In 1650, a German Jesuit named Athanasius Kircher invented the ear trumpet, a funnel-shaped device to collect sound waves and direct them into the...
What Is Driving Medical Device Sales In 2013
When Medtronic manufactured the first pacemakers more than 50 years ago, physicians did not know what they were. The idea of implanting a man-made...
How Universities Work With The Healthcare Industry
The first hospital in the United States owned and operated by a university was opened in a former professor’s house on the central campus of the...
Obamacare and the Health Services Industry
When the Affordable Care Act was passed in 2010, backers promised it would provide more affordable, accessible and comprehensive health care and...
Medical Device Technologies Shaping Our World Today
In 1958, Minneapolis engineer Earl Bakken produced the first wearable external pacemaker. Since that time, biomedical engineering has contributed to...
How Big Is The Health Services Industry ?
The health services industry touches the lives of nearly everyone in the United States. It encompasses hospital care, physician, dental, and...
Therapeutic Technologies Are Changing The Way We Recover
In 2011, an IBM supercomputer named Watson defeated two reigning champions on the TV quiz show Jeopardy, winning the first prize of $1 million....
Implications of the 2.3% Device Tax Associated with Obamacare
When the Affordable Care Act, or Obamacare, was signed into law in 2010, it contained a 2.3% excise tax on gross sales of medical devices. The tax...
Where Are The Jobs Now In Healthcare?
Between 1960 and 2013, the average life expectancy for men and women in the United States rose from 70 to nearly 79 years. During that same period,...
Whats Happening With Health Information Technology?
Health information technology (health IT), or the exchange of health information in an electronic environment, allows the safe and secure sharing of...