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Quality, Safety, Errors

New Annuloplasty Devices from MiCardia Approved

The Dynaplasty Annuloplasty Band DR and Annuloplasty Ring DR, both manufactured by MiCardia Corporation, were approved for marketing by the Food and Drug Administration. Patients with tricuspid valve regurgitation, congestive heart failure, and mitral valve regurgitation are eligible for treatment with this system, as reported by Medical News Today. more...

September 12, 2008 Related topics: Product Approval & Certification, New Technology & Innovation, Quality, Safety, Errors, Cardiology

AHA Urges Standardization of Wrist Bands

The American Hospital Association (AHA) issued new guidelines suggesting that all hospitals across the country implement a universal color-coding system for patient wristbands. This is one step to improving the safety of patients and has already been implemented in some states, such as Ohio. more...

September 10, 2008 Related topics: Quality, Safety, Errors

Superior Outcomes Documented with Cordis Eluting Stent in Diabetics

A study published in the Journal of the American College of Cardiology validated superior outcomes with use of...

Patient Safety Data Reporting Features Issued by AHRQ

The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) issued guidelines describing the appropriate components for reporting patient safety...

Indiana Notes Increased Reporting of Medical Errors

The number of serious medical errors reported in Indiana during 2006 was 72, which increased to 101 in...

Durability of Endologix AAA System Published

Data describing the long-term outcomes and durability of abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) repair completed with the Powerlink System...

Alert System for Defibrillators Introduced by Medtronic

Medtronic introduced a new device safeguard product, Lead Integrity Alert (LIA) software. The solution received approval from the...

Results from SYNTAX Trial: Surgery Bests Stenting

Boston Scientific described results from the SYNTAX trial, comparing use of drug-eluting stents (DES) and coronary artery bypass...

GE Introduces Software to Integrate Data from Monitoring Systems

GE Healthcare’s Centricity system was expanded with the introduction of the Centricity Enterprise Monitored Care application. The new...

Data Evaluating MRI-Safe Pacemaker Published

Medtronic released data evaluating their new pacemaker that is purported to be safe with MRI scanners, the EnRhythm...

Nine New IT Standards Indentified by NQF

Nine new voluntary consensus standards were endorsed by the National Quality Forum (NQF) for health information technology. These...

Intel Launches First Medical Device for Home-Based Monitoring

Intel is entering the foray of home-based healthcare diagnostics. On September 1st, the company introduced their Intel Health...

New Radiation Therapy System Cleared

New radiation therapy technology, TomoDirect, from TomoTherapy, Incorporated received marketing approval from the U.S. Food and Drug...

Benefits of Silver Coated Trachs Published

A study just published in the Journal of the American Medical Association validates use of endotracheal tubes (ETT)...

CMS Hospital Compare Site Updated

The Hospital Compare site launched by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) was expanded by the...

Hospital Implements RFID to Reduce Pediatric Abductions

RF Technologies offers a new tool that is designed to reduce the chance that infants and children are...

GE Healthcare Earns Platinum Award

MedAssets awarded the company’s highest vendor designation award to GE Healthcare Clinical Systems, Platinum Vendor status. News of...

Solution Supports Guideline/Compliance Reporting

MEDai, Incorporated announced the availability of a new module (pdf) for the company’s line of predictive modeling solutions...

Lung Resection Improved with CyberKnife

Newly published data validates use of the CyberKnife Robotic Radiosurgery System with Synchrony to remove lung tissue in...

Healthcare Behavior Draws Attention of Joint Commission

The Joint Commission is calling attention to poor behavior from healthcare professionals. The national accrediting body noted that...

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