Business
China Plans Major Health Reform by 2011
A health reform announced in China promises to bring 90% of its 1.3 billion inhabitants under a primary medical insurance scheme that provides a better public health system, basic medicines, networks of improved local clinics, and better services in public hospitals. More...03 Feb 2009
Event Reporting Joint Venture Will Help Hospitals Improve Patient Safety
MERS International and GE Healthcare have announced a joint venture to develop process improvement and change management tools which will help hospitals systemically track events, identify root causes, and prevent process of care errors and other adverse events. More...22 Dec 2008
Competitive Intelligence Can Help Healthcare Companies in Uncertain Times
The role of competitive intelligence has grown in the last 10-15 years from the simple reactive collecting of assorted information, into strategic tool for profitable business--and continues to do so in this uncertain economy--according to a new market report. More...18 Dec 2008
In Other News
Medtronic Nets DOJ Subpoena for Off-Label Promotion
Partnership To Provide Hybrid Systems for Surgical, Imaging, and Interventional Needs
Sleep Apnea Treatment Devices Provide Uninterrupted Rest
Speech Recognition System Technology Developed for HIS, RIS/PACS
GE Healthcare Forms Strategic Relationship with Living Independently Group
Nuance Communications Acquires Philips Speech Recognition
Ban of CFC in Inhalers Spurs Product Innovation
Promising Opportunities for Cardiovascular Monitoring Equipment in Europe
New Therapies Increasingly Being Used to Treat Liver Cancer
North American Patient Monitoring Industry
Central and Eastern European Surgical Disposables Markets
Multimodality Platforms Driving Cardiovascular Image Management Systems Market
PACS to Change the Future of the European Medical Imaging Market
Advances in Technology Drive European Telemedicine Market
European Remote Patient Monitoring Market
Medical Imaging Market in Eastern Europe Driven by Funding
Varian Medical Systems Partners with Toshiba Medical Systems to Supply X-Ray System Components
European Market for Non-Invasive Blood Pressure Monitoring
Johnson and Johnson Acquires Developer of IVD Technologies
Datascope Acquires Peripheral Vascular Stent Business of the Sorin Group
Oncology Information System to Interface with Proton Radiotherapy System
Extravasation Detector Wins Design Excellence Award
Hologic to Widen Presence in Women's Health Segment
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