GE Healthcare's new wide-bore 3-Tesla MRI machine, the Discovery MR750w 3.0T, received FDA approval yesterday, according to a news release.
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Venture capitalists are slowing down investments to start-up medical device and pharmaceutical companies, according to a study done by the Medical Innovation and Competitiveness Coalition, a partner organization to the National Venture Capital Association, and reported in the Wall Street…
A new study found that conventional radiotherapy provides more rapid relief from pain related to spine metastases in patients with advanced renal cell carcinoma than stereotactic body radiotherapy, a Renal and Urology News report said. However, SRBT provided longer relief.
California has removed a provision allowing the Department of Justice to require a patient prescribed pain medication to submit a medical evaluation, an American Cancer Society report said.
Authors of a study published in Health Affairs found communication difficulties with Latino patients is one of the biggest challenges for primary care physicians.
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The family of a patient who died as a result of a medical error at University of Illinois Medical Center in Chicago in 2008 is working on the hospital's safety review committee to improve quality and patient safety, according to…
The government has busted a $2 million Medicare fraud scheme involving pain pills, unnecessary services and physicians from Michigan, according to a Detroit Free Press report. Eight people were charged and accused of running a fraudulent diagnostic testing scheme out…
University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics will pay a combined $391,000 to settle medical malpractice lawsuits filed by two patients who received care in 2004, according to a KWQC report. Read the full report in Becker’s ASC Review on UIHC’s…
Northwestern University researchers have compared the results of their study — which found FDA requirements stifle medical device innovation — with the findings of an IOM study on the 510(k) process, an InHealth news release said.
In August, UnitedHealthcare announced it was providing a $1.1 million grant to the Colorado Hospital Association to help hospitals in the state implement a program to reduce avoidable hospital readmissions. The grant goes to the Reducing Hospital Readmissions and Safe…