July | 2014 | MedSales Report

Carestream’s Digital DRX X-ray Detectors Surpass 9,000 Units
91 Hospital and Health System Layoffs in 2014
HCA reports 14% rise in Q2 profit
Net income at Nashville, Tenn.-based Hospital Corporation of America rose 14 percent during the second quarter of this year, from $423 million in the second quarter of 2013 to $483 million this year.
A CEO Checklist for High-Value Health Care
Catholic health system ups its game
CHI expands its insurance business.
Hospitals want fewer venders but Boston Scientific says they won’t be merging or buying
If scale is what is valued in the healthcare system these days, and hospitals want fewer and fewer vendors, then companies may be compelled to team up, whatever current strategy may be
FDA Medical Device Guidances Issued in 2014’s Second Quarter
The Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA’s) Center for Devices and Radiological Health (CDRH) has issued a spat of guidance documents this quarter. here are some of the more significant FDA regulations that were issued in the second quarter of 2014. Provided below are brief summaries of several guidance documents that affect manufacturers and marketers of medical devices.
Good times for Cerner’s salespeople
Equipment and supplies sales to handle rising obesity rates increase
GE Healthcare Sees Slight Profit Increase in Q2
The healthcare division reported revenue of $4.48 billion during the three months ended June 30, compared with $4.49 billion during the same three months in 2013. However, revenues increased from $726 million to $730 million.

Are Hosptials using HIPAA to protect themselves instead of patients?
While HIPAA was enacted to protect the protected health information of patients, it appears hospitals are incorrectly citing HIPAA as a protection of their own interests, argues Charles Ornstein, a ProPublica healthcare journalist, in a report co-published on NPR.
10 CEOs: Why I chose healthcare
50 Top-Grossing Public Hospitals | 2014
Portable DR a must to reduce turn around times
Technology breakdowns a core strategic concern for hospitals
Layoffs to continue – just be honest (not like Microsoft)
Boston Scientific’s profits drop like a rock – 97%
Diagnostic Imaging Utilization Trends and Reimbursement
At the peak in 2006, according to a 2008 Government Accounting Office report, Medicare spent $14.1 billion on diagnostic imaging. Since then, annual spending has steadily dropped, falling by 21 percent by 2010, based on a Neiman Policy Institute report. To date, this trend has not reversed, Levin said. - See more at: http://www.diagnosticimaging.com/reimbursement/imaging-utilization-trends-and-reimbursement?GUID=52331DD9-6AF6-4DA6-9850-104DD469DEE5&rememberme=1&ts=25072014#sthash.MPKxXUgQ.dpuf
The current state of the Diagnostic Ultrasound market
Are Lithium Batteries safe? UL establishes battery consensus standards for medical devices
UL (Underwriters Laboratories) has announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has recognized two UL battery safety standards as consensus standards for medical devices incorporating lithium or nickel-based batteries. The two standards are UL 2054 - Standard for Household and Commercial Batteries, and UL 1642 - Standard for Lithium Batteries (Cells).

July, 2014