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By Gus Venditto | 02:27 pm | December 19, 2016
The global healthcare technology association has launched a search for his replacement.
By Kaiser Health News | 08:35 am | November 29, 2016
Heater-cooler device linked to sometimes deadly bacterial infection; FDA under scrutiny for handling of information tied to safety.
By Jeff Lagasse | 10:36 am | November 08, 2016
Tools like QLess allow patients to wait wherever they feel is convenient, and to come to the hospital when their number is called.
By Kaiser Health News | 09:10 am | October 21, 2016
Los Angeles hospital implanted the device in patient who died, readmitted two other patients who, like the Orange County man, had been sent home with the compressor.
By Jeff Lagasse | 02:53 pm | October 11, 2016
Almost 400,000 cardioverter defibrillators and cardiac resynchronization defibrillators could stop working with little notice, system says.
By Kaiser Health News | 01:49 pm | October 06, 2016
Medicare wants to more than double payment offered to dialysis providers to educate patients to $95.57 for 2.66 hours of a nurse's time.
By Jeff Rowe | 03:51 pm | October 05, 2016
Vulnerability could give cybercriminals way to potentially force the pump to deliver unauthorized insulin injections.
By Susan Morse | 03:19 pm | September 28, 2016
To help consumers foot the remaining bill, Aetna said it is offering monthly payroll deductions.
By Kaiser Health News | 08:47 am | September 19, 2016
Researcher developing device similar to pregnancy test; blood or urine is placed on plastic sheet or in a cassette that shows results.
By Jeff Lagasse | 03:38 pm | August 24, 2016
Lawmakers are imploring Mylan Pharmaceutical, the manufacturer of EpiPens, to scale back price increases that have seen the cost of the life-saving emergency allergy treatment swell from $100 to $600 per package, according to published reports.