Press Releases

Care Innovations™ Connect RCM, the newest remote care management offering from Care Innovations™, will be launched in Canada through GE Healthcare. This cloud-based application helps patients access provider-designed care plans via a web browser instead of relying on specialized devices installed in the home environment.

REVA Medical, Inc. (ASX:RVA) ("REVA" or the "Company") announced initial clinical results from patients treated with its ReZolve2 sirolimus-eluting bioresorbable coronary scaffold at Transcatheter Therapeutics 2013 ("TCT"), the world's leading interventional cardiology conference, which is being held this week in San Francisco, California. The ReZolve2 trial is currently enrolling up to 125 patients at multiple centers in Australia, Brazil, Europe, and New Zealand to provide the data needed to apply for European CE Marking. Patient enrollment was initiated in March 2013 and is currently ongoing.

Merge Healthcare Incorporated (Nasdaq:MRGE), a leading provider of clinical systems and innovations that seek to transform healthcare, today announced that Sinai Health System, a Chicago-based non-profit health system comprised of seven member organizations, has selected Merge for its vendor-neutral archive (VNA), image sharing and picture archiving communication systems (PACS), as well as its cardiology information management and hemodynamics solution. The partnership aims to improve workflow while reducing overall costs for the entire health system.

Today at the Transcatheter Cardiovascular Therapeutics (TCT) Conference, GE Healthcare confirmed its commitment to cardiovascular care by showcasing the latest cutting edge interventional and ultrasound technologies.

Wolters Kluwer Health<http://distribution.mymediainfo.com/lists/lt.php?id=fB8KAVdZDVEDAk8DVwV…;, a leading global provider of information for healthcare professionals and students, announced today that DocuTAP will integrate its Health Language® applications into its electronic medical record (EMR) solution for urgent care environments. The terminology management solutions were specifically selected to address improved regulatory compliance with Stage 2 Meaningful Use and help improve accuracy and conversion to the ICD-10 coding system.

Visage Imaging Inc. (“Visage”), a wholly owned subsidiary of Pro Medicus Ltd. (ASX:  PME), announced today that the Visage® 7 Enterprise Imaging Platform has been selected by the VA Midwest Health Care Network (also known as Veterans Integrated Service Network 23 (VISN23)) for regional diagnostic interpretation and referring physician image access using a single, powerful enterprise viewer.  Visage will consolidate, simplify and deliver ultrafast regional image access across VISN23’s 11-hospital network serving 400,000 enrolled US Veterans.

Colibri Heart Valve, LLC, a privately held medical device company, announced that patient enrollment has concluded in the first-in-human study of the Company's transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI) system in the Dominican Republic trial site. Analysis of the data from patients enrolled in this site yielded clinical outcomes that met the study's endpoints.

Research and Markets(http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/wcfn7t/global) has announced the addition of the "Global Electrophysiology (EP) Ablation Catheters - Market Growth Analysis, 2009-2015" report to their offering.

ICUcare's newly released My eMHR is ONC-ATB and HIPAA certified and interfaces with other medical records based systems technologies (EHR/EMR/HIS), a term within the industry referred to as providing “interoperability.”

Abiomed Inc. (Nasdaq:ABMD), a leading provider of breakthrough heart support technologies, notes that there will be over 25 potential Impella presentations in the scientific sessions at the Cardiovascular Research Foundation's (CRF) annual Transcatheter Cardiovascular Therapeutics (TCT) 2013 scientific meeting, scheduled from October 27 -- November 1, at the Moscone Convention Center in San Francisco, CA.

Vital Images, Inc., a Toshiba Medical Systems Group Company and leading provider of advanced visualization and analysis solutions for healthcare providers, was selected by Johns Hopkins Medicine (JHM) to integrate into JHM’s Epic electronic medical record (EMR) system. VitreaView® was rated the highest in each of the evaluation categories, including performance, ease-of-use, user interface, clinical use and most recommended solution.

Spellman High Voltage Electronics Corporation, the world's leading manufacturer of custom high voltage power conversion products, introduces X-Ray sub-systems, featuring its industry leading XRV high voltage generators, available in unipolar and bipolar, 160 to 450kV, 1.8-6kW.

AdvaMedDx and the American Association for Cancer Research (AACR) will hold a joint symposium on transforming cancer care through diagnostics and personalized medicine.

Children’s National Medical Center in Washington, D.C. will implement the Digisonics Cardiovascular Information System (CVIS) in support of their cardiac MR research.  The Digisonics CVIS was selected to provide Children’s National Medical Center with a comprehensive clinical database, high-powered PACS and structured reporting.

Bolingbrook – Adventist Bolingbrook Hospital has earned accreditation as a Chest Pain Center from the Society of Cardiovascular Patient Care.

With more than a decade of market leadership in medical devices designed to remove thrombus from coronary arteries, Medtronic, Inc. (NYSE: MDT) announced today the U.S. launch of the Export Advance aspiration catheter, which offers greater power and superior deliverability.

Healthcare providers are adopting Carestream’s digital breast tomosynthesis (DBT) module because of its ability to streamline reading workflows by displaying DBT exams and images from other mammography modalities on its Vue Mammography Workstation.

Healthcare providers are adopting Carestream’s digital breast tomosynthesis (DBT) module because of its ability to streamline reading workflows by displaying DBT exams and images from other mammography modalities on its Vue Mammography Workstation.

Claron Technology, a leader in the medical imaging web revolution, announces U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) 510k clearance of NilRead zero-footprint viewer for the diagnostic interpretation of medical images. NilRead is the first universal, web-based zero-footprint viewer supporting multi-monitor configurations.

M3 Clinician was approved this week by the National Committee for Quality Assurance (NCQA) as an approved Patient Centered Medical Home (PCMH™) Prevalidation Vendor. M3Clinician is a validated, patient-rated, multidimensional, care coordination tool that screens for behavioral health conditions, including depression, bipolar, anxiety, post-traumatic stress, and substance use disorders.

Calgary Scientific Inc., a company known for creating transformative technology for the medical industry and beyond, announced that in partnership with Siemens Healthcare, they have begun rolling out ResolutionMD™ at Intermountain Healthcare in Salt Lake City, Utah.