News and Notes

Baxter International Inc. is highlighting recent additions to its Global Surgical Solutions and Patient Support Systems portfolios, as well as its broad Advanced Surgery portfolio of hemostatic and sealing agents, at the Association of periOperative Registered Nurses...

What began as an effort to send a single medical container to equip a health center in Ethiopia two years ago grew into a grassroots inter-continental movement that could serve more than 8 million people. On April 7, World Health Day, that effort reached a significant...

Advocate Health has announced the launch of the nation’s largest hospital-based drone delivery network, transforming how many of its patients receive prescriptions and home health supplies, while also reducing turnaround time for lab results, which are vital to timely...

BoxSPINE LLC has announced U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) clearance for the DUET Spinal Fixation System, a three-piece spinal stabilization system designed to eliminate the need for traditional rods. For decades, spinal fixation has relied on rod-and-pedicle...

GE HealthCare has announced a digital integration between the GE HealthCare bkActiv intraoperative ultrasound (iUS) system and the Medtronic Stealth AXiS surgical navigation system, which is now commercially available to provide real-time advanced imaging during...

Today the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is announcing a new Innovation Challenge titled, “READI-Home: Reducing Readmissions through Device Innovation for the Home.” The goal of this Innovation Challenge, which is part of the FDA’s Home as a Health Care Hub...