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LifeTech Scientific Corporation | September 06, 2022

LifeTech Scientific Corporation is pleased to announce that on 30 August 2022, an FDA-approved investigator-initiated pre-market clinical trial of its proprietary LAmbre™ Plus Left Atrial Appendage (LAA) Closure System has obtained medical insurance coverage in the United States, meaning that all patient enrollment of the clinical trial will be fully covered by the USA medical insurance. This is expected to facilitate the marketing and registration process of the innovative device in th...

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Accenture | September 02, 2021

Accenture has acquired Gevity, a strategy and consulting service provider focused on helping healthcare industry clients transform their businesses through innovative technology solutions, to expand its capabilities to deliver health transformation services in Canada and internationally. The terms of the acquisition were not disclosed. Headquartered in Victoria, B.C., Gevity was founded in 1995 and has grown into an established health consulting firm with a team of ...

Fiercehealthcare | April 30, 2020

Some House lawmakers want to ensure safety net hospitals wouldn’t lose eligibility to participate in the 340B drug discount program due to their response to COVID-19. Reps. Doris Matsui, D-California, and Chris Stewart, R-Utah, wrote to House leadership (PDF) Tuesday outlining concerns that hospitals will be cut off from the program because they have to expand capacity to fight COVID-19. “To support our safety net hospitals through this crisis, we write to ask that any ...

Healthcare IT News | January 23, 2020

Among the healthcare technologies venture firms be looking at most closely at in 2020, various artificial intelligence and machine learning applications are atop this list, of course. But so are more nuts-and-bolts tools like administrative process automation and patient engagement platforms, VCs say. Other, more leading-edge technologies – genomics-focused data and analytics, and even quantum computing – are among the areas attracting investor interest this year. We expect 2020 to m...