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Patients were randomized to undergo treatment with the new-look AnchorMan or the Watchman 2.5. A follow-up study comparing the AnchorMan to the Watchman FLX and FLX Pro devices is already planned.

Transcatheter pulmonary valve replacement (TPVR) with Medtronic’s self-expanding Harmony valve is both safe and effective after more than a year, according to new real-world data published in the Journal of the American College of Cardiology.[1]

The same device was previously recalled back in 2022. Customers are urged to return unused delivery systems to Medtronic to avoid any issues.

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The daily polypill was also associated with improved drug adherence, according to new research out of UT Southwestern.

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The agency said it hopes to control “unnecessary” increases in the volume of clinic visit services furnished at certain off-campus hospital departments.

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Rabun County, Georgia, jurors settled on the eight-figure sum on June 26 following a trial that started 11 days prior, with Gainesville Radiology Group one of the defendants. 

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Details are emerging in the extraordinary case of a U.S. toddler who was found alive in a hospital morgue five or six hours after an ER doctor declared the child dead by drowning. 

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A hospital system in Tennessee is under fire for delays getting patients’ radiology reports submitted in a timely manner following its move to outsource reads.

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A patient of Huntsville Hospital Health System says the hospital was negligent when it failed to protect patient data that was taken by hackers during a breach on a legacy Cerner EHR system. The hospital said the EHR vendor is ultimately responsible. 

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A hospital system in Tennessee is under fire for delays getting patients’ radiology reports submitted in a timely manner following its move to outsource reads.

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A patient of Huntsville Hospital Health System says the hospital was negligent when it failed to protect patient data that was taken by hackers during a breach on a legacy Cerner EHR system. The hospital said the EHR vendor is ultimately responsible. 

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The Office of Inspector General said a "leadership failure and poor decision making" in the Medicaid Fraud Control Unit in New York has left it unable to properly fulfill its mission to "protect patients from abuse and neglect."

The state is one step closer to enacting legislation that would require imaging and radiation therapy professionals to acquire state licensure to operate radiation-producing equipment. 

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Patients were randomized to undergo treatment with the new-look AnchorMan or the Watchman 2.5. A follow-up study comparing the AnchorMan to the Watchman FLX and FLX Pro devices is already planned.

The same device was previously recalled back in 2022. Customers are urged to return unused delivery systems to Medtronic to avoid any issues.

The daily polypill was also associated with improved drug adherence, according to new research out of UT Southwestern.