Cochlear

fool | May 13, 2016

Investors are going crazy for shares in hearing implant provider Cochlear Limited (ASX: COH), pushing the company’s share price up 21% so far in 2016. So what’s all the fuss about? Part of the appeal is undoubtedly the growing recognition that healthcare stocks have been a great way to earn returns above the bank laden S&P/ASX 200 (Index: ^AXJO) (ASX: XJO). Cochlear is included in the strong performing S&P/ASX 200 Health Care Index (Index: ASX: XHJ) along with CSL Limited (ASX: CSL) and Fisher &...

Apple | July 27, 2017

Apple is continuing to bolster its profile in the medtech space, this time through Australian cochlear implant maker Cochlear Limited. The medical device business is launching the first implant sound processor made for iPhones, iPads and iPods in September after receiving clearance from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration in June. Sound processors send signals to the electrodes in a cochlear implant that has been surgically placed in the inner ear, or cochlea, for people who are hard-of-hearin...

EHRIntelligence | January 16, 2020

Eighty-four percent of EHR users are dissatisfied with the technical service and basic software account support from current EHR and HIT vendors, according to a 2020 Black Book Research survey. Since the HITECH Act was signed into law in 2009, EHRs have not only been more prevalent, but they have continued to change and evolve. However, technical service from EHR vendors hasn’t kept up with the constant change, according to high-level hospital tech managers. Healthcare software support is ...

Managed Healthcare Executive | January 15, 2020

Ride Health, providing smarter transportation for every patient need, announced they raised $6.2 million in a funding round led by Activate Venture Partners. The capital raise is joined by Newark Venture Partners, Anthro Ventures, BioAdvance, Leading Edge Ventures and Startup Health, according to a news release from Cision PR Newswire. Ride Health will use the funds in an initiative of ensuring every patient, everywhere, has access to the care and resources they need to ensure good health. Ride ...