HealthSouth Corporation and University Medical Center Health System announced they have entered into an agreement to build a 40-bed inpatient rehabilitation hospital in Lubbock, Texas. The partnership and new hospital were agreed upon by public vote at today’s UMC Health System board of directors meeting. The hospital will be built in a UMC Health System development on North Slide Road. …

As part of its ongoing commitment to patient safety, EvergreenHealth has partnered with Clorox Healthcare to bring advanced ultraviolet light disinfecting technology to the health system’s existing patient safety and infection-fighting protocols. The Clorox Healthcare® Optimum-UV Enlight® System will complement EvergreenHealth’s comprehensive infection control plan, which combines manual surface disinfection with the new pathogen-killing UV technology. The new disinfecting system …

Mindray announced that it has officially launched its new generation S800 respirator. The new respirator was first exhibited at ESICM 2017 in Vienna. The SV800 is a high quality respirator that features a 1080P HD widescreen, combines a UI with powerful tools and support modules. The SV800 allows clinicians to offer life support systems more easily and enjoy unprecedented operational …

Elekta and Brainlab have reconfirmed their alliance for the integrated use of the Elekta Versa HD™ linear accelerator and Brainlab ExacTrac® patient positioning and monitoring technology. The integration of these two technologies offers high definition stereotactic radiosurgery (HDRS) treatments with versatile patient positioning and monitoring through simplified workflows. For the first time, a Versa HD system augmented with ExacTrac will …

Simply Healthcare Foundation is working with Overtown Youth Center (OYC) to support the OYC CARES program dedicated to offering trauma assessment and access to behavioral health services to Miami residents who have witnessed or experienced a traumatizing event. The OYC CARES program will help individuals and families overcome the potential long-term health and wellness effects associated with trauma. “At Simply …

ClaroNav is pleased to announce that it has received FDA 510(K) clearance from the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to market and sell NaviENT in the United States. NaviENT had previously been granted CE mark for the European market and Health Canada approval in 2016. NaviENT, a computer-assisted surgical navigation system, is like a GPS for the surgeon to navigate …

Medeon Biodesign is pleased to announce that its innovative laparoscopic port site closure device, AbClose™, successfully closed more than 50 wounds in a variety of laparoscopic surgeries. The device consistently demonstrated its simplicity, stability and predictability in the hands of multiple physicians in an ongoing pre-commercial clinical evaluation in the United States. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration 510(k) cleared …

HealthTrust announced the signing of an agreement naming HealthTrust as the total spend management partner and exclusive national group purchasing organization (GPO) for the Catholic health ministry. The agreement is effective November 1, 2017. CHRISTUS Health’s Chief Financial Officer and Executive Vice President, Randolph Safady, calls the new partnership a way for all of CHRISTUS to connect the dots between process, …

Medsphere Systems Corporation announced that the company has reached an agreement with South Africa’s Areta Health for comprehensive support of the organization’s hospital network. The contract covers Areta Health’s Specialist Day Hospital (SDH) system spread throughout South Africa. The hospitals, in turn, anchor an integrated health network with remote clinics and in-home monitoring that allow patients to heal at home …

Cerveau Technologies announced a research collaboration with Banner Health to support various research projects studying the stages of Alzheimer’s disease and other neurodegenerative diseases. These research projects will utilize an investigational imaging agent (MK-6240) to be used in positron emission tomography (PET) scans for assessing the status and progression of neurofibrillary tangles (NFTs) in the brain. NFTs made up of …