Volunteers and local medical group rally to help feed San Jose hospital workers
After learning that her former colleagues at a San Jose hospital were not only stressed and tired, but also unable to find time to shop for groceries or cook at home, Los Gatos resident Noel Pugh began cooking out of her apartment kitchen and donating hot meals to the Respiratory Therapy Department and ICU.
Her goal was a simple act of kindness to help those on the frontline. Quickly realizing the need, and that the scale would soon be unsustainable – not to mention costly – Pugh brought in… (Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Biotechnology headlines)
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Biotechnology headlines - April 21, 2020 Category: Biotechnology Authors: Physicians Medical Group of San Jose Source Type: news
Regional Medical Center Bayonet Point makes another C-suite addition
Regional Medical Center Bayonet Point has appointed Paige Laughlin as its new chief operating officer.
Before joining Bayonet Point, Laughlin worked as the VP of operations, ethics and compliance for Sunrise Hospital in Las Vegas. In that role, she provided administrative leadership over hospital services including imaging, laboratory, respiratory therapy, food and nutrition, and transport servic es. She was also responsible for the growth and development of the critical care transport team and… (Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Pharmaceuticals headlines)
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Pharmaceuticals headlines - January 16, 2020 Category: Pharmaceuticals Authors: Brendan Ward Source Type: news
Here ’s How Much Money Respiratory Therapists Make In Every State
Respiratory therapy is a growing career. Find out where respiratory therapists earn the most money and where they earn the least. (Source: Forbes.com Healthcare News)
Source: Forbes.com Healthcare News - January 15, 2020 Category: Pharmaceuticals Authors: Andrew DePietro, Contributor Source Type: news
MedCare makes acquisition
Pittsburgh-based MedCare Equipment Co., a home medical equipment and respiratory therapy services company, will be expanding with an acquisition Jan. 1.
MedCare will be purchasing the assets of the home medical equipment and respiratory therapy units of Somerset Med Services. The combined company will have revenue of about $156 million with operations in Pennsylvania, Ohio, West Virginia and New York. MedCare has partnerships with Excela Health, C onemaugh Health System, Heritage Valley Health System,… (Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Biotechnology headlines)
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Biotechnology headlines - December 30, 2019 Category: Biotechnology Authors: Paul J. Gough Source Type: news
MedCare makes acquisition
Pittsburgh-based MedCare Equipment Co., a home medical equipment and respiratory therapy services company, will be expanding with an acquisition Jan. 1.
MedCare will be purchasing the assets of the home medical equipment and respiratory therapy units of Somerset Med Services. The combined company will have revenue of about $156 million with operations in Pennsylvania, Ohio, West Virginia and New York. MedCare has partnerships with Excela Health, C onemaugh Health System, Heritage Valley Health System,… (Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Pharmaceuticals headlines)
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Pharmaceuticals headlines - December 30, 2019 Category: Pharmaceuticals Authors: Paul J. Gough Source Type: news
MedCare makes acquisition
MedCare Equipment Co., a home medical equipment and respiratory therapy services company, will be expanding with an acquisition Jan. 1.
MedCare will be purchasing the assets of the home medical equipment and respiratory therapy units of Somerset Med Services. The combined company will have revenue of about $156 million with operations in Pennsylvania, Ohio, West Virginia and New York. MedCare has partnerships with Excela Health, C onemaugh Health System, Heritage Valley Health System, Butler Health… (Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Biotechnology headlines)
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Biotechnology headlines - December 30, 2019 Category: Biotechnology Authors: Paul J. Gough Source Type: news
MedCare makes acquisition
MedCare Equipment Co., a home medical equipment and respiratory therapy services company, will be expanding with an acquisition Jan. 1.
MedCare will be purchasing the assets of the home medical equipment and respiratory therapy units of Somerset Med Services. The combined company will have revenue of about $156 million with operations in Pennsylvania, Ohio, West Virginia and New York. MedCare has partnerships with Excela Health, C onemaugh Health System, Heritage Valley Health System, Butler Health… (Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Pharmaceuticals headlines)
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Pharmaceuticals headlines - December 30, 2019 Category: Pharmaceuticals Authors: Paul J. Gough Source Type: news
Vyaire Medical Announces Two New Leaders Reinforcing Company's Customer-First Growth Strategy
Lisa Rose Joins as Chief Marketing and Innovation Officer and Debra Goetz Joins as Chief Brand and Digital Officer
CHICAGO, June 7, 2019 -- (Healthcare Sales & Marketing Network) -- Vyaire Medical, a leader in global respiratory care, announces the app... Devices, Personnel Vyaire Medical, respiratory care, respiratory therapy (Source: HSMN NewsFeed)
Source: HSMN NewsFeed - June 7, 2019 Category: Pharmaceuticals Source Type: news
ResMed buys Korean home healthcare supplier HB Healthcare
ResMed (NYSE:RMD) said today that it bought Korean home healthcare equipment supplier HB Healthcare for an undisclosed amount.
