Morning Headlines 7/9/21
FDA Clears Personal ECG Device for Measurement of QTc Interval, a Critical Marker for Patient Safety
FDA issues 510(k) clearance for the use of AliveCor’s $149 KardiaMobile 6L by healthcare professionals to calculate QTc interval from its EKGs, a value used to diagnose certain disorders of electrical conductivity that can cause irregular heartbeat.
Intelerad acquires medical image management technology vendor Heart Imaging Technologies.
More Underestimated Infrastructure Costs Could Raise VA EHR Price Tag $2.5B
A second VA OIG review of the infrastructure cost of implementing Cerner adds another several billion dollars to the project’s likely final cost, which could reach $21 billion.
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