Medical Devices
Report argues that less technically challenging surgeries, such as the removal of a whole kidney, may not benefit as significantly from a robot's help.
Officials said the $1.5 billion lost from 2005 through 2014 was a "conservative estimate" while patients paid $140 million in out-of-pocket costs.
But targeting each clinical scenario individually might not address some of the underlying drivers of this trend.
Oschner Medical Center says use of Xenex LightStrike Germ-Zapping Robots will improve patient safety since they destroy deadly pathogens and drug-resistant organisms.
Roughly 30 percent said pinpointing and mitigating the risks associated with medical devices is the industry's greatest cybersecurity challenge.
Sanofi, one of Mylan's competitors, brought the matter to the United States Attorney's Office in 2014, filed a complaint in 2016.
Aetna and Apple are in discussions about the smartwatch, which is evolving toward monitoring chronic diseases, according to one media outlet.
About 81 percent of U.S. healthcare organizations and 76 percent of global healthcare organizations will increase information security spending in 2017.
Two patients allegedly contracted serious bacterial infections from heater-cooler units used during open-heart surgery.
Interest was especially high among parents of children under age 18, caregivers of elderly or ill relatives, results showed.