TVA Medical announced that its everlinQTM 4 endoAVF System has received CE Mark in the European Union. The technology uses a 4 French catheter system with enhanced visual indicators to create hemodialysis access using an endovascular technique without open surgery. In a prospective, single arm, single-center study evaluating the everlinQ™ 4 endoAVF System, 97 percent of endovascular AVF (endoAVF) procedures were …

Evolent Health announced it expects to significantly expand relationships with partners in Illinois and New Mexico. “These opportunities in Illinois and New Mexico demonstrate the breadth of our capabilities and confidence we have established with partners in multiple segments of the market,” said Evolent Chief Executive Officer Frank Williams. “In Illinois, we expect to extend our health plan services platform …

Holon Solutions announced their development partnership with Innovista Health Solutions, a population health managed services organization (MSO). The relationship began in 2016 as a pilot opportunity for Innovista to review the viability and benefits of the Holon solution. The current engagement allows for deployment of Holon’s CollaborNet technology to all of Innovista’s members as a standard part of the organization’s …

Mortise Medical announces that it has recently received FDA 510(k) clearance for its innovative SyndesMetrics™ Syndesmosis Repair System. The Mortise Medical SyndesMetrics™ Syndesmosis Repair System was developed to address three clinical needs for syndesmotic disruption injuries: predictable and repeatable anatomic reduction, restoration of physiological motion, and restoration of ankle stability.  Anatomic reduction is achieved using the SyndesMetrics™ Reduction Clamp, which …

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 …

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 …

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, …

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 …