LowestMed announced the launch of its flagship mobile app, the first in the industry to provide consumers with the ability to view and compare prescription drug prices – including $4 generic drugs – at leading supermarket and pharmacy chains in their local area on an iPhone or Android device. In addition to the mobile app, [ Read More ]
This past year was full of surprises, from the health information technology hiring boom to the popularity of tablets in medical practices across the country. Practice Fusion, the fastest growing Electronic Health Record (EHR) community in the United States with over 130,000 users reaching over 27 million patients, asked key experts in healthcare and technology [ Read More ]
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved a medical device that supports the weakened heart of children with heart failure to help keep them alive until a donor for a heart transplant can be found. The mechanical pulsatile cardiac assist device is called the EXCOR Pediatric System, made by a German company, Berlin Heart. The [ Read More ]
Agency outlines roadmap for discussion on nanotechnology in regulated products The U.S. Food and Drug Administration released draft guidance to provide regulated industries with greater certainty about the use of nanotechnology, which generally involves materials made up of particles that are at least one billionth of a meter in size. The guidance outlines the agency’s [ Read More ]
Targeting a pressing and costly issue and its effect on the home health industry, Delta Health Technologies , LLC (“Delta”) today announced a national study to identify best practices being used by homecare’s most successful agencies in reducing unplanned hospital readmissions. Co-sponsoring the effort will be the National Association for Home Care & Hospice (NAHC), [ Read More ]
Saying you want to get healthier is one thing. But actually committing to it, following it through and changing your lifestyle for the better is something else entirely. People too often find it difficult to stick with a new routine, but MYTRAK Health System Inc.’s revolutionary fitness device gives people a technological solution to help [ Read More ]