice, 8th Ed., include its needle free PIVO™ device and evidence of the procedure’s improved performance for inpatient blood draws. Updated every five years and considered the preeminent guidance for infusion therapy, the newly reset standards from the Infusion Nurses ...
SAN FRANCISCO, January 25, 2021 — Vascular access technology pioneer Velano Vascular today revealed that the 2021 Infusion Therapy Standards of Practice, 8th Ed., include its needle free PIVO™ device and evidence of the procedure’s improved performance for inpatient blood draws. Updated every five years and considered the preeminent guidance for infusion therapy, the newly reset ...
Vascular access technology pioneer Velano Vascular was today named a Top Impact Company for 2021 by Real Leaders, the world’s first business and sustainable leadership magazine. Velano was recognized alongside such notable brands as Tesla, Beyond Meat, and Patagonia on the 2021 list for its work making hospital stays more humane and less risky for both patients and practitioners. Through ...
SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 17, 2019 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Vascular access technology pioneer Velano Vascular today announced that it has closed the second tranche of a $25 million growth financing that will fuel commercialization and the launch of additional novel inpatient medical device solutions. This new investment builds on an initial tranche closed in the first half of 2019 and brings ...
AVA Scientific Meeting 2019 highlights key opportunities for improvement in vascular access from process bundles to emerging new products Introduction Acknowledgment of the importance of the vascular access nurse and team were obvious at this year’s Association for Vascular Access (AVA) Annual Scientific meeting. When Ramzy Nasrallah took over as CEO for the Association of Vascular Access ...
here is nothing more satisfying than when you can really see the impact that one of our machines can have on a community. This June/July our team travelled more than 4000km across the entire country of Senegal installing and commissioning 14 MP100 Medical Waste Incinerators. Leading the project was Abraham Bah from our UK head office and supported by Emmanuel Ehikhumen our engineer based in ...
There is nothing more satisfying than when you can really see the impact that one of our machines can have on a community. This June/July our team travelled more than 4000km across the entire country of Senegal installing and commissioning 14 MP100 Medical Waste Incinerators. Leading the project was Abraham Bah from our UK head office and supported by Emmanuel Ehikhumen our engineer based in ...
here is nothing more satisfying than when you can really see the impact that one of our machines can have on a community. This June/July our team travelled more than 4000km across the entire country of Senegal installing and commissioning 14 MP100 Medical Waste Incinerators. Leading the project was Abraham Bah from our UK head office and supported by Emmanuel Ehikhumen our engineer based in ...
Hunterdon Medical Center, a 178-bed non-profit community hospital, and Christie Medical Holdings, Inc., a global leader in portable vein finders, today announced that use of the Christie VeinViewer® Vision2 is helping to improve the level of care provided to their patients. “A key goal for implementation of VeinViewer systems was to decrease the number of central lines placed in favor ...
Hospitals are safe places to work - right? Well, maybe not. US Department of Labor Bureau of Labor Statistics for 2014 (the most recent year published) show that total recordable case rate for hospitals (injury and illness cases per 100 full-time workers) is 6.2. The hospital injury rate is higher than in mining (3.8), hazardous waste treatment and disposal (4.6), and manufacturing (4.0). Now ...
The Baylor University Louise Herrington School of Nursing received an in-kind gift from Christie Medical Holdings, Inc. of a VeinViewer® Vision vein finder for the nursing school simulation lab. This donation will help students as they learn how to start an IV and draw blood, combining technology with traditional technique. “VeinViewer is a wonderful new addition to our Simulation Lab ...
Proa® Medical, Inc., developer of innovative and practical medical devices for women’s health, today announced that the company received significant positive feedback for its FDA-cleared Brella® Vaginal Retractor at the recent Annual Clinical Meeting of the American Congress of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG), the largest U.S. congress for women’s health, held April ...
Stericycle, Inc. (NASDAQ: SRCL) announced today it is reaching a milestone with its Sharps Management Service (SMS). Nationally, hospitals have partnered with Stericycle by using the SMS to safely and sustainably dispose of sharps(1) containers. Thanks to this collaborative effort, the number of containers kept out of landfills has reached the 100 million mark. Many of these hospitals are ...