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AI Meets M&A: The Case for AI Support in Diligence Efforts for Healthcare Mergers and Acquisitions

According to statnews.com, there have been at least 100 hospital mergers and acquisitions annually since 2014. It’s a trend that’s sure to continue as hospitals look to gain efficiencies of scale and gain control over the entire continuum of care through acquisition of physician groups and ancillary services like home health. This efficiency drive is […]

Is Hematology Automation Primed for a Change?

Hematology — the study of blood cell components —provides a wealth of data and clues that lead to diagnoses such as infection, anemia, blood cancers, and clotting disorders. As a result, orders for a complete blood cell count (CBC) and differential are one of the most frequently ordered in-patient tests. The steady development of the […]

The Importance of Analytics Reporting in Imaging

The Importance of Analytics Reporting in Imaging Imaging analytics and informatics are hot topics in radiology. However, many overworked imaging departments often find they’re too busy to utilize these tools to their full potential. But now, as artificial intelligence and enterprise imaging continue to become an area of growth and interest, radiology administrators are realizing […]

It All Starts with a Contract

At MediTract, while working with thousands of hospital clients for more than 20 years, we’ve heard a common theme: “We don’t know what we don’t know about our contracts.” One of our clients remarked recently that “contracts are the crypto-currency within the organization.” We agree. They need to be mined to identify opportunities. All our […]

Inhaled Nitric Oxide Delivery: An Industry Update

Here’s a look at some recent milestones in the development of inhaled nitric oxide delivery. Inhaled nitric oxide enables the relaxation of smooth muscles to dilate blood vessels within the lungs. Pharmaceutical-grade nitric oxide is used in the treatment of neonates with respiratory failure associated with persistent pulmonary hypertension of the newborn (PPHN). Indications for […]

Are Your Flexible Scopes Really Sterile?

Some flexible scopes end up with debris or moisture that eventually may accelerate microbial growth. This can happen even when the staff carries out reprocessing according to the manufacturer’s specifications. In addition, it is important to dry the scopes thoroughly to avoid the risks that humidity poses: both costly scope damage and, more importantly, transmission of […]

The Implant Files: A Global Investigation of Medical Device-Related Injuries

The International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ) has published a report on the findings of a year-long, global investigation into the regulation of implantable medical devices. Investigators collected more than 8 million device-related records, including recall notices, safety warnings, legal documents and corporate financial filings. These records include more than 5.4 million “adverse event” reports […]

MRIs Depend on Dwindling Supply of Helium

It’s one of the so-called “noble” gasses. Its atomic number is 2, and it’s both the second-lightest and second-most-abundant element in the observable universe. But despite this abundance, it’s in short supply in places like MRI laboratories. It’s helium. Since the advent of Magnetic Resonance Imaging in the radiology imaging space, MRI systems have depended […]

Hayes Report Series Focuses on Genetic Testing for Autism Spectrum Disorder

Autism spectrum disorder (ASD) encompasses a range of neurodevelopmental conditions that are diagnosed by clinical and behavioral criteria. Basic characteristics include persistent deficiencies in social communication and interactions across multiple situations as well as restricted, repetitive patterns of behavior, interests, or activities. The presence or absence of other physical or psychiatric disorders increases the range […]

Advancements in Electrosurgery

One of the most widely used devices in the operating room, the electrosurgical unit (ESU) employs electrical current to cut and coagulate, desiccate, or fulgurate tissue. Electrosurgery is performed using the ESU, a power generator, and an electrode that is in contact with the tissue. The electrode can be either monopolar (conducting the electrical current […]

Cybersecurity Strategies and Best Practices

Cybersecurity continues to be a major concern for healthcare organizations. Because of the sensitivity of the information they keep, hospitals are becoming a chosen target of cybercriminals. Cyberattacks are no longer a matter of “if” but “when.” The threat was top of mind when healthcare security leaders gathered in Chicago in September at the annual […]

Can Shimadzu become a player?

Will a new partnership with Change Healthcare help Shimadzu Medical Systems gain ground in the Interventional Vascular and/or Cardiac markets? At the Transcatheter Cardiovascular Therapeutics (TCT) 2018 Symposium in San Diego in September, Shimadzu featured the new Trinias C-12 Crossover system, which can perform both vascular and cardiac interventional procedures. The Trinias system is available […]

Hall of Fame for Healthcare Supply Chain Leadership to Induct Winifred Hayes, Ph.D.

Dallas/Chattanooga (October 1, 2018) – Winifred “Wini” S. Hayes, founder and CEO emerita of Hayes Inc., will be inducted into the Bellwether League’s Hall of Fame for Healthcare Supply Chain Leadership tonight in Chicago. The League honors innovators, pioneers, and visionaries for their contributions to the industry. Dr. Hayes is one of seven new members who […]

New Trends in Healthcare IT Contract Management

When negotiating the sometimes problematic area of healthcare IT contract management, it is good to keep in mind certain trends that are making themselves obvious in the marketplace. Here’s a look at just four of these trends. Annual Contract Renewals Many healthcare IT subscriptions or recurring agreements contain evergreen clauses that typically subject the agreement […]

People, not machines, are the key to good laboratory automation

An MD Buyline colleague and I recently visited the NorthShore Health System, Evanston Hospital, in Evanston, Ill. It’s the home of the nation’s first installation of the BD Kiestra™ TLA fully automated microbiology lab system, which became functional in 2015. Automated microbiology is a recent phenomenon that showed the first glimmer of possibilities a decade […]

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