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Heart devices linked to higher mortality, infection
Despite life-saving goals, devices such as implantable pacemakers or defibrillators are actually a source of deadly infections, according a study published yesterday in the Journal of the American
Doc fined $12k for illegal kickbacks
A Washington judge ordered army cardiologist Dr. Jason Layne Davis to repay the sum of "every dinner, every bottle of wine and every other gratuity that [he] ever received" from cardiac implant maker
CMS payment changes represent an opportunity for remote monitoring
The proponents of remote patient monitoring have an enormous opportunity right under their noses, but I'm not sure that they see it. This opportunity has to do with the changes in hospital
70,000 kids annually end up in ERs with injuries, many preventable
It's not surprising that kids who manage to hurt themselves are a major source of pediatric medical spending in the U.S. According to a study recently published in the journal Pediatrics more than
Stryker faces two new investigations
Devicemaker Stryker Corp. has been targeted by two investigations, one looking at its relationship with doctors, and the other related to compliance issues regarding one of its products. For one
Officials arrest 18 in Los Angeles for $33M Medicare fraud
Prosecutors and state investigators rounded up and arrested a group of Los Angeles-area medical device suppliers this week for their alleged involvement in a collective $33 million worth of Medicare
Study: devices, diagnostics not driving med inflation
Here's a nice piece of advocacy by the Advanced Medical Technology Association (AdvaMed)--a study concluding that implantable devices and high-tech diagnostics are not, mind you, NOT a major
NJ mulls pharma, device maker gift reporting
New Jersey's attorney general has created a task force to study whether the state should require disclosure of pharma and device-maker gifts to doctors. Attorney General Anne Milgram says she's aware
Implantable wireless tech getting popular
As prices fall and capabilities expand, a broad array of medical devices making use of wireless technology are beginning to emerge. We're not talking about phones or PDAs here--but rather, devices that live on or inside patients. These include the PillCam, made by Israeli-based Given Imaging. A $450 capsule, the Pill Cam is swallowed by patients, then used to perform gastro-intestinal endoscopy tests. Another example comes from Germantown, MD-based Sensors for Medicine and Science. The …
Angel investors like health IT
If you're an emerging health IT vendor, you'll like this news. During 2006, angel investors got really excited about health IT, plowing a good chunk of the $25.6 billion they spent into medical
