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Allscripts, a clinical software firm, has entered into agreements with ambulatory care providers to connect more than 60 medical devices to electronic health records (EHRs).
Innogenetics announced that the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit has denied a motion by Abbott Laboratories for a stay of injunction after Abbott was prohibited to sell certain products.
A recent study concludes that financial conflicts of interest are common in orthopaedic research, with researchers demonstrating a greater tendency to report positive findings about devices if they earned royalties, held stock options, served as consultants or were employees of device firms.
The UK's Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) issued an alert last week warning of increased risk of false negative results with the Clearview Simplify D-dimer test manufactured by Unipath.
A nonsurgical treatment using stent-grafts to repair injured or diseased thoracic aortas offers patients less risk of paraplegia -- as well as lower morbidity and mortality rates -- when compared with surgery, according to two studies recently presented to the Society for Interventional Radiology.
The International Electronics Manufacturing Initiative (iNEMI) has started a "Medical Components Reliability Specifications Project" to develop testing and guidelines for electronic components and circuit boards used in medical devices.
A group of House lawmakers from both parties is sponsoring the Medicare Advanced Laboratory Diagnostics Act, H.R.1321, which is designed to allow greater patient access to the latest diagnostic tests.