RWJBarnabas Health and Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia signed a Letter of Intent, proposing a strategic alliance and outlining plans to establish a pediatric health care delivery system, designed to improve access, delivery, quality and efficiency of pediatric health in central and northern New Jersey. The affiliation will create the most comprehensive pediatric health network in the region and enable greater …

LifeCare Health Partners has announced the opening of LifeCare Behavioral Health Hospital, a freestanding, adult inpatient behavioral health facility located at 225 Penn Ave. in the eastern suburbs of Pittsburgh. Certified by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, the Joint Commission and Department of Human Services, the hospital accepts voluntary and involuntary adult patients age 18 and older who …

EvergreenHealth and Overlake Medical Center have formed Eastside Health Alliance, a joint venture to improve access, coordination of care and offer the greatest quality and value to residents of the Puget Sound’s Eastside. The joint venture is structured around three defined initiatives: 1. Collaboration in cardiac, neuroscience and thoracic surgery services to offer comprehensive care for the Eastside community. 2. …

E-QURE Corp. announced  it signed a distribution agreement with Tech – Médica Equipos Médicos S.A.S. (TeckMedica) in Colombia for the Company’s patented Bio-electrical Signal Therapy device (“BST Device”), a breakthrough novel electrotherapy for the non-invasive treatment of hard-to-heal chronic wounds. This distribution agreement in Colombia is part of E-QURE’s worldwide launch of its BST Device, serving the $25 billion global …

Getinge Group announced that it has expanded its portfolio of patient mobility products in the United States to include the Total Lift Bed™ from VitalGo Systems. Getinge Group’s ArjoHuntleigh brand is now the exclusive U.S. distributor of the Total Lift Bed in the acute and long-term acute care settings. This specialized hospital bed can raise critically ill, immobile patients from …

Siemens Healthineers and Biogen have announced that the companies plan to jointly develop magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) applications with the intent of quantifying key markers of multiple sclerosis (MS) disease activity and progression. Biogen is a leading biotechnology company with a deep focus on neurological and autoimmune conditions, which for two decades has been at the forefront of delivering therapies …

SpineGuard announced it has received 510(k) clearance from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for its new DSG™ (Dynamic Surgical Guidance) integration module to be used in combination with Zavation’s spinal fusion system to make its pedicle screws “smart.” “This FDA clearance will allow US spine surgeons to insert pedicle screws ‘with a DSG enabled device’ not only in …