Alrijne Ziekenhuis

HEALTH TECHNOLOGY

MDIC | August 23, 2022

The Medical Device Innovation Consortium formally launched its Somatic Reference Samples Initiative with a pilot project to improve the validation and regulatory review process for cancer diagnostics based on next generation sequencing. MDIC will lead a collaboration with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration the National Institute of Standards and Technology, National Institutes of Health and industry stakeholders to manufacture, validate, and distribute SRSs to simplify and suppor...

FUTURE OF HEALTHCARE, MEDICAL DEVICES

LivaNova | February 03, 2023

On February 02, 2023, LivaNova PLC, a medical innovation and technology company, has launched an implantable pulse generator (IPG) SenTiva DUO™, useful for VNS Therapy™ of drug-resistant epilepsy. With a dual-pinned header, it offers similar therapeutic benefits as SenTiva, the company's earlier product, which stimulates a response to the rapid heart rate, which can be a result of seizures, the low heart rate, and similar situations with day and night programming...

HEALTH TECHNOLOGY

Advantage Healthcare Services and Spencer Health Solutions | September 26, 2022

Spencer Health Solutions a digital health company based in North Carolina’s Research Triangle Park, announced that Advantage Healthcare Services, a leading provider of mental health pharmacy support for the state of California, has joined its Certified Pharmacy Partner Network to offer enhanced, in-home patient services for one of its largest commercial pharmaceutical programs. As part of the Spencer-Certified Pharmacy Partner Network, Advantage Health will work cooper...

EHR Intelligence | March 26, 2020

Following the introduction of the HITECH Act’s meaningful use program, entrepreneurship and venture capitalism in the health IT field increased, according a study conducted in JAMA Network Open. Although increased entrepreneurship and venture capitalism in health IT may promote EHR innovation, especially at early-stage companies, clinicians remain dissatisfied with the product. The health IT business only saw about $2.7 billion in investments beginning in 2000. Following the passage of the...