Medical Devices
The global healthcare technology association has launched a search for his replacement.
Heater-cooler device linked to sometimes deadly bacterial infection; FDA under scrutiny for handling of information tied to safety.
Tools like QLess allow patients to wait wherever they feel is convenient, and to come to the hospital when their number is called.
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.
Almost 400,000 cardioverter defibrillators and cardiac resynchronization defibrillators could stop working with little notice, system says.
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.
Vulnerability could give cybercriminals way to potentially force the pump to deliver unauthorized insulin injections.
To help consumers foot the remaining bill, Aetna said it is offering monthly payroll deductions.
Researcher developing device similar to pregnancy test; blood or urine is placed on plastic sheet or in a cassette that shows results.
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.