San Diego-based ResMed said the acquisition is aimed at extending its decade-old footprint in South Korea to “millions more patients through HBH and its wider network of trusted distributor partners.”
“ResMed has reaffirmed its leading role in Korea’s CPAP and respiratory care market, and commitment to improving millions of Koreans’ breathing and quality of life,” Resmed Korea sales & marketing director Kim Ho Kyun said in prepared remarks. “With HBH and our valued distri...
Source: Mass Device - March 8, 2019 Category: Medical Devices Authors: Brad Perriello Tags: Mergers & Acquisitions Respiratory Wall Street Beat HB Healthcare ResMed Inc. Source Type: news
Respiratory Therapy Program recognized for outstanding education
The Upstate Medical University Respiratory Therapy Program was named a 2019-2020 Apex Recognition Award winner by the American Association for Respiratory Care (AARC). (Source: SUNY Upstate Medical)
Source: SUNY Upstate Medical - January 30, 2019 Category: Universities & Medical Training Tags: News Source Type: news
MedLearn Publishing Launches Educational Webcast to Benefit...
MedLearn Publishing announces an AARC accredited Respiratory therapy compliance webcast on December 4th, 2018.(PRWeb October 23, 2018)Read the full story at https://www.prweb.com/releases/medlearn_publishing_launches_educational_webcast_to_benefit_respiratory_therapy_professionals/prweb15853934.htm (Source: PRWeb: Medical Pharmaceuticals)
Source: PRWeb: Medical Pharmaceuticals - October 23, 2018 Category: Pharmaceuticals Source Type: news
FDA Panel Shoots Down Endobronchial Coil System – Is the Device Doomed?
BTG plc (LSE: BTG), the global specialist healthcare company, notes that the US Food & Drug Administration’s (FDA’s) Anesthesiology and Respiratory Therapy Devices Panel of the Medical Devices Advisory Committee yesterday voted against the approval of the Elevair™ Endobronchial Coil System for the treatment of people with severe emphysema.
The Panel voted as follows: that there is reasonable assurance that Elevair™ is safe for use in patients who meet the criteria specified in the proposed indication, while considering the additional procedures needed to maintain effectiveness (7-5 in favour); that ther...
Source: MDDI - June 18, 2018 Category: Medical Devices Authors: Amanda Pedersen Tags: Regulatory and Compliance Business Source Type: news
Study: Hill-Rom ’s Metaneb System lowers risk of post-operative pulmonary complications
Researchers at the 47th Society of Critical Care Medicine reported this week that Hill-Rom‘s (NYSE:HRC) Metaneb System may help reduce the incidence of post-operative pulmonary complications in high-risk patients.
A 419-patient study found that patients using the Metaneb System combined with standard respiratory therapy spent 1.6 fewer days in the hospital on average compared to the group receiving standard respiratory therapy alone.
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Source: Mass Device - February 28, 2018 Category: Medical Devices Authors: Sarah Faulkner Tags: Drug-Device Combinations Pharmaceuticals Surgical Wall Street Beat Hill-Rom Holdings Inc. Source Type: news
Salter Labs acquires InnoMed Technologies, Parker Medical, IntuBrite
Salter Labs acquired a trio of medical device companies: Innomed Technologies, Parker Medical and IntuBrite for undisclosed amounts.
Coconut Grove, Fla.-based InnoMed makes non-invasive ventilation and continuous positive airway pressure masks. Parker Medical, based in Highlands Ranch, Colo., makes tips for endotracheal tubes. IntuBrite makes laryngoscopes and is based in Vista, Calif.
Lake Forest, Ill.-based Salter Labs makes respiratory therapy devices for the home and healthcare provider markets.
“With these acquisitions, Salter offers a wide range of innovative, clinically-preferred airway management products th...
Source: Mass Device - October 27, 2017 Category: Medical Devices Authors: Brad Perriello Tags: Hospital Care Mergers & Acquisitions Respiratory innomed intubrite parkermedical salterlabs Source Type: news
UCLA team performs emergency surgery to save mom and newborn baby
UCLA Health When mom-to-be Malisa was just a few weeks away from delivering her first child, she felt a sudden pain in her chest while at the movies with a friend.Her doctors ruled out any problems with the pregnancy but did learn she had a rare, life-threatening heart condition called an aortic dissection, a tear in the aorta located just above the aortic valve involving the arteries that take blood to the heart and brain. The condition often leads to sudden death, but with unusual luck she was able to survive.Once diagnosed, Malisa, who lives about 80 miles from Los Angeles, was airlifted to Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical...
Source: UCLA Newsroom: Health Sciences - June 30, 2017 Category: Universities & Medical Training Source Type: news
