August 28, 2024- Payment models, patient demographics, staff shortages, patient and staff injuries, regulatory compliance, and outpatient growth are affecting where and how instrument processing takes place. For health systems, balancing patient care with instrument processing is becoming a real challenge. The landscape of Instrument Sterilization is evolving, according to CME … [Read more...]

August 28, 2024- Health o meter® Professional Scales unveils the 2210EHR Digital Height Rod, an intuitive accessory designed for the 2210KL-AM High-Resolution Neonatal/Pediatric scale. The 2210EHR boasts an efficient design for quick and accurate infant measurement, offering versatility with measurements in centimeters, feet, or inches. Featuring user-friendly digital readouts, … [Read more...]

August 27, 2024- Mayo Clinic leaders and community officials are celebrating the completion of a new Mayo Clinic Health System hospital in La Crosse, Wisconsin, which blends advanced technology with personalized care to bring an unparalleled experience to patients and equip staff with the tools to Cure more patients, Connect people with data to create new knowledge and scalable … [Read more...]

August 27, 2024- U.S. hospitals are increasingly looking to medical device reprocessing as a long-term strategy to save money, reduce their waste and greenhouse gas emissions and strengthen their supply chains. Cardinal Health’s Sustainable Technologies™ business is working to meet this demand and help hospitals achieve significant savings through single-use device (SUD) … [Read more...]

August 27, 2024- The FDA has issued the draft guidance: Predetermined Change Control Plans for Medical Devices. This draft guidance proposes a policy for predetermined change control plans (PCCPs) and recommendations on the information to include in a PCCP in a marketing submission for a device. The FDA reviews the PCCP as part of a marketing submission for a device to ensure … [Read more...]

August 26, 2024-Northwestern Medicine Palos Heights Hospital is celebrating an exciting milestone for one of its surgeons. Samer Rajjoub, MD, surgeon at Northwestern Medicine Palos Hospital, recently celebrated his 500th robotic surgery. The state-of-the-art da Vinci robots allow surgeons to perform complex minimally invasive procedures with more precision, … [Read more...]

August 26, 2024- The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved and granted emergency use authorization (EUA) for updated mRNA COVID-19 vaccines (2024-2025 formula) to include a monovalent (single) component that corresponds to the Omicron variant KP.2 strain of SARS-CoV-2. The mRNA COVID-19 vaccines have been updated with this formula to more closely target currently … [Read more...]

August 26, 2024- Cardinal Health has opened its new Advanced Therapy Innovation Center. This new 8,000 square-foot space, located in a 172,000 square-foot Cardinal Health distribution center in La Vergne, Tennessee, provides the infrastructure and capacity to handle the logistical challenges associated with cell and gene therapies, highlighting Cardinal Health’s … [Read more...]

August 26, 2024- BD celebrated the 75th anniversary of its manufacturing operations in Columbus, Neb., and reinforced the need for and value of domestic production for critical medical devices. The milestone was celebrated in a ceremony recognizing the achievements of the site and its 2,100 employees. Alongside BD business leaders were Nebraska state and federal … [Read more...]

August 26, 2024- Humana Inc. announces that it has been named to PEOPLE’s “100 Companies That Care list” for 2024, ranking Humana in the top 50 (46 th place). The annual list honors companies that “go the extra mile to honor their customers, empower their employees, and make the world a better place.” The rankings are also based on over one million employee … [Read more...]