Technology has been a driving force of change in the field of medicine for decades, and the high-tech transformation will continue to accelerate...
Affordable Care Act Altering Healthcare Specialties
Business is about to pick up America’s 30,000 hospitals in the coming year thanks to millions of new patients taking advantage of the Affordable...
Cleveland Clinic Continues Pursuit of New Health Technologies in 2014
The Cleveland Clinic is regarded as the fourth best hospital in the country and has ranked as the number one cardiac hospital for the past two...
Medical Education is Changing Too
Trends in medical education are being affected by the collision of two big numbers—30 million and 76 million. Thirty million represents the number...
Is There Sustainability in Medtech?
Most people in need of medical devices don’t stop to think about the environment. But that’s not stopping some medtech manufacturers from...
Medical Diagnostics is Moving Ahead
While many people take it for granted, the ability of the modern medical establishment to diagnose diseases and disorders is astounding. In addition...
How is Medtech Changing Orthopedics?
Millions of people love to jog, ski, play tennis, football, soccer and take part in x-extreme sports. Perhaps this is why so many suffer tennis...
Patent Reform and What it Means for Medtech Innovators
The founding fathers of the United States were Renaissance Men. In addition to creating the Declaration of Independence and the U.S. Constitution,...
2013 Medtech Scorecard
The healthcare industry is big and getting bigger, worth nearly $2 trillion in 2012. The medtech industry generated $110 billion in the United...
Informed and Engaged Patients Experience Better Care Results
If there were a super-drug that could reduce the mortality rate for patients with heart disease by 76%, it would be considered the medical discovery...
Medtech and the Chinese Market
With nearly 1.4 billion people, China is the most populous nation on earth. And the number of middle class Chinese now stands at 474 million—more...
Clinics Versus Hospitals
There are more than 5,750 hospitals in the United States. In 2012, they treated nearly 36 million patients. Millions more were treated on an